Monthly Archives: November 2010

Newsday By Veneranda Langa 11 November 2010 Tsholotsho South MP Maxwell Dube (MDC-M) has called for the setting-up of a truth and reconciliation commission to heal the wounds inflicted on people during the post-independence disturbances. Dube on Tuesday told parliamentarians that there was nothing as painful as passing by mass graves daily where there were […]

SW Radio By Irene Madongo 09 November 2010 Lawyers in Zimbabwe have unveiled a model constitution on which the Constitutional Parliamentary Select committee (COPAC) can base its own draft. Their model will be debated by key members of the three political parties next week. The influential Law Society of Zimbabwe has spent more than a […]

Herald 9 November 2010 By Gwendoline Mugauri All schools charging registration fees for 2011 Grade One places have been ordered to stop doing so as it is against the law. Education, Sport, Arts and Culture Minister David Coltart yesterday said Government would take action against any schools charging registration fees. This follows reports that some […]

Newsday 8 November 2010 By Veneranda Langa War veterans’ leader Joseph Chinotimba has reiterated his disdain for Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, saying he would never salute him even if he were to become the President of Zimbabwe. Chinotimba also said in a long-ranging interview that elections were long overdue because Zimbabwe had become ungovernable as […]

Sunday News 7 November 2010 Arts Focus with Raisedon Baya Where do Bulawayo artistes meet? Do they even meet? Once or twice one bumps into fellow artistes on the streets and hellos and goodbyes are hurriedly exchanged from a distance. And can one honestly call these “bump-ins’’ a meeting? Anyway, I know journalists meet at […]

Zimbabwean 6 November 2010 Teachers are facing renewed threats of political violence from war veteran who have so far forced the transfer of six teachers, according to the Progress Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ). PTUZ secretary general Raymond Majongwe told a press conference in Harare last week that his organisation had received reports of teachers […]

Newsday By Veneranda Langa 6 November 2010 War veterans leader Joseph Chinotimba will happily take up the ministerial portfolios of either education or lands but says he would never dream of becoming President of Zimbabwe because that would take him “more than 3000 years” to achieve. Chinotimba told Newsday in an interview in Harare this […]

NOTE: This is the letter I wrote in reply to the letter sent to me on the 4th November 2010 which was delivered to the Association’s offices on the the 5th November 2010 5 November 2010 Mr. Mpofu Provincial Chairman Zimbabwe Liberation War Veteran Association Harare Province Cnr Jason Moyo and 4TH Street Harare Dear […]

Herald 5 November 2010 Harare — Most Government primary schools in Harare’s low-density areas are reportedly charging parents seeking Grade One places as much as US$300 for 2011 as registration fees. Investigations by The Herald yesterday also revealed that the charges do not include school fees or other levies. The charges do not even guarantee […]

NOTE: Verbatim copy of a letter written to Senator Coltart and delivered to his offices on Thursday 4th November 2010 ZIMBABWE LIBERATION WAR VETERANS ASSOCIATION Harare Province Cnr Jason Moyo/ 4th Street Harare                                                             mobile 071 2 359 548 ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ 04 November 2010 DAVID COLTART (Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture) AmbassadorHouse Kwame Nkrumh Avenue […]