Monthly Archives: October 2010

Zimbabwe Democracy Now.com 11 October 2010 Posted by Nxwala My sister at home in Zimbabwe died and I had to go back home for her burial. I do not have money for the border so I had to go under the fence. I travelled to Lupane using my thumb and rural buses. When I got […]

Sunday News 10 October 2010 Senior Sports Reporter THE revamping of Khumalo Hockey Stadium is set to start soon after the release of US$1 million for the project by the government. Education, Sport, Arts and Culture Minister David Coltart, said the money was now in the hands of his Ministry and the Ministry of Public […]

Herald By Robson Sharuko 9 October 2010 FROM the very beginning it was so clear that there was something terribly wrong, that it was all certain to end in tears, controversy and accusations of betrayal, that it was all an insult to professionalism as we know it today and that it was all so shadowy […]

Chronicle 8 October 2010 By Nduduzo Tshuma VICE-PRESIDENT John Nkomo yesterday visited the Mabhena home in Bulawayo to pass his condolences following the death of former Matabeleland North Governor Welshman Mabhena on Tuesday. Mabhena (86) died at his Four Winds home on Tuesday morning at about 6am after a long struggle with diabetes and high […]

Zimbabwe Independent 8 October 2010 ZIFA is desperately seeking the intervention of Vice President John Nkomo to secure a work permit for national soccer team coach Tom Saintfiet who was ordered to leave the country on Tuesday by the immigration department. Saintfiet was ordered out of the country after starting his coaching duties without a […]

Chronicle 7 Oct 2010 Chronicle Reporter THE printing of textbooks for secondary schools will face further delays because donors have not yet released funds, the Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture, David Coltart, said yesterday. Speaking in a telephone interview, Minister Coltart said there were outstanding finances from donors, a situation that is delaying […]

Zimonline By Sebastian Nyamhangambiri 7 October 2010 Zimbabwean Education and Sports Minister David Coltart has written to the country’s immigration authorities to reverse deportation of new national soccer coach Tom Saintfiet for working without a permit saying the decision to expel the Belgian coach was not in the interests of the country. “I have written […]

Newsday 4 October 2010 By Wellington Toni Zimbabwe is no longer in the running to host the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations finals after missing out the deadline set by the Confederation of African Football (Caf). The deadline was Thursday at midnight and on Saturday Caf announced that only three countries — South Africa, the […]

The Standard By Jennifer Dube 3 October 2010 EDUCATION, Sport, Arts  and Culture minister David Coltart says Zimbabweans must not mislead themselves into believing that the country has the highest literacy levels in Africa. Coltart’s surprise remarks come months after some government officials especially from Zanu PF, gave themselves a pat on the back following the release […]

Herald By Robson Sharuko 2 October 2010 Harare — JUST when world cricket, reeling from the damage inflicted by allegations of match-fixing scandals, needed a breath of fresh air to show there was still integrity in the gentleman’s game, it found that beautiful ray of light from a very unlikely source. The fallout from Pakistan’s […]