Monthly Archives: August 2012
Girl child dropout figures worrying — Sen Coltart
The Sunday News By Vusumuzi Dube 25 August 2012 THE number of girls reportedly dropping out from school after the completion of their primary education has reached alarming levels and there is need for the Government to develop mechanisms that will effectively curb this trend, a Cabinet Minister has said. Education, Sport, Arts and Culture […]
Rural teachers to form splinter union
NewsDay By Moses Matenga 24 August 2012 Rural teachers are set to form a splinter representative union, the Zimbabwe Rural Teachers’ Association, which will cater for their specific interests. The eachers have for long accused existing unions and government of downplaying their grievances. The move came at a time rural teachers were complaining that they […]
Government snubs Zifa
The Zimbabwe Independent By Kevin Mapasure 24 August 2012 Troubled Zifa will have to find funds elsewhere to host Angola and the subsequent Warriors trip to Luanda for the 2013 Afcon qualifier as government will not be involved. The desperate football governing body, reeling from the embarrassment of an abortive Under-20 trip to Angola for […]
Zimbabwe Sport: Forward thinking for a new frontier
The African Herald 22 August 2012 Firstly, we must congratulate our Olympic flag-bearer Kirsty Coventry and the entire Zimbabwe Olympic team for their outstanding efforts at London 2012. These ladies and gentlemen not only serve as ambassadors of Zimbabwean athletics but are points of inspiration to aspiring athletes of the next generation, continent-wide. Our athletes […]
Eulogy of Eileen Sawyer
Eulogy given at Our Lady of the Wayside, Pendennis Road, Mountpleasant By David Coltart 21 August 2012 I am deeply honoured to speak today. Eileen was a dear friend but more importantly one of the finest Africans this continent has produced. It will be difficult for me to improve on the superb tributes published this […]
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-08-19
All in all, despite the naysayers, great Olympics for #Zim Athletes all performed superbly, Kirsty elected to IOC & wonderful Marathon # Makorokoto to Cutbert and Wirimai for an absolutely outstanding Marathon performance which put #Zimbabwe firmly back on the Olympic map. # On my way home after the privilege of being with our superb […]
Young Warriors’ botched trip, who is to blame?
The Standard By Brian Nkiwane 19 August 2012 A lot has been happening in local football following the Young Warriors’ failure to travel to Angola for the second leg of the Africa Youth Championships. A war of words erupted between ministries and other responsible authorities as fans demanded answers as to why the team failed […]
Football has long way to go, says Coltart
The Sunday News By Bruce Itai Chimani 18 August 2012 EDUCATION, Sport, Arts and Culture Minister David Coltart says football as a sport has a long way to go before it can start producing expected results, especially on international stages. Speaking in a telephone interview, Coltart said that other sports such as rugby, hockey, cricket, […]
Let’s talk
The Sunday News By Stanford Chiwanga 18 August 2012 Is it possible to instil discipline in the inclusive Govt? THE inclusive Government will go down in history as the worst Government that post-independence Zimbabwe has ever had. Undoubtedly it has brought relief to Zimbabweans who were sinking into unimaginable poverty and hunger at a time […]
Thanks for the memories, Kirsty!
NewsDay By Conway Tutani 17 August 2012 “Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened,†quoted United States swimmer Michael Phelps — the most decorated Olympian of all time with 22 medals — announcing his retirement from the sport at the just-ended 2012 London Olympics. This rather poignant remark also applies to our own […]