Monthly Archives: March 2012

Sunday News 18-24 March 2012 Fact sheet: 900 high school maths and science teachers needed in Bulawayo City has a mere 135 qualified maths and science teachers There is a deficit of 765 teachers Critical shortage of maths and science teachers in the Matabeleland region Low enrolment at teachers’ colleges Matabeleland is facing an acute […]

Sydney Morning Herald By Sam Vincent 17 March 2012 The last time I visited Zimbabwe I was knee-high to a hyena – a precarious position in the African food chain, as anyone who has seen The Gods Must Be Crazy II will know. In that film a young Kalahari bushman, threatened by a hyena, holds […]

Official Summit for Education, ICT, Science & Technology, Research & Development. Cape Town, South Africa, 5-7 October 2012 Following the highly successful 2012 Southern African ICT for Education Summit, hosted by the Ministry of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture in Victoria Falls, organisers AfricanBrains prepare for the Innovation Africa Summit. Please follow the link below […]

The Zimbabwean By Keith Scott 15 March 2012 Dave Fish, Head of the Zimbabwe Office of the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID), today announced that Britain is committing £10 million (over $15 million) to support the Basic Education Assistance Module (BEAM), a Zimbabwean Government programme which pays for disadvantaged children to access education […]

SW Radio Africa By Tichaona Sibanda 15 March 2012 Rights activist Paul Chizuze has been missing since 8th February. Despite extensive efforts made civil society organizations to determine his fate his whereabouts are still unknown. Many of his friends and family now fear the worst. Chizuze went missing on the night of 8th February and […]

Radio VOP March 15 2012 The Queen of England is the only international figure most likely to convince President Robert Mugabe to change his hard line policies, former US acting principal deputy Assistant Secretary Mark Bellamy was told. According to the latest Wiki Leaks cable, the 88-year old Zimbabwe leader is known to hold in […]

The Zimbabwean By Mxolisi Ncube 14 March 2012 David Coltart, the Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture, has urged Zimbabweans in the Diaspora to be actively involved in uplifting education. The sector is still trying to recover from the economic rot that has spanned more than a decade. The resultant brain-drain created teacher shortages, […]

PSnews 13 March 2012 The Government of Zimbabwe has been urged by one of its own Ministers to lift the freeze on some critical Public Service jobs to improve service delivery. Minister for Health and Child Welfare, Henry Madzorera said the Ministry of Health was failing to employ critical staff such as doctors due to delays […]

The Zimbabwean By Chris Ncube 13 March 2012 Education, Sports and Culture Minister, David Coltart, has praised ZIFA president, Cuthbert Dube, for ridding the organisation of partisan politics. “ZIFA has for many years been run poorly and along political lines. I am happy that the current president is trying his best to clean it up,” […]

Speaking at UCT 1pm today on the topic "Reflections of a Christian lawyer in Zimbabwe" #