Monthly Archives: October 2011

Remarks made at the International Parliamentary Union Conference at Bern, Switzerland 17 October in the capacity of joint President of the PNND By Senator Coltart Nuclear weapons are a hold-over from the Cold War political and security environments, and have no rationale in today’s world. The key threats to national security, including the possibility of […]

Newsday By Henry Mhara 17 October 2011 Education, Sport, Arts and Culture minister David Coltart was on Sunday elected co-president of Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament (PNND) at the Kursaal Convention Centre in Bern, Switzerland. PNND is a global network of over 700 parliamentarians from more than 75 countries working to prevent nuclear proliferation. […]

VOA Gibbs Dube 17 October 2011 PTUZ president Takavafira Zhou said teacher representatives have demanded that the government urgently address the situation, as some of rehired teachers have abandoned their classrooms. The Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe said Monday that the country’s Public Service Commission owes more than two years of salaries to more than […]

Attended Coldplay concert in Joahnnesburg's Soccer City – absolutely blown away – brilliant! Wonderful that Chris Martin has Zim connection # Feeling very sad about Zimbabwe's loss to Cape Verde – but the problem actually happened last year at home when we drew due to local chaos # Congratulations to Zimbabwean David Pocock for securing […]

Newsday By Rejoice Ngwenya 16 October 2011 Zimbabwe’s perennial presidential aspirant Morgan Tsvangirai is logged on a default “entitlement” mode that he can in 2013, ceteris paribus, garner the elusive Parliamentary majority. Psychologists have evidence that humans — in the face of adversity — tend to exaggerate their self worth. Tsvangirai’s machismo bravado may have […]

Daily News By Chengetai Zvauya 14 October 2011 Harare - Police have barred members of Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) from marching in the streets of Harare to demonstrate against the continued harassment of teachers countrywide. They wanted to demonstrate against the dismissal and victimisation of teachers who were given a blanket amnesty by the […]

B-Metro 14-20 October 2011 The Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture, David Coltart, has congratulated Zimbabwean, David Pocock for a sterling performance that helped Australia beat defending champions South Africa in the quarter finals of the World Cup in New Zealand last Sunday. Pocock was born in the country and then migrated to Australia, […]

The Herald 13 October 2011 Zifa are hoping to use the goodwill they are enjoying with the Government now to help them in securing the State’s guarantee to host the 2012 African Women Championships. The soccer mother body has, over the last year, mended their relationship with the Government and the Sport and Recreation Commission and […]

The Chronicle 12 October 2011 Government has pledged meaningful support to Zifa so that the national team is thoroughly prepared and qualifies for future tournaments. Speaking at a signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the mother body and the parent ministry for grassroots development, Minister of Education, Sports and Culture David Coltart admitted that […]

Daily News By Dakarai Mashava 12 October 2011 Harare - Sports Minister David Coltart has attributed the Warriors’ failure to qualify for the 2012 Africa Nations Cup (Afcon) to the bungling Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa). Zimbabwe failed to qualify for the finals to be held in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea next year after finishing third in […]