Author Archives: David Coltart

New Zimbabwe 6 November 2012 BARACK Obama was retained as United States president for a new four-year term following Tuesday’s elections, defeating Republican challenger Mitt Romney. Thousands of Zimbabweans around the world stayed up all night into Wednesday to witness America’s pageant of democracy in action. Among them, Education Minister David Coltart marvelled at the […]

The Herald  By Jonathan Mbiriyamveka 6 November 2012 The recently held two-day National Arts Council of Zimbabwe’s annual Indaba in Masvingo ended on a high note with the setting up of a taskforce that compiled challenges bedevilling the arts and culture industry. The list of problems was given to the council’s board chairperson, Dr Thokozile Chitepo, who would […]

The Zimbabwe Mail 5 November 2012 THE two MDCs have lashed out at President Robert Mugabe for castigating Finance minister Tendai Biti over government’s failure to provide money for agricultural inputs, saying accusing Biti of sabotage was nothing more than political grandstanding on the part of the Zanu PF leader. In interviews with NewsDay yesterday, the two MDCs […]

New Zimbabwe 5 November 2012 EDUCATION Minister David Coltart has warned that Zimbabwe faces “long term ruin” from the activities of gold panners – barely a week after President Robert Mugabe announced plans to decriminalise goal panning. Mugabe, opening Zimbabwe’s fifth parliament on Tuesday last week, declared: “For the illegal panners, steps are on the way to decriminalise […]

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 […]