Monthly Archives: April 2011
School hikes fees to pay for road
Zimbabwean By Jane Makoni Friday, 8 April 2011 MARONDERA-SVOSVE – Parents here are bitter about St. Ludger Primary School which raised school fees from US$6 to US$10 starting next term, ostensibly to fund a public road maintenance project and ‘purchase’ text books. The school, which recently received text books and other educational material from UNICEF […]
Teachers in trouble over anti-sanctions petition
Newsday By Tatenda Chitagu in Masvingo April 6 2011 Two teachers at Ndarama High School are reported to have been beaten up by suspected members of the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) after they denounced the anti-sanctions petition document which they had been ordered to take home for signing by their wives. According to the Progressive […]
Air Zim strike costs Chinese martial arts visit
Newsday 6th April 2011 The industrial action by pilots at Air Zimbabwe has denied the Zimbabwe Wushu Association a high-level visit from the Chinese Wushu Federation and the Beijing Shaolin Wushu School. Wushu is a form of martial arts. In a statement on Tuesday, the Zimbabwe Wushu Association president Muzondiwa Makowa said the three-member Chinese delegation […]
Parliamentary Question time 6 April 2011 – Hansard Volume 37:29 (unedited)
Hansard Volume 37:29 Parliamentary Question time 6 April 2011 PARLIAMENT OF ZIMBABWE Wednesday, 6th April 2011 The House of Assembly met at a Quarter-past Two o’clock p.m. PRAYERS (THE DEPUTY SPEAKER in the Chair) ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE DEPUTY SPEAKER CHANGES TO PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP THE DEPUTY SPEAKER: I have to inform the House of changes […]
Coltart to revive night school
Newsday By Fortune Moyo 5th April 2011 Education, Sport, Arts and Culture minister David Coltart says he has secured donor funding for the re-introduction of night school programmes in the country. Coltart told NewsDay the programme which was popular between the early 80s and 90s would be back soon. “As a ministry, we have resolved […]
Quartet to illuminate Zim exhibition in Venice
Zimbabwe Independent Friday, 1 April 2011 By Ngoni Muzofa FOUR artists are set to represent Zimbabwe at the 54th Venice Biennale –– a major contemporary art exhibition in Venice, Italy. The Biennale opens on June 1 and runs until the end of November. The Venice Biennale is one of the most prestigious international forums for […]