Monthly Archives: April 2015
Chinamasa the fall guy: Coltart
Southern Eye 22 April 2015 President Robert Mugabe’s public rebuke of Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa (pictured) over payment of civil servants bonuses will complicate the minister’s job as he tries to woo the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank to rescue Zimbabwe’s economy, a former minister said. Mugabe at the weekend dressed Chinamasa […]
Mugabe endangers IMF talks
Newsday April 21 2015 By Paidamoyo Muzulu PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe’s announcement to reverse Treasury’s recent decision to suspend civil servants’ bonuses could jeorpadise Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa’s ongoing re-engagement efforts with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to obtain fresh funding to kickstart the free-falling economy. According to IMF statement No. 15/101, Zimbabwe had agreed to […]
Comment by Senator David Coltart regarding President Mugabe’s reversal of Finance Minister Chinamasa’s civil service bonus policy
Comment by Senator David Coltart April 20 2015 Poor old Patrick Chinamasa, Zimbabwe’s Finance Minister, has been forced to eat humble pie by President Mugabe this weekend. Having announced that the civil service annual bonus would not be paid in 2015 and 2016 as part of government’s austerity measures, Chinamasa was put down very publicly […]
Senator David Coltart’s statement on the occasion of Zimbabwe’s 35th Independence Anniversary
Statement by Senator David Coltart April 18 2015 Today Zimbabwe celebrates 35 years of independence from colonial rule. All patriotic Zimbabweans celebrate that racial discrimination and the oppression caused by white minority rule ended 35 years ago. We also celebrate that the dreadful war which was fought to end that oppression ended then. However beyond […]
Jonathan Moyo a hypocrite on xenophobia – David Coltart
Bulawayo 24 By Thobekile Zhou April 15 2015 MDC top official David Coltart has lashed out at Information minister Jonathan Moyo describing him a hypocrite over his xenophobic comments saying he cannot cherry pick what ‘types of xenophobia or racism are acceptable or not’. On Monday, ANC Secretary General Gwede Mantashe was quoted saying the […]
Coltart responds to Moyo’s SA xenophobic comments
SABC News April 15 2015 Former education minister David Coltart on Wednesday said that comments by a top official from President Robert Mugabe’s government slamming xenophobic violence in South Africa were “hypocrisy of the highest order”. “One cannot pick and choose what types of xenophobia or racism are acceptable or not,” Coltart says in a […]
Coltart attacks ‘hypocrite’ Moyo
New Zimbabwe.com April 15 2015 FORMER education minister David Coltart on Wednesday said that comments by a top official from President Robert Mugabe’s government slamming xenophobic violence in South Africa were “hypocrisy of the highest order”. “One cannot pick and choose what types of xenophobia or racism are acceptable or not,” Coltart said in a […]
Statement by Senator David Coltart regarding Minister Moyo’s statement on SA xenophobic attacks
Statement by Senator David Coltart regarding Minister Moyo’s statement on SA xenophobic attacks April 15 2015 I see that Jonathan Moyo has responded to ANC Secretary General Gwede Mantashe’s indirect criticism of Robert Mugabe’s racist statement against whites made on his State visit to South Africa last week. Mantashe said on Monday that the “ANC […]
Zimbabwean Children’s Right To Education Under Serious Threat
RadioVop By Sij Ncube April 14 2015 President Robert Mugabe’s regime wants to introduce examination fees for the country’s seven graders as well as hike charges for national Ordinary Level public examinations in what appears a fragrant violation of the constitution which guarantees the right to education for every child. Primary and Secondary education minister […]
Opinion: “Opposition parties have betrayed the people”
Zimbabwe Independent By Dumisano Nkomo April 2 2015 Opposition political parties in Zimbabwe, especially the various MDC formations, are a disappointing lot that have continued to let the people down and the struggle for a just, democratic Zimbabwe. Instead of focussing on mobilising the people on issues affecting them, they have continued to major on […]