Author Archives: David Coltart
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-09-04
ZANU PF's pathetic reaction to fall of Gaddafi shows how out of touch with reality they are – still don't understand the lifeline given them # Well done to Zim XI for great performance against Pakistan in cricket warm up match yesterday # Ngoni Makusha in World long jump finals today – go do it […]
Union accuses Zanu-PF of distorting history in schools
http://www.timeslive.co.za/ BY Vladimir Mzaca 4 September, 2011 School teachers say politicians are abusing the curriculum. The Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) said in a press statement this week that the history curriculum in particular had been militarised. The union blamed this situation on events over the years that have seen Zanu-PF lose its grip on politics. As […]
Coltart, Mahere clash over policy
Sunday Mail 4th September 2011 By Lincoln Towindo EDUCATION, Sport, Arts and Culture Minister Senator David Coltart has clashed with Permanent Secretary Dr Stephen Mahere over the former’s alleged plans to allow Trust schools to run their affairs without Government oversight. Sources revealed last week that Sen Coltart attempted to “smuggle” a clause granting the […]
African Olympic Qualifiers Welcome Statement by senator David Coltart
Statement by Senator David Coltart 1st September 2011 On behalf of the Ministry of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture I would like to welcome you to the African Olympic Qualifier in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. This tournament is a build up to the 2012 London Olympics, with the winners in the men’s and women’s competition gaining automatic […]
Zanu (PF) in cloud cuckoo land: Coltart
Zimbabwean By Vusimusi Bhebhe 31st August 2011 Zimbabwe’s Education Minister David Coltart has accused Zanu (PF) of living in cloud cuckoo land and refusing to accept the reality of an unfolding African people-led revolution that has seen unprecedented political change across the continent. Commenting on Zanu (PF)’s angry reaction to last week’s decision by Libyan […]
Life Under Challenging Regimes: Argentina and Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe’s Minister for Education, Sports, Culture and the Arts Senator David Coltart and Argentina’s former minister and presidential candidate, economist Ricardo Lopez Murphy speak with The Australian’s Paul Kelly.
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-08-28
"Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood Clean from my hand? No!" Macbeth on killing King Duncan – apposite to Zimbabwe? # "Out, damned spot! out, I say!Hell is murky! What need we fear who knows it, when none can call our power to account?" Lady Macbeth # Canst thou not minister to a […]
Footnotes to Africa History
The Australian The Sightgeist, by Jon Kudelka 27 August 2011 DAVID Coltart is one of the bravest men I’ve met. He is a senator from Zimbabwe — the only white man in Robert Mugabe’s cabinet — and he was in Australia recently as the guest of the Centre for Independent Studies in Sydney, where he […]
Teachers forced to support Zanu PF
Zimbabwean 26 August 2011 By Tony Saxon Teachers here are being forced to buy Zanu (PF) cards by war veterans, The Zimbabwean has learnt. Teachers at Gombakomba and Dangare schools in Zimunya district last week said that war veterans led by Robert Rufuse and Jonas Chitakatira were living in fear as they were forced to […]
Zimbabwe Rights Groups Say ZANU-PF Youth Militia Training in Secondary School
VOA 24 August 2011 By Jonga Kandemiiri Human rights defenders have called for the closure of the training base, but presidential aide Didymus Mutasa told a Harare newspaper that the youths are school leavers engaged in constructive activities. Zimbabwean human rights groups say about 200 members of the youth militia controlled by President Robert Mugabe’s […]