Monthly Archives: April 2009
MDC-T and NCA clash over new constitution
Zimbabwe Telegraph By MIRIAM MARUFU Thursday, April 16, 2009 HARARE – The newly appointed 25-member parliamentary committee responsible for initiating the process of coming up with a people-driven Constitution will meet next Monday to determine how best to handle the process. The National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) has made it clear it does not support a […]
Zim names 25-member constitution making task team
Zimonline By Nokuthula Sibanda 13 April 2009 HARARE – Zimbabwe’s speaker of Parliament on Sunday announced a 25-member committee drawn from both ZANU PF and the two formations of the MDC which will oversee the drafting of the country’s new constitution, but appealed for funding for the process to be a success. The committee drawn […]
Committee to drive drafting of new constitution in place
Newsnet 13 April 2009 The Speaker of the House of Assembly, Honourable Lovemore Moyo, has announced a 25-member select committee to drive the making of a new constitution in line with the Global Political Agreement signed by the principals of ZANU-PF and the two MDC formations on 15 September last year. The Speaker of the […]
Constitutional committee established
Zimbabwe Times April 12, 2009 By Raymond Maingire HARARE – Zimbabwe’s unity government has set up a 25-member parliamentary committee to spearhead the drafting of the country’s first post-independence Constitution. This is in line with a political agreement signed on September 15, 2008, by Zanu-PF and the two Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) parties, which […]
Benz issue irritates Coltart
Saturday Argus April 11, 2009 By Peta Thornycroft David Coltart, Zimbabwe’s new minister of education, is becoming a touch irritated at the publicity he has received after he chose not to accept a Mercedes-Benz as part of the trappings of his lowly paid job as a minister. “The Benz is rather tiresome, one of those […]
WHAT GHOST MARKERS? – ZIMBABWE’S EDUCATION MINISTER COLTART
HARARE TRIBUNE MONDAY, 6 APRIL 2009 Coltart said there are no ghost exam markers in ZIMSEC Education, Sport, Arts and Culture Minister David Coltart has described as false reports that there were ghost examination markers registered by the Zimbabwe Schools Examinations Council (Zimsec). Speaking in a telephone interview from Harare, Minister Coltart said Zimsec had […]
Outcry Over RBZ’s Vehicle Offer
The Standard By NDAMU SANDU 5 April 2009 MDC-T MPs will soon convene a caucus to consider an offer of cars from the central bank, amid warnings from political parties that such a move would compromise the independence of Parliament. On Thursday Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor Gideon Gono played “Father Christmas†by offering […]
Concern over Staffing Levels in Schools
The Standard By EDGAR GWESHE 5 April 2009 STAFFING levels in the country’s education sector remain low despite a government directive that teachers who had left the profession should be reinstated to curtail staff shortages, The Standard has learnt. The government in February issued a directive that teachers who had left the profession between January […]
Public rage over perks for new Zimbabwe ministers
The Guardian By Maurice Gerard in Harare Saturday 4 April 2009 Zimbabwe’s new unity government has sparked public outcry by accepting a succession of perks including a “retreat” to a luxury resort at Victoria Falls this weekend and a fleet of $50,000 Mercedes vehicles for ministers while the vast majority struggles to afford basic commodities. […]
No cash for ‘O’ and ‘A’ exams
The Zimbabwean 4 April 2009 HARARE – Zimbabwe’s cash-strapped government said last week that it hadrun out of funds to complete marking of public school examinationswritten last year and whose results should have been out several weeksago. Education Minister David Coltart told a meeting of the education sectorin Harare that results that should have been […]