Author Archives: David Coltart

Zimbabwean By Jane Makoni Friday, 8 April 2011 MARONDERA-SVOSVE – Parents here are bitter about St. Ludger Primary School which raised school fees from US$6 to US$10 starting next term, ostensibly to fund a public road maintenance project and ‘purchase’ text books. The school, which recently received text books and other educational material from UNICEF […]

Newsday By Tatenda Chitagu in Masvingo April 6 2011 Two teachers at Ndarama High School are reported to have been beaten up by suspected members of the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) after they denounced the anti-sanctions petition document which they had been ordered to take home for signing by their wives. According to the Progressive […]

Newsday 6th April 2011 The industrial action by pilots at Air Zimbabwe has denied the Zimbabwe Wushu Association a high-level visit from the Chinese Wushu Federation and the Beijing Shaolin Wushu School. Wushu is a form of martial arts. In a statement on Tuesday, the Zimbabwe Wushu Association president Muzondiwa Makowa said the three-member Chinese delegation […]

Hansard Volume 37:29 Parliamentary Question time 6 April 2011 PARLIAMENT OF ZIMBABWE Wednesday, 6th April 2011 The House of Assembly met at a Quarter-past Two o’clock p.m. PRAYERS (THE DEPUTY SPEAKER in the Chair) ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE DEPUTY SPEAKER CHANGES TO PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP THE DEPUTY SPEAKER: I have to inform the House of changes […]

Newsday By Fortune Moyo 5th April 2011 Education, Sport, Arts and Culture minister David Coltart says he has secured donor funding for the re-introduction of night school programmes in the country. Coltart told NewsDay the programme which was popular between the early 80s and 90s would be back soon. “As a ministry, we have resolved […]

Zimbabwe Independent Friday, 1 April 2011 By Ngoni Muzofa FOUR artists are set to represent Zimbabwe at the 54th Venice Biennale –– a major contemporary art exhibition in Venice, Italy. The Biennale opens on June 1 and runs until the end of November. The Venice Biennale is one of the most prestigious international forums for […]

The Daily Telegraph By Christian Nicolussi 31 March 2011 Don’t tour Zimbabwe…that’s the message from former Test star Stuart MacGill to Cricket Australia THE cricketer who once famously abandoned a tour of Zimbabwe has slammed Cricket Australia for a planned trip to the troubled African nation later this year. Stuart MacGill, who abandoned a 2004 tour […]

The Zimbabwean Written by ZimOnline Wednesday, 30 March 2011 President Robert Mugabe’s supporters have drafted hundreds of schoolchildren from Mashonaland West province to sign a petition demanding scrapping of Western sanctions against the veteran leader and his top allies. Mugabe’s ZANU PF party hopes to collect at least two million signatures for the petition that […]

http://blog.usaid.gov/ By Cary Jimenez, Development Outreach and Communications Officer at USAID/Zimbabwe 30 March 2011 USAID/Zimbabwe commemorated World Water Day 2011 on March 23 with a special ceremony to draw attention to the efficiency and effectiveness of rainwater collection as a way to provide clean water to families and schools. Zimbabwe’s Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and […]

Letter to Editor of Newsday 29 March 2011 By Senator David Coltart Editor, This is an appalling piece of journalism you are ultimately responsible for. For the record when I was phoned yesterday evening I told your reporter that the tender was awarded by Unicef, not Dr Peter Salama. I invited your reporter to speak to Dr Salama […]