Author Archives: David Coltart
Will Zimbabwe be let back into Commonwealth?
Telegraph By Graham Boynton 28 November 2009 Today in Trinidad the Commonwealth leaders will for the first time in some years discuss whether or not they should allow their delinquent outcast – Robert Mugabe’s Zimbabwe – back into the 53-member club. That this debate is actually taking place while the 85-year-old Mugabe is still president […]
Biti’s moment in the sun / Coltart is what you get when we make BSAP men custodian of education and sport
The Herald Comment By Mabasa Sasa 28th November 2009 On December 2, 2009, Biti will present his first real budget as a Minister of Finance. While he did stand up in Parliament and announce allocations earlier this year, one can’t really say he presented his own budget. Chinamasa had done the hard bit and he […]
Mugabe: I’m tempted to keep World Cup trophy
New Zimbabwe.Com By Lebo Nkatazo 27th November 2009 ZIMBABWE hosted the World Cup with dance and celebration on Thursday. President Robert Mugabe joked he was tempted to keep the gold trophy which is being paraded in all 53 African countries before its final journey to South Africa, the first African hosts of the World Cup […]
Good Morning Brazil
The Herald By Augustine Hwata 27th November 2009 President Mugabe last night challenged the Warriors to qualify for the 2014 World Cup finals in Brazil as Zimbabwe celebrated the arrival of the iconic World Cup Trophy, on its soil, with a colourful function at the Harare International Airport. The World Cup Trophy is on a […]
Coltart must apologise to ZC
The Herald Editorial 27th November 2009 WHEN controversial Australian journalist Peter Roebuck decided to describe the Zimbabwe Cricket leadership as a bunch of fraudsters, abysmal thugs and nasty creatures — in reports in newspapers Down Under and South Africa — we felt that he was entitled to his opinion, foolish as it might appear. When […]
A Tale Told By A Fool
The Herald By Robson Sharuko 27th November 2009 PETER ROEBUCK — the controversial Australian journalist whose description of the Zimbabwe Cricket leadership a bunch of FRAUDSTERS, ABYSMAL THUGS AND NASTY CREATURES has torched a storm here — struggles to bowl a consistent line, in terms of his analysis, to the extent of bordering on hypocrisy. […]
Who’s the Fraudster now?
Herald 26th November 2009 By Robson Sharuko PETER ROEBUCK — the Australian journalist whose description of the Zimbabwe Cricket leadership as a bunch of FRAUDSTERS, ABYSMAL THUGS AND NASTY CREATURES has torched a severe storm here — has travelled a journey blighted by controversy, including a suspended one-year jail term, for abusing a group of […]
Politicians must act with maturity
The Zimbabwe Times November 25, 2009 By Jupiter Punungwe ON October 29, the SADC Troika held a meeting attended by the major parties in Zimbabwe’s Government of National Unity (GNU). It was reported that the Troika directed that the major parties go and immediately negotiate on outstanding matters regarding the Global Political Agreement that gave […]
No extra money to pay invigilators as exams start a month late
SW Radio Africa By Alex Bell 25 November 2009 The Education Ministry has announced it does not have the extra money to pay special incentives to exam invigilators, as the 2009 exam period is set to get underway a month late, on Thursday. The announcement was made by Education Minister David Coltart on Tuesday in […]
Teachers in Zimbabwe Agree to Monitor Exams Without Pay – For Now
VOA By Jonga Kandemiiri Washington 25 November 2009 Zimbabwe’s two main teachers unions said Wednesday they will encourage members to oversee ordinary and advanced-level examinations expected to start Thursday, while they engage the government on payments.The Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe and the Zimbabwe Teachers Association say they will seek eventual compensation. Education Minister David […]