Author Archives: David Coltart

Chronicle 18 October 2010 Chronicle Reporter THE Ministry of Public Service has called for the fast-tracking of the re-engagement of temporary teachers. In an interview, Minister of Public Service, Professor Eliphas Mukonoweshuro, said there was a shortage of teachers in schools and there was an urgent need for the Ministry to speed up the re-engagement […]

The Standard 17 October 2010 By Nqobani Ndlovu BULAWAYO — A human rights organisation representing victims of political violence has written to the Attorney General (AG) demanding a fresh inquest and prosecution of six surviving war veterans accused of kidnapping and murdering MDC activist Patrick Nabanyama in 2000. The Zimbabwe Victims of Organised Violence Trust […]

The Zimbabwean By Paul Ndlovu 13 October 2010 HARARE – The Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture has issued directives to his subordinates to use US$10 million that lay unutilised at the treasury to acquire learning materials for secondary schools in the country. Senator David Coltart said he came to know about the funds […]

The Zimbabwean 12 October 2010 BULAWAYO – As the late Welshman Mabhena was buried at  Lady Stanley Cemetery on Saturday, his relatives lamented the torture that the departed politician suffered under Zanu before the Unity Accord of 1987. Family spokesman, Norman Mabhena told The Zimbabwean: “The assault by Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) operatives and other pro […]

Newsday By Feluna Nleya 11 October 2010 Amnesty International Zimbabwe (AI) will this week petition the legal secretaries from the three political parties in the inclusive government to help abolish the death sentence in Zimbabwe. AI wrote to Zanu PF secretary for legal affairs Emmerson Mnangagwa and the two Secretaries for legal Affairs from the […]

Herald 11 October 2010 GOVERNMENT will allow payment of teachers’ incentives by parents and guardians to stay while a permanent solution to improve their conditions of service is being sought, a Cabinet minister told Parliament on Wednesday. Education, Sport, Arts and Culture Minister David Coltart said while payment of incentives to teachers had a discriminatory […]

Daily News By Maxwell Sibanda 11 October 2010 HARARE – Zimbabwean teachers last Friday celebrated The World Teachers’ Day amid disgruntlement over  poor salaries and working conditions. Sifiso Ndlovu, a Zimbabwe Teachers Assciation (ZIMTA) official, said teachers’ struggles continued 44 years on since the signing of the 1966 UNESCO recommendation for teachers. “Teachers continue to […]

Zimbabwe Democracy Now.com 11 October 2010 Posted by Nxwala My sister at home in Zimbabwe died and I had to go back home for her burial. I do not have money for the border so I had to go under the fence. I travelled to Lupane using my thumb and rural buses. When I got […]

Sunday News 10 October 2010 Senior Sports Reporter THE revamping of Khumalo Hockey Stadium is set to start soon after the release of US$1 million for the project by the government. Education, Sport, Arts and Culture Minister David Coltart, said the money was now in the hands of his Ministry and the Ministry of Public […]

Herald By Robson Sharuko 9 October 2010 FROM the very beginning it was so clear that there was something terribly wrong, that it was all certain to end in tears, controversy and accusations of betrayal, that it was all an insult to professionalism as we know it today and that it was all so shadowy […]