Author Archives: David Coltart

The Sunday Mail By Langton Nyakwenda 10 February 2013 Mounds of sweet potatoes, green maize crops almost ripe and tall grass greet you as you enter St Mary’s Boxing Centre situated at Huruyadzo Shopping Centre. In the midst of this variety of vegetation is a boxing ring where one of Zimbabwe’s most renowned pugilists, Arigoma […]

The Sunday Mail By Lincoln Towindo and Shamiso Yikoniko 10 February 2013 Results from the country’s 2012 public examinations have generated debate, with many people bemoaning the poor performance exhibited by last year’s Ordinary Level students. While the country has been recording a steady improvement in pass rates at both Grade Seven and Advanced Level, […]

The Standard 10 February 2013 Revelations that the much publicised poor Ordinary Level pass rate is actually the best in 12 years will do little to allay fears that Zimbabwe’s education system is free-falling. Education minister David Coltart on Friday released statistics that showed students actually performed better last year than in the previous years, […]

The Standard By Jennifer Dube 10 February 2013 CONCERNED educationists and parents have called for the improvement of teaching and learning conditions in the country’s schools to ensure better results in public examinations. The outcry follows last year’s poor O’level results which showed that the pass rate had dropped from 19,5% in 2011 to 18,4%. […]

Sunday News By Vusumuzi Dube 10 February 2013 WHEN Karl Marx and Freidrich Engels first conceptualised capitalism, one of the key components that they touched on was that of mass production, their mindset was society was controlled by the bourgeois who employed the masses to produce goods and services en-masse. The focus was on production […]

ESPN Cricinfo By Liam Brickhill 9 February 2013 Ten years ago, Henry Olonga and Andy Flower took the field in Zimbabwe’s World Cup match against Namibia wearing makeshift black armbands, launching their famous protest against the “death of democracy”. This weekend, in fact, will mark the tenth anniversary of their gesture. In that time, Zimbabwean […]

News Day  By Veneranda Langa 9 February 2013 EDUCATION minister David Coltart says unscrupulous politicians are seeking to use the much publicised high percentage failure rate in last year’s “O” Level public examinations as a political weapon, even though statistics show that the pass rate is one of the highest in the last 12 years. Coltart […]

New Day 9 February 2013 ETHAN Dube, a former Zimbabwe first-class player, and chairman of Matabeleland Cricket Association was yesterday named as the final member of new Sports and Recreation Commission board announced earlier this week. Dube, whose appointment was confirmed by the Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture David Coltart yesterday becomes the […]

Zimbabwe Independent 8 February 2013 ONE of the areas where President Robert Mugabe registered significant success, acknowledged even by his trenchant critics during his otherwise disastrous rule which ruined the country and impoverished the people, is education. When Mugabe came to power in 1980 he inherited solid education infrastructure and a strong base, one of […]

ESPN Cricinfo By Firdose Moonda 7 February 2013 Andy Flower, the former Zimbabwe captain and current England team director, has spoken openly about his black armband protest at the 2003 World Cup to mark 10 years since he and Henry Olonga stood against “the death of democracy” in Zimbabwe. Flower reflected on the events of […]