Author Archives: David Coltart

www.thezimbabwemail.com By Robson Sharuko 4 October 2011 The House of Assembly has adopted a motion to set up a commission of enquiry to investigate the role played by key stakeholders in the Warriors’ matchfixing scandal. The committee to be set up will chief among other things investigate the role played by the Sports and Recreation […]

VOA By Peta Thornycroft 4 October 2011 Children sift through garbage at a dumpsite in Harare, Zimbabwe, on President Robert Mugabe’s 87th birthday, February 21, 2011. Amnesty International says that hundreds of thousands of children were deprived of education after Zimbabwe’s former ZANU-PF government smashed up their homes and their parents’ businesses in 2005.  Amnesty […]

Congrats to Tuskers for their comprehensive win over the Mountaineers – took up where they left at the end of the last Zim domestic season # Drove from Bulawayo to Harare today and it seems as if the entire countryside is burnt – we are creating a desert before our very eyes # Zambia: President […]

Bulawayo24.com By Moyo Roy 2 October 2011 The Government has made a U-turn on its decision to freeze the recruitment of temporary teachers following indications that the country has a shortage of qualified tutors. Last month, the Ministry of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture stopped recruiting temporary teachers citing the need to replace them with […]

Herald 1 October 2011 Government is investigating circumstances surrounding evictions of headmasters and teaching staff at Anglican Church-run schools as it suspects the actions were disturbing learning activities. Education, Sport, Arts and Culture Minister David Coltart, said while he did not want to involve himself in the Anglican Church saga, it was imperative to establish […]

Herald 30 September 2011 Opinion The debate over the desirability of inducements for schoolteachers paid by parents is driven by several factors: education ideologies, poor civil service pay for graduates, inadequate funds from Treasury to support even minimum school standards, inequalities within the education system, inequalities in parental incomes, and the geographical distribution of members […]

The Herald 30 September 2011 Government is investigating circumstances surrounding evictions of headmasters and teaching staff at Anglican Church-run schools as it suspects the actions were disturbing learning activities. Education, Sport, Arts and Culture Minister David Coltart, said while he did not want to involve himself in the Anglican Church saga, it was imperative to […]

South African Hockey Association  By Steve Jaspan September 2011 The dust is settling over the Matabeleland savannah where the African Olympic Qualifier was held in Bulawayo earlier this month.  The African sunsets are beautiful with the sky tinged with orange and pink coloured brushstrokes. Reflecting on the tournament and the African Hockey Federation’s Congress there […]

Zimbabwean 29 September 2011 The United Kingdom’s Department for International Development has committed $35 million towards the implementation of the government’s National Action Plan for Orphans and Vulnerable Children. The Action Plan, launched by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai in Harare last week, aims to improve the plight of the poorest and most vulnerable children in […]

Newsday By Silas Nkala 29 September 2011 A recent directive by the Public Service Commission (PSC) for all senior Education officials who had assumed temporary administrative duties to revert back to their original work stations, has reportedly triggered a serious staffing crisis at the country’s district and provincial offices. Between 2006 and 2009, government reassigned […]