Monthly Archives: November 2012

The Standard By Tendai Marima 4 November 2012 FOR the second year running, Zimbabwe has topped Africa’s literacy tables,  but an estimated one million children in the country are out of school, it has emerged. The World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Report 2012-2013 says 92% of adult Zimbabweans were able to read and write. But the Education, […]

New Zimbabwe by Gilbert Nyambabvu 3 November 2012 COALITION parties have demanded that President Robert Mugabe explain the source of the US$20 million used to finance an agricultural input scheme the Zanu PF leader launched in Harare Saturday. Said to have been financed by “well-wishers”, the scheme is expected to give  free agriculture inputs to some […]

The Herald By Paul Manyuki 3 November 2012 THE Sables’ Thursday night training session at Harare Sports Club was cancelled after players demanded to know how much they were to get as allowances for the Namibia rugby invitational tournament next week. The national rugby side is expected to leave the country for Windhoek on Wednesday, […]

New Zimbabwe By Lucky Tshuma 2 November 2012 THOUSANDS of Catholics attended the funeral of Archbishop Emeritus Henry Ernst Karlen in Bulawayo on Friday. Archbishop Karlen, who was head of the Bulawayo Diocese for 38 years, died aged 90 at Mater Dei Hospital on Sunday, October 28. Known as the “Father of Bulawayo Diocese” for […]

Times Union By Angus Shaw 2 November 2012 HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe’s only white government minister has said racial slurs against whites at the highest political level continue to show “a gross level of intolerance” in the southern African nation. Education Minister David Coltart said if he made similar insults about blacks he would “rightly be […]

Daily News 2 November 2012 HARARE - As the chaos in Zimbabwe’s world-acclaimed education system continues, Education minister David Coltart took time to comment on the Daily News story about the disruptions of examinations at St Peter’s Kubatana High School. We publish here in full his comment and that of one of our readers. “As the […]

The Patriot By Patriot Reporter THE PATRIOT has torched a fire-storm with its last week’s lead story about race relations in Zimbabwe.  Facebook is ablaze with people making their contributions. But the most disappointing contributions are Ms Gappah’s. After defending the black identity so strongly at the Book Cafe last week, on Facebook, she sounds so powerless, literally apologising to the […]

The Patriot By Evans Mushawevato IT seems in the last 32 years blacks and whites have been giving each other plastic smiles.  During that time we have not been bold enough to sit with one another, and talk. Last week’s lead story in The Patriot on the discussion between Ms Petina Gappah and Ms Alexander Fuller torched a […]

Nehanda Radio 2 November 2012 The Education, Sport and Culture Minister posted a message on his Facebook wall saying “It is wrong to paint any race or ethnic group with a single broad brush because there are remarkable white people out there who are deeply committed to the concept of a multi-racial, truly democratic Zimbabwe.” […]

The Chronicle 1 November 2012 EDUCATIONISTS from the Matabeleland region yesterday launched the Matabeleland Mathematics Association (Matma) in a bid to promote the teaching of the subject at schools and also improve pass rates. The development comes following an outcry over poor Mathematics passes from schools in the region.The low pass rate in Mathematics has made […]