Category Archives: Letters
Overzealous traffic cops not good for tourism
Newsday January 16, 2017 By Jeff Dick I have not written to the newspaper in the 70 years that I have lived in this country. However, I have lost my patience and sense of humour! We recently had my daughter, son-in-law, and two grandchildren visit us over the Christmas and New Year’s holidays. It was […]
Senator David Coltart’s letter in reply to the Herald opinion piece
Published in Herald website 23 April 2011 By Senator David Coltart Editor, Re your opinion piece published on the 22 April entitled “Coltart’s anger understandable” It would be useful if you published truth instead of this distorted representation of what I said, and what I stand for. I did not write the New Zimbabwe.com article- that is […]
Coltart should smell the sewerage…..and my response!
Zimbabwean By J.L. (Willy) Robinson 5 September 2010 EDITOR – The Minister of Education recently commented on BBC Hardrive (sic) that he believes that sanctions on the few hundred Zanu (PF) heavies should now be lifted. This might be commendable, but I do believe that it would need to be done as a trade off […]
A letter from the diaspora
SW Radio Africa By Pauline Henson 1 May 2010 Dear Friends, The UK is in the throes of an election campaign. For perhaps the first time in years the Brits actually seem to have woken up to politics and one of the reasons has undoubtedly been the television debates between the leaders of the three […]
Reform the PSC for the good of civil servants
The Standard Letter to the editor 12 April 2010 Allow me to tell the world that the Public Service Commission of Zimbabwe (PSC) is among the most cruel employers in the country. This view is derived from my experiences as a victim of some of the unfair practices it commits. Psychological wounds are more difficult […]
Coltart must act on errant schools
The Herald Letters to the Editor 29 May 2009 Harare EDITOR — School development associations have become irrelevant in the context of the interface between parents, the school and Government at large. In fact, it has become pointless attending SDA meetings. For instance, at Prince Edward, the SDA committee decides in its board meetings to […]
Mudenge Should Slash Fees
The Standard 16 May 2009 I AM writing this letter to register my anger at the Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education, Dr Stan Mudenge, for misleading thousands of students at the University of Zimbabwe (UZ). The minister said six boreholes were to be drilled at UZ prior to the opening of the institution. The […]
Minister Coltart should get his priorities right
Financial Gazette Letters to the Editor Thursday, 07 May 2009 EDITOR — When David Coltart was sworn in as Education, Sport and Culture Minister, there were mixed reactions. Some pinned their hopes on him reviving Zimbabwe’s education sector, which is in tatters; others hoped he would change the direction of national sports — including his […]
Is Chamisa in government?
Zimbabwe Guardian Terry Mufambi ― Opinion 27 February 2009 DEAR EDITOR – Mr Nelson Chamisa was a regular interviewee on media outlets in the United Kingdom before he was Minister of Information Communications Technology (ICT). I am concerned that he still features on programs threatening that the MDC-T party will move out of the inclusive […]
Letter to the voters of Khumalo Senatorial Constituency March 2008
Dear Voter in the Khumalo Senatorial Constituency, On the 29th March 2008 you have the chance to change the course of Zimbabwean history for the better. Zimbabwe is in such a terrible state that we do not have the luxury of making a mistake. Another 5 years of Zanu PF rule will completely destroy Zimbabwe. […]