Author Archives: David Coltart

Zimbabwean By Fungi Kwaramba 22 July 2010 HARARE – More than 15 000 teachers have rejoined the profession since the unity government took office last year and improved salaries for civil servants including teachers, Education Minister David Coltart said last week.  However Coltart said while remuneration for teachers was sufficient to lure them back to […]

New Zimbabwe.com By Mduduzi Mathuthu 21 July 2010 EDUCATION Minister David Coltart says Western sanctions on Zimbabwe are “past their sell-by-date” and are now being used by President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF party to hinder the full implementation of a 2008 power sharing agreement. Coltart, who describes his relationship with Mugabe over the last 30 […]

Zimbabwean By Fungi Kwaramba 21 July 2010 HARARE – Esrom Mukarati 11 (not real name) wakes up everyday and watches his peers going to school. He would dearly love to join them, but his parents do not have money to give him a basic education. As a result he has become a young vendor whose […]

www.isria.com 21 July 2010 Lord Howell, Foreign Office Minister met with David Coltart, Zimbabwe’s Minister for Education, Sports, Art and Culture this morning. The Ministers discussed the progress that has been made since the formation of the Inclusive Government. Zimbabwe still suffers from rule of law abuses and economic difficulties, but Lord Howell congratulated the […]

British Foreign Office Website www.fco.gov.uk 20 July 2010 Lord Howell, Foreign Office Minister met with David Coltart, Zimbabwe’s Minister for Education, Sports, Arts and Culture this morning. The Ministers discussed the progress that has been made since the formation of the Inclusive Government. Zimbabwe still suffers from rule of law abuses and economic difficulties, but […]

Zimbabwean By Staff Reporter 20 July 2010 NYAMINYAMI – A critical shortage of teachers has left education in Kariba’s Nyaminyami district in tatters. A top official from the Ministry of Education, Sport and Culture confirmed there had been a mass exodus of teachers from the district because of poor working conditions and impassable roads that […]

Newsday 20 July 2010 By Staff Writers The Ministry of Higher and Tertiary Education has thrown a life line to the Zimbabwe Distance Education college (Zedco), owned by Zanu PF Secretary for Education in the politburo, Sikhanyiso Ndlovu, by removing his college from institutions closed for operating illegally. The former information minister said yesterday he […]

ZBC 20 July 2010 Education, Sport, Arts and Culture Minister, Senator David Coltart has blasted western countries for maintaining sanctions on Zimbabwe. Speaking on BBC’s Hardtalk programme on Tuesday, Senator Coltart said the west is wrong in maintaining sanctions on Zimbabwe. “The are very skeptical… They are wrong. I think that they are trying to […]