Monthly Archives: July 2011

Gold panner’s American Dream

Zimbabwean By Paul Ndlovu 12 July 2011 With inflation spiralling out of control, formal employment and investing in education did not make sense for an ordinary Zimbabwean. For many youths who had finished their A level education, the next stage for someone wishing to go further up the academic ladder was enrolment at a university […]

Bulawayo schools to share hockey stadium turf

Newsday By Bridgette Bugalo 12 July 2011 The Bulawayo Provincial Education Director Dan Moyo on Friday said the turf removed from the Khumalo Hockey Stadium would be shared among several schools in the country’s second biggest city. He however did not give the number of schools to benefit from the turf to be replaced with […]

Inspectors drive education reform

Zimbabwean By Paul Ndlovu 11 July 2011 Education, Sports, Arts and Culture Minister David Coltart said his ministry had made strides towards reviving education standards and ethics among educators across the country. “We want to restore total sanity and curb lawlessness that has been the order of the day in many schools,” he said. “To that […]

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-07-10

“@Byo24News: | "Coltart fails to welcome Sepp Blatter http://t.co/0AHmNBZ” pathetic ZANU PF propaganda # Intrigued by NOTW furore; in the last 10 years Zimbabwe Govt agents have been hacking into our phones illegally – they wont lose their jobs # Watched Zimbabwe's Mighty Warriors women football team thrash Malawi 8-2 on Monday – they are […]

Khumalo Hockey Stadium refurbishment on course

Newsday Sports Reporter 8 July 2011 The Hockey Association of Zimbabwe has announced that the ship with the containers holding the new carpet for the Khumalo Hockey Stadium (KHS) is due to dock in Durban, South Africa, on Monday. Chairman of the Hockey Olympic Qualifiers local organising committee Gavin Stephens said in a statement yesterday […]

Muckracker: Dubious claims left right and centre

Zimbabwe Independent Muckraker 8 July 2011 THERE has been much hoopla over Sepp Blatter’s visit this week. “Blatter magic hits Harare,” the Herald proclaimed. Zimbabwe was being singled out for a special favour, we were led to believe. Of course the only country on the continent Blatter could fit in with perfectly is Zimbabwe. According […]

Security Sector reform: US and MDC T hypocrisy

The Zimbabwe Guardian http://talkzimbabwe.com/ By Tendai Moyo 8 July 2011 CALLS for immediate security sector reforms in Zimbabwe by America and its local regime change functionaries betray their unparalleled hypocrisy and fork-tongued nature. While they are vociferously calling for our security structures to be neutered, their political and governance structures are replete with military and […]

MDC-T monitors elected officials

Newsday By Silas Nkala 8 July 2011 The MDC-T has said it is closely monitoring the performance of all its Bulawayo MPs, senators and councillors to ensure sound service delivery. MDC-T provincial spokesman Mandla Sibanda told NewsDay yesterday elected members of the party were obliged to visit their constituencies regularly to update the electorate on […]

Acton lecture tackles religion and politics

http://eternity.biz/ 7 July 2011 The Annual Acton Lecture on Religion and Freedom in 2011 will discuss the question, “what is the influence of religion on politics”? The Centre for Independent Studies (CIS) public policy ‘think tank’ provides critical recommendations to public policy and encourages debate amongst leading academics, politicians, journalists and the general public. This […]

Coltart convenes football indaba

Herald 7 July 2011 By Petros Kausiyo EDUCATION, Sport, Arts and Culture Minister David Coltart wants Zifa and the Sport and Recreation Commission to convene an urgent football stakeholders indaba that will ensure the domestic game reaps rewards from Fifa president Sepp Blatter’s visit to the country. Coltart had a chance to meet with Blatter […]

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