Author Archives: David Coltart

The Chronicle By Pamela Shumba 30 October 2012 AN Accounts and Mathematics teacher from Bulawayo allegedly wrote an examination on behalf of a candidate who had promised to pay him $40. The teacher Edward Moyo (40) and the candidate Phephile Dlamini (29) from Entumbane have since been arrested. Moyo and Dlamini were allegedly caught cheating […]

News Day 29 October 2012 TWO Cabinet ministers from the Matabeleland region have pledged to lobby their colleagues in government to allocate funds for renovating the Bulawayo National Museum in the next National Budget. The campaign was being spearheaded by Education minister David Coltart and Public Works minister Joel Gabuza. Both ministers reportedly toured the […]

The Zimbabwean By Gladys Ncube 29 October 2012 Heavily armed police on Saturday morning raided the home of Simon Spooner, the former united MDC security adviser and past campaign manager for Education Minister, David Coltart. According Spooner’s lawyer, Lizwe Jamela, police said there were looking for weapons of war and had both arrest and search […]

The Standard  by Nqaba Matshazi 28 October 2012 THE government is set host an education all-stakeholders’ conference in December to review the school curriculum to put emphasis on vocational skills training. Education, Sport, Arts and Culture minister David Coltart last week said while Zimbabwe had a good education system, the curriculum was too academically-oriented. He […]

The Chronicle 28 October 2012 Ordinary Level examinations are starting today, with examination papers having been dispatched to all centres countrywide. The examination papers include the ones that were withdrawn and reset by the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) after the acting headmaster of Sijawugwe Secondary School, Mr Panganai Zimunhu (31), allegedly lost them two […]

The Chronicle By Steven Mpofu 27 October 2012 Food and water shortages in rural areas due to drought and job losses for large numbers of workers in urban areas as a result of company shutdowns caused by economic challenges continue to grab headlines both in the print and the electronic media in Zimbabwe these days. […]

Sunday News By Stanford Chiwanga 27 October 2012 ZIMBABWE has one of the highest rates of orphan-hood in the world, with 25 percent of all children having lost one or both parents mainly due to HIV and Aids, a survey by the Government, Unicef and other partners has revealed. More than one million young people, […]

News Day By Philip Chidavenzi 23 October 2012 EDUCATION minister David Coltart has disclosed that about one million out of an estimated 3,6 million school-going children required Basic Education Assistance Module (Beam) support as their parents and guardians cannot afford paying school fees. Speaking at the launch of the Beam Evaluation Report in Harare last […]

The Zimbabwean 23 October 2012 The Minister of Education, Sport, Art and Culture David Coltart has announced that Grade Seven pupils who have just finished writing national examinations will have to stay in school until the end of term.In the past, schools allowed pupils to leave school after completing examinations, which was contrary to government […]

The Standard By Albert Marufu 21 October 2012 THE Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture, David Coltart, has called for the prosecution of individuals who have been handed life bans by Zifa over match-fixing allegations. Zifa president, Cuthbert Dube, on Friday released a report that saw 15 players and administrators being banned from the […]