Monthly Archives: August 2013

Morning Mirror 14 August 2013 I use the term “pathological optimist” with the utmost warmth, respect and admiration. David Coltart refers to himself as a pathological optimist too, although always with that wry, lop-sided smile. Still very much alive and kicking, and ready for his next challenge, is the Honourable Senator David Coltart – Minister […]

Southern Eye By Southern Eye Reporter 13 August 2013 A ZANU PF official has called for an audit of ministries run by the MDC formations during the era of the inclusive government, raising fears President Robert Mugabe’s party is plotting a witch-hunt. Psychology Maziwisa, deputy director of information in Zanu PF, exposed the manoeuvres on […]

Southern Eye By Lenox Lizwi Mhlanga 12 August 2013 WHEN the story of Zimbabwe’s July elections is written it will surely be the stuff of folklore for all the wrong reasons. It more than qualifies to be one, the kind that grannies would be churning out at the firesides for years to come. It will […]

Southern Eye By Southern Eye Reporter 11 August 2013 EDUCATION minister David Coltart has claimed the past election was fraught with many irregularities and was subverted “through a detailed and carefully laid plan executed with military precision”. Central to Coltart’s claims is the failure by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission’s (ZEC) to provide the voters’ roll […]

Report regarding breaches of the Electoral Act and the Constitution In Bulawayo East Constituency The recent Zimbabwe election conducted on the 31st July 2013 was fraught with very serious breaches of Zimbabwe’s Electoral Act and Constitution. MDC Senator David Coltart ran in the House of Assembly election for the Bulawayo East Constituency and lost the […]

The Herald By Robson Sharuko 10 August 2013 The Warriors’ bonus row last Friday, and its disruptive effects on the players and their focus, reminded me of the first day I met David Coltart, the new Minister of Sport in a portfolio that included Education, Arts and Culture, at a Harare hotel in 2009, and […]

The Financial Gazette By Financial Gazette Reporter 8 August 2013 Last week’s harmonised elections have seen the Welshman Ncube-led Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) and Dumiso Dabengwa’s ZAPU emerging the biggest losers in the contest after the two political parties failed to garner a single seat in the House of Assembly. President Robert Mugabe’s ZANU-PF […]

The Financial Gazette By Financial Gazette Reporter 8 August 2013 “THE conduct of the election… has been peaceful, orderly, free and fair,” Olusegun Obasanjo, head of the African Union’s observer mission and former Nigerian president. ********************** “(President Jacob) Zuma urges all political parties in Zimbabwe to accept the outcome of the elections, as election observers […]

Southern Eye By Vitalis Moyo 7 August 2013 ZIMBABWE women’s wheelchair basketball coach Walter Ndlovu is confident his charges will do well in the World Cup qualifiers which commence in Johannesburg, South Africa, tomorrow. This is the first time that the national women’s team will be competing outside the country and at that level of […]

Daily Maverick By Simon Allison 6 August 2013 With the presidency in the bag and parliament in their pocket, Zanu-PF can relax in the certainty that they will dictate Zimbabwe’s foreseeable future. But who will dictate to Zanu-PF? Botox or no Botox, Robert Mugabe’s not getting any younger, and the circling sharks can smell the […]