Author Archives: David Coltart

Newsday By Tatenda Chitagu March 22 2011 The recent incarceration of Douglas Mwonzora, the MDC-T co-chairperson of Copac, did not have anything to do with politics, his Zanu PF counterpart Munyaradzi Paul Mangwana has said. Mwonzora, MDC-T MP for Nyanga North, spent nearly a month in remand prison after he was arrested for allegedly inciting […]

Newsday By Dumisani Sibanda and Nduduzo Tshuma 22 March 2011 The MDC-T controlled Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has shot down a Zanu PF request to use council schools as anti-sanctions petition signing centres. On Monday, Zanu PF announced it had established signing centres at 54 schools in Bulawayo province where the public are expected to […]

Herald Monday, 21 March 2011 From Robson Sharuko in KOLKATA, India DELIRIOUS Dynamos fans turned to the social media forums last night, in cyberspace celebrations to salute the Glamour Boys, after they overpowered Maouloudia Club Alger 4-1 at Rufaro, in a sensational start to their Champions League campaign. The Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and […]

Petra  Schools By the Chaplain http://petrahigh.com/chaplain.html 21 March 2011 We celebrate Founders Weekend to give thanks to God for His provision of the schools to the community and remember the people who have been involved in the building up of the Petra schools over the last twenty four years.  Petra started as a longing in […]

The Associated Press By Enock Muchinjo 21 March 2011 Zimbabwe Sports Minister David Coltart has defended the decision for the national team to return to test cricket this year amid criticism over its performance at the World Cup. Zimbabwe lost to Australia, New Zealand, Pakistan and Sri Lanka to crash out of the World Cup […]

Standard http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ Sunday, 20 March 2011 By Jennifer Dube GOVERMENT will soon roll out a programme to restock secondary schools with textbooks after a similar initiative saw 13 million books being given to primary schools last year. Education, Sport, Arts and Culture minister David Coltart said funding had already been obtained for the programme to make sure that […]

http://sportales.com By Charles Ray, US Ambassador to Zimbabwe 19 March 2011 After a five-year voluntary absence from Test Cricket, Zimbabwe’s national team goes up against a seasoned line-up in the World Cup matches in Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka. Despite not winning, they still came away “winners” because of the spirit of their play and […]

www.kubatana.com By Tendai Huchu, Africa Report 18 March 2011 Last August I had the privilege of hearing David Coltart, Zimbabwe’s education minister from the opposition Movement for Democratic Change, speak at the Edinburgh Book Festival. Most of his talk focused on the problems Zimbabwe faced – which are already well known – but I was […]

Zimbabwean Written by Fungi Kwaramba Friday, 18 March 2011 HARARE – The ministry of Education, Art, Sport and Culture will soon establish night schools to reduce the debilitating effects of more than a decade of decay in the education sector precipitated by President Robert Mugabe’s ruinous policies. Speaking last week at an electricity commissioning programme […]

www.mediacentrezim.com 18 March 2011 By Gilbert Munetsi THE education ministry is finding it difficult to sustain its operations, as it has to rely on US$63 million out   US$469 million it got from the treasury. The revelations were made by Education, Sport, Arts and Culture Minister, Senator David Coltart, while responding to a question raised by […]