Author Archives: David Coltart
Coltart asks AG to prosecute match fixers
New Zimbabwe 20 October 2012 SPORTS Minister David Coltart has called on Police Commissioner Augustine Chihuri and Attorney General Johannes Tomana to initiate criminal proceedings against football players and administrators involved in the Asiagate scandal. An official report said national team matches were fixed by ex-ZIFA officials along with convicted match-fixer Wilson Perumal between 2007 […]
Minister Coltart hails Asiagate completion
Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation 20 October 2012 The Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture, Senator David Coltart has hailed the completion of the Asiagate report that has resulted in the imposition of penalties on players, officials and journalists who participated in match fixing activities. The handing down of life bans to 15 players, officials and […]
Rushwaya accepts fate
The Sunday Mail By Fatima Bulla 20 October 2012 Henrietta Rushwaya, the former Zifa chief executive officer and susÂpected mastermind of the Asiagate match-fixÂing operation, has accepted the life ban passed on her by the mother body. Rushwaya said she still felt the verÂdict was sexist, but said she hoped it would clear the way for […]
Bubi prioritises schools infrastructure
The Sunday News By Vusumuzi Dube 20 October 2012 BUBI Rural District Council has passed a resolution that will see them constructing classroom blocks and teachers’ cottages at various schools in the area yearly, in a bid to attract the best quality of teachers and improve education standards, an official has said. Bubi RDC chief […]
EDITORIAL COMMENT: Zimsec’s quick reaction to leak impressive
The Chronicle 18 October 2012 The swift action by the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council to withdraw thirteen Ordinary Level examination papers after an acting headmaster lost them while travelling from Bulawayo is the kind of quick intervention that public institutions are expected to take whenever things go wrong. Zimsec did a good job by not […]
Zimsec Cancels 13 Ordinary-Level Exams
Nehanda Radio By Felix Share 18 October 2012 The Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) has cancelled 13 Ordinary-Level exam papers and will have to reset them at a cost of US$850 000. This follows an incident in which an acting headmaster in Matabeleland North Province reportedly lost the papers while travelling from Bulawayo last Friday. The […]
Zimsec withdraws exam papers
The Chronicle By Pamela Shumba 17 October 2012 THE Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) has withdrawn 13 Ordinary Level examination papers at all its examination centres countrywide after the acting headmaster of Sijawugwe Secondary School in Bubi District lost them while travelling from Bulawayo to the school on Sunday. The timetable for O-Level examinations, however, […]
Rest in Peace, Kevin
News Day By Daniel Nhakaniso 17 October 2012 HUNDREDS of people turned out at St Georges College Cathedral in the capital to pay their last respects to former Zimbabwe coach Kevin Curran who passed away in Mutare last Wednesday while jogging. Curran, whose unexpected death shocked the cricketing world, received a befitting heroes’ sendoff with several […]
Speech given at the National Launch of the BEAM Evaluation Report by Senator David Coltart
Holiday Inn Hotel, Harare, Zimbabwe Speech given by Senator David Coltart, Minister of Education, Sport, Arts, and Culture 17 October 2012 Today marks a milestone in the launch of the evaluation of the BEAM programme. In response to the rising challenges associated with the macro-economic meltdown which undermined social services provision, the Government of Zimbabwe […]
Zimbabwe spending too much on the military
Defence Professionals By Tawanda Karombo 16 October 2012 The Zimbabwean government is spending too much on defence and the military at the expense of other development sectors such as education, says a senior official in the splinter Movement Democratic Change (MDC), lead by Professor Welshman Ncube. Earlier this month Zimbabwe opened its $98 million National Defence College. Zimbabwe is […]