Monthly Archives: December 2010

Newsday By Thembe Sachikonye 10 December 2010 The feeling is surreal. Smoky monogrammed glass doors with polished brass handles. An imposing grandfather clock; hand-carved, time-worn, heavy wooden furniture. You can tell just by looking at this stuff that it has never seen the inside of a factory assembly line, it is lovingly hand-wrought. Acres of […]

Newsday 9 December 2010 By Khulani Nkabinda Political parties will be banned from holding rallies and setting up “bases” at schools in the run-up to the forthcoming elections, the Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture, David Coltart, has said. Coltart warned school heads and teachers from forcing schoolchildren to attend political rallies against their […]

Radiovop 8 December 2010 The Ministry of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture has banned all political parties in the country from using school premises for political rallies and meetings , ahead of the forthcoming elections. Speaking about the state of education in Zimbabwe during a meeting jointly organized by Radio Dialogue and The Zimbabwe Independent […]

Zimbabwean By Bulawayo Progressive Residents Association 8 December 2010 FOUR cabinet ministers in Zimbabwe’s not so inclusive government were on Sunday held to account by Bulawayo residents at a Social Accountability Conference organised by Bulawayo Progressive Residents Association (BPRA) that took place at the large city hall. The aim of the conference, which ran under […]

Guardian.co.uk 8 December 2010 Wednesday, 02 December 2009, 14:01 C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 02 HARARE 000930 SIPDIS AF/S FOR BRIAN WALCH NSC FOR SENIOR AFRICA DIRECTOR MICHELLE GAVIN EO 12958 DECL: 12/02/2019 TAGS PREL, PGOV, ZI SUBJECT: AMBASSADOR RAY’S VISIT WITH GERMAN AMBASSADOR TO ZIM Classified […]

Newsday 8 December 2010 By Silas Nkala Reports of sharp differences between MDC-M leader Arthur Mutambara and secretary-general Welshman Ncube have been dismissed by senior party officials as mere speculation meant to widen existing cracks within the smaller faction of the MDC. Speculation has been swirling in the media and MDC-M rank and file that […]

Herald 8 December 2010 By Nqobile Moyo in BULAWAYO MDC secretary for legal affairs and Senator for Bulawayo’s Khumalo constituency, Mr David Coltart, has tipped Zanu-PF to win the elections scheduled for next year. Mr Coltart joins other former opposition figures in tipping Zanu-PF to win the elections set for next June. Political scientist Dr […]

Zimbabwereporter.com 7 December 2010 BULAWAYO- MDC-M secretary for Legal Affairs and Khumalo Senator, David Coltart, has said small political parties need to form a coalition to successfully dislodge President Mugabe’s Zanu PF from power in the crunch 2011 vote. Coltart’s assertions flies in the face of remarks by Welshman Ncube, who is tipped to take […]

Newsday By Silas Nkala 6 December 2010 Education minister David Coltart has said teacher incentives will not be scrapped at the moment “even if some people hated over them” unless a lasting solution to retain teachers was provided. Coltart, who was speaking at the Social Accountability Conference organised by the Bulawayo Progressive Residents’ Association over […]

Chronicle 6 December 2010 By Prosper Ndlovu TEACHERS’ incentives will not be removed until there is an improvement in their welfare, the Minister of Education, Arts, Sports and Culture, Senator David Coltart said yesterday. “The issue of incentives is horrible and I know it is not popular with many, I also do not like incentives […]