Monthly Archives: October 2013

David Coltart Blog – In praise of NoViolet Bulawayo

David Coltart Blog – In praise of NoViolet Bulawayo By David Coltart 16 October 2013 NoViolet Bulawayo got rave reviews last night when the BBC interviewed literary critics prior to the award of the Man Booker Prize. In fact the one person interviewed, when asked who he thought would win, said NoViolet Bulawayo. NoViolet did […]

Teachers’ salaries deserve urgent attention: Coltart

The Zimbabwean By Edgar Gweshe 16 October 2013 Government needs to urgently address the issue of teachers’ salaries to improve the education sector, a former cabinet minister has said. Former education minister David Coltart, in an interview with The Zimbabwean, said plans by his successor to raise standards in education needed to be complemented by a […]

Zimsec scandal

Southern Eye By Luyanduhlobo Makwati 16 October 2013 THE Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) was yesterday ducking and diving over the unfolding controversy surrounding the Grade 7 Ndebele public examination paper which contained bad language as choruses grow for the government to institute a probe into the scandal. Several calls to Zimsec headquarters by Southern […]

David Coltart’s Blog-Archbishop Tutu correct about the ICC

By David Coltart 14 October 2013 Thank God for Archbishop Desmond Tutu. He is now campaigning that African States should not withdraw from the International Criminal Court. For all the problems associated with this relatively new body an African pull out would be disastrous for international justice. Whilst all the tyrants of the world will […]

We won’t bury Gukurahundi victims: Govt

Southern Eye By Southern Eye Reporter 13 October 2013 THE GOVERNMENT has no plans to give victims of Gukurahundi decent burials because it runs the risk of including people who do not deserve the privilege, Home Affairs deputy minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has said. The Zanu PF minister made the remarks during a question and answer […]

Zifa summons Gwindi

News Day By Tawanda Tafirenyika 10 October 2013 THE Zifa disciplinary Committee has set October 17, 2013 as the date for the hearing of Harare City Football Club chairman Leslie Gwindi over allegations of bringing the game into disrepute following utterances he allegedly made at a Bulawayo Press club in March this year. The charges […]

Coltart defends Mugabe

Daily News By Lloyd Mbiba  9 October 2013 HARARE - David Coltart, the former Education minister, has praised President Robert Mugabe for prioritising practical subjects in the education curriculum, saying it was long overdue. This comes as Mugabe has been forced to explain that  his new controversial minister of State for Liaising on Psychomotor Activities in […]

Govt plays ‘sympathy card’ in Mumbengegwi diplomatic row

SW Radio Africa By Nomalanga Moyo 8 October 2013 ZANU PF has been accused of “playing the sympathy card” in the ongoing diplomatic tiff over the perceived humiliation of Foreign Affairs Minister Simbarashe Mumbengegwi in Washington last week. The ‘humiliation’ involved Mumbengegwi being forced to go through airport security like all other ordinary passengers, despite […]

‘Start corruption fight in schools’

The Standard By Caiphas Chimhete 6 October 2013 CORRUPTION involving teachers, school development associations (SDAs) and ministry officials has rocked the education sector, seriously compromising the quality of the country’s once revered education system. A report, Framing Corruption in Education — Global Trends, released recently by Transparency International (TI) — says corruption in education was […]

Teach Your Children Well

Huffington Post By David Coltart 5 October 2013 Zimbabwe is recognized as having one of the best education systems in Africa but when I took office as Minister of Education in February 2008 I found it in chaos. Nearly all schools were closed, 90000 teachers were on strike, public exams written the previous year hadn’t […]

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