Author Archives: David Coltart
Cricket Ireland deny pressure to move tour to Zimbabwe
The Irish Times Wednesday, September 1, 2010 By Emmet Riordan CRICKET IRELAND chief executive Warren Deutrom has denied that outside influences had any bearing on the decision of the national team to travel to Zimbabwe later this month for a series of games against the African nation. The four-day Intercontinental Cup game and three One-Day […]
After Robert Mugabe
Guardian By Blessing-Miles Tendi 1 September 2010 The president’s health is in the spotlight – and it is hardline generals who are set to determine the face of Zimbabwe’s future During August, Robert Mugabe was pictured walking unsteadily and requiring the assistance of aides when going up and downstairs at various summits. The images sent […]
Speech to Christian Educator’s Conference : “The role of Christian educators in producing sound leadership in Zimbabwe”
Speech to Christian Educator’s Conference – Gateway Primary School 1 September 2010 By Senator David Coltart I am delighted to be able to address the opening of your Conference for the second year running. I often say to colleagues that I don’t know how long I will be in this particular job, but one has […]
Zimbabwe: unlicensed and outdoors or no school at all
IRIN www.irinnews.org 30 August 2010 EPWORTH – Simbarashe Choga, 65, a retired teacher, is the local butcher in Epworth, some 20km northeast of Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare; he is also the principal of the primary school he runs out of his shop. “My teachers keep their records and other materials at my butchery, which operates as […]
Zimbabwe stops teenage mother expulsions
Independent SA by Columbus Mavhunga 29 August 2010 Zimbabwe’s government has been forced to fend off charges that it is encouraging teen sex after deciding to grant parental leave to pregnant schoolgirls and soon-to-be dads. The education ministry of Zimbabwe’s power-sharing government last week announced that young girls who fall pregnant during the course of […]
Government snubs civil servants
Newsday By Owen Gagare 29 August 2010 Government snubbed civil servants’ unions who requested a meeting a fortnight ago pressing for a minimum wage of $500 for the lowest paid worker. Apex Council president Tendai Chikowore wrote to government seeking a meeting to kick-start salary negotiations but said their employer was dragging feet over the […]
Why Ireland and Scotland should not go to Zimbabwe
www.cricketeurope4.net by Michael Taylor 27 August 2010 Cricket civilises people and creates good gentlemen. I want everyone to play cricket in Zimbabwe; I want ours to be a nation of gentlemen. – Robert Mugabe, The Sunday Times, 26 February 1984 Last Thursday the ICC confirmed that Ireland will travel to Zimbabwe in September to play three […]
Develop publishing industry to improve libraries
The Chronicle Editorial Comment 27 August 2010 Zimbabwe prides itself in having one of the highest literacy rate on the continent, a feat that took many years of investment in education to achieve. The quality of education is determined largely by the quality of teaching material and the competence of those imparting the knowledge. The […]
Mugabe Refused Hero Status for MDC Leader
VOA by Peta Thornycroft 25 August 2010 The two Movement for Democratic Change parties have united in anger against Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe’s refusal to accord national hero status to Gibson Sibanda, a founding MDC leader who died earlier this week. Gibson Sibanda, who died at age 66 in his home city, Bulawayo, was a […]
Zimbabwe seeks closer ties with Edinburgh festivals
The Scotsman by Staff Writer 24 August 2010 Zimbabwe’s culture minister has called for forging new ties between festivals in Edinburgh and his country’s major cities of Harare and Bulawayo. “I think that the Harare International Festival of Arts has got a lot to learn from the Edinburgh Festival,” said David Coltart, a founding figure […]