Monthly Archives: October 2012
Govt Pays for BEAM
The Chronicle 14 October 2012 GOVERNMENT has paid $1,1 million examination fees for Ordinary and Advanced level candidates under the Basic Education Assistance Module and also urged schools not to bar any pupil from writing examinations because they have not paid tuition fees and levies. Zimbabwe School Examinations Council had threatened to bar 16 000 […]
Coltart blames ‘politics’ for Warriors failures
New Zimbabwe 14 October 2012 SPORTS Minister David Coltart says depoliticising football should be the first step to solving what is wrong with Zimbabwean football. Coltart spoke on Sunday after Zimbabwe lost 2-0 away to Angola as they failed to qualify for the 2013 African Cup of Nations finals. Manucho’s double in Luanda brought the aggregate […]
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-10-14
Congratulations Brendan de Jonge – although he will be frustrated coming 2nd his performance @PGAction was superb. #Zimbabwe is proud of you # My SAA flight from Joburg to Harare was cancelled this evening. Reason given "no runway lights in Harare". This is unacceptable #Zimbabwe # I am deeply saddened to hear of the sudden […]
Curran was ‘a team man’ – Traicos
Cricinfo 10 October 2012 Tributes have been paid to Kevin Curran, the former Zimbabwe allrounder, who died on Wednesday at the age of 53. John Traicos, the former offspinner, remembered him as a “dedicated person” while Heath Streak, who was coached by Curran said “nothing was too much for him to try and conquer”. Traicos, […]
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-10-07
And who said #golf is boring! Well done Europe. As a neutral that was simply pulsating, great stuff. Wonderful for the game of golf. # The Coltarts – @AndrewColtart and me that is, are united in their joy over Europe's victory. Of course Andrew plays rather better than me # Gracious @bubbawatson – much appreciated […]
Speech given at African Brains Conference
African Brains Conference Speech given by David Coltart 6 October 2012 [Link to video of speech: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sA21S5okwM8] Senator David Coltart — Minister of Education, Sport, Arts & Culture, Zimbabwe speaking on Education for Employment, Developing Skills for Vocation at the Innovation Africa Summit – 5th-7th October 2012 at the Westin Hotel, Cape Town, South Africa. Supported by […]
Will Zifa Trust bring lost glory to Zim?
The Sunday News By Bruce Itai Chimani 6 October 2012 FOOTBALL undoubtedly the most popular sport in Zimbabwe has been haunted by many negatives, the greatest of late being the  Asiagate scandal, a report of which was released this past week that saw some players being exonerated. On the other end the state of Zimbabwe […]