Monthly Archives: July 2011

Centre for Independent Studies Sydney 20 July 2011 Senator David Coltart
Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture, Zimbabwe Tuesday, 26 July 2011, 5:30pm for 5:45pm – 7:00pm
Parliament House, Parliament of NSW 
Macquarie St, Sydney 
Members – free, Non-Members – $15 / inc. GST Reservations are essential. Places must be paid for in advance. Seats are […]

SW Radio Africa By Tererai Karimakwenda 20 July, 2011 The man who emerged as the main contact and Zimbabwean link in the match-fixing scandal now known as Asiagate has been jailed for two years. Wilson Raj Perumal was sentenced by a district court in Finland on Tuesday, after he was found guilty for his role […]

Herald Wednesday, 20 July 2011 By Eddie Chikamhi The Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture, David Coltart, has hailed the Zimbabwe polocrosse team’s gallant efforts in coming second at the 2011 World Cup. The team, led by Andy Baker, had a memorable outing at the tournament, winning all five matches on their way to […]

VOA 20 July 2011 By Sandra Nyaira Politically tinged soccer tournaments are said to have been organized by Manicaland Provincial Governor Christopher Mushohwe, Local Government Minister Ignatius Chombo and Information Minister Webster Shamu With national elections in the offing though not scheduled, Zimbabwe Education Minister David Coltart has denounced the politicization of schools by politicians, […]

Radio VOP 20 July 2011 Zimbabwe’s Education, Sport, Arts and Culture Minister David Coltart is investigating the abuse of school children that allegedly took place during political campaigns. In a telephone interview with Radio VOP on Monday, the Minister, David Coltart said: “We are going to take up the issue with provincial directors of schools […]

Zimbabwe Metro 20 July 2011 HARARE – Sports Minister David Coltart has applied further pressure on police to act on Zimbabwe’s match-fixing scam, saying only the law enforcement agents can bring the matter to finality. Sources have it that police had already launched an investigation well before the damning Zifa inquiry report leaked to the […]

Chuffed that Ferrari won today at Silverstone but methinks it is too late for a resurgence # Dinner by the Atlantic in Casablanca – attending education finance conference for African Education Ministers # Zimbabwe's young Sables craven week rugby side thrashed Border country districts today 68-3. We need to keep these players for the future […]

VOA 18 July 2011 By Sandra Nyaira Education Minister David Coltart said the lack of respect for teachers, poor housing and political intimidation of teachers have all contributed to high vacancies in schools across the country The Zimbabwean education system, formerly one of Africa’s best, is laboring under some 15,000 vacant teacher positions left unfilled due […]

Byo News 24 By Tendai Moyo 15 July 2011 Calls for security sector reforms in Zimbabwe by America and fronted here by the regime change functionaries betray unparalleled hypocrisy especially on the part of the US. While they are vociferously calling for our security structures to be neutered, their political and governance structures are replete […]