Author Archives: David Coltart
Notes from Senator David Coltart’s keynote address at the Arts and Culture Indaba 2010
Zimbablog February 18, 2010 By ZimboJam Minister of Education, Sports, Arts & Culture, Senator David Coltart, gave the keyonote address at the opening of the Arts & Culture Indaba in Harare this morning. This is a blog written by a participant. The Indaba gives a platform to exchange and improve ideas. Indaba came at a […]
Zimbabwe’s Leading Arts Figures Gather for Cultural Indaba
Zimbojam.com 17 February 2010 Leading arts figures from around Zimbabwe will tomorrow gather for an arts & culture indaba in Harare. The indaba, organised by the British Council, the Culture Fund, UNESCO and the National Arts Council of Zimbabwe will start with a keynote speech by Senator David Coltart, Minister of Education, Sport, Arts & […]
Senator David Coltart’s interview regarding Zimbabwe Cricket on YouTube
YouTube 17th February 2010 On the 17th February 2010 in Harare on the side lines of the 20/20 cricket tournament organised by Zimbabwe Cricket involving the 5 new Zimbabwean franchise sides I was interviewed by Neil Manthorp. The interview can be viewed below:
Plans for all-night Robert Mugabe birthday party ‘are insensitive’
Guardian.co.uk David Smith in Johannesburg Tuesday 16 February Opponents condemn proposals to mark Zimbabwean president’s 86th birthday as unemployment reaches nine in 10 Plans to hold a lavish all-night birthday party for the Zimbabwean president, Robert Mugabe, were today condemned as insensitive to the suffering of the country’s people. Mugabe’s 86th birthday will be celebrated […]
Call to computerise payroll
PSNews.com.au 15 February 2010 The Minister for Education, Sport, Arts and Culture in Zimbabwe has called on the Government to create a computerised database of its employees. The Minister, Senator David Coltart said the move would help weed out ghost workers who were claiming pay cheques without being members of the Public Service. “Government has […]
Lecture at the Graduate School of Education, Harvard University
I gave a lecture, on Monday February 8th at Harvard University. The topic was ‘Re-awakening the Sleeping Giant’ – a topic referring to the task of rehabilitating Zimbabwe’s education system. A video of my talk can be viewed on the Harvard University website. Click here to launch video.
Sports and GNU- a Year On
Zimbabwe Independent Enock Muchinjo 12 February 2010 Sport has historically been overlooked by central government in Zimbabwe. While most countries have standalone sports ministries, in this country, it has always been merged with other departments of government. Even the formation of the inclusive government in Zimbabwe exactly a year ago failed to address this anomaly […]
One year on – an analysis of performance
The Zimbabwean 9 Feb 2010 Written by Frazer Muzondo When President Robert Mugabe allocated the ministries between his party and the MDC upon formation of the Government of National Unity (GNU), he had only one thing on his mind. He wanted Zanu (PF) to maintain its grip on power so that it could continue to […]
Private schools sprout in Zim as public system struggles
AFP 7 February 2010 By Fanuel Jongwe Harare – “No disruption to learning” touts a newspaper ad for a new private Zimbabwean school, one of many springing up in living rooms, backyards and plots across Harare. It’s a big selling point in a country where government schools lost an estimated 20 000 teachers in 2008, […]
Councillors call for arrest of school heads
Sunday News 7 February 2010 Sunday News Reporters Bulawayo City Councillors have said the rot in the education sector must be nipped in the bud and have called for the arrest of school heads reportedly barring students from attending lessons due to non-payment of tuition fees and levies, Sunday News can reveal. Schools in Bulawayo […]