Author Archives: David Coltart

Zimbabwean 21st November 2010 By Mxolisi Ncube JOHANNESBURG – An American non-governmental organisation says it is shipping more books to Zimbabwe for distribution in poor public schools where large numbers of pupils still have to share a single textbook. The group known as Project Aspire: Textbooks for Zimbabwe and headed by Zimbabwean-born writer Bob Scott […]

Herald 20 November  2010 Column TIMES have certainly been hard in Zimbabwean football — the gloom brought by Asiagate, the chaos triggered by the abortive recruitment of Belgian coach Tom Saintfiet and a 2012 Nations Cup campaign that remains on the edge after four dropped points in two matches that ended in draws. We still […]

Zimbabwe Independent 19 November 2010 THE bigger the lie the more people are inclined to believe it, Nazi Propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels is reputed to have said. There are a number of “big lies” currently circulating. Muckraker drew attention recently to the claim that Roy Bennett was a Selous Scout. We noted last month that […]

Zimbabwean 19 November 2010 By Pauline Henson ‘The dictator only lets go of what he can control’ I read that comment somewhere as I was studying the reports of Aung San Su Kyi’s release from house arrest last week and I wondered how the generals were going to ‘control’ this woman. Were there any conditions […]

Herald 18 November 2010 All-STAR Southern Rocks – powered by explosive opener Sikandar Raza Butt and a half-century from Elton Chigumbura – finally posted their first win in the Stanbic Twenty20 series at Harare Sports Club yesterday to squeeze their way back into the race for a semi-final place. Butt, the diminutive batsman who was […]

Herald 16 November 2010 Bulawayo Bureau Ambassador Pilar Fvertes of Spain has urged the European Union to normalise its relations with Zimbabwe. In an interview at Nyandeni Pre-School in Gwanda at the weekend where she was donating toys and stationery, Ambassador Fvertes said Spain and the EU were not fully supporting development initiatives in Zimbabwe […]

Swradioafrica By Alex Bell 15 November 2010 Education Minister and Senator David Coltart is facing threats by war vets, which he has said are equally a threat to the MDC and the entire unity government. Coltart has been on the receiving end of written threats by war vets, led by Joseph Chinotimba, since the start […]

Standard By Lesley Moyo 14 November 2010 THIS year will turn out to be a memorable year for the Tonga people in Zimbabwe, following the writing of the first Grade Seven Tonga language paper under the Provincial Education Office. This is a pilot run to assess whether the pupils are ready to sit for a […]

Standard 14 November 2010 WAR veterans have demanded a meeting with Education, Sport, Arts and Culture minister, David Coltart, escalating the war of attrition over the Senator’s statements that Gukurahundi was akin to genocide. The ex-freedom fighters, led by Joseph Chinotimba, gave Coltart a seven day ultimatum which ended last Thursday, to apologise for his […]

Independent By Paidamoyo Muzulu 12 November 2010 SENATORS  from the two MDC  formations and Zanu PF said this week that the three political principals should urgently meet and solve the current political crisis which has seen relations between President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai deteriorate further after the president’s unilateral appointments, which angered […]