Author Archives: David Coltart
Teachers in Zimbabwe End Strike After Three Weeks
VOA By Scott Bobb Harare 20 October 2009 Teachers across Zimbabwe struck for three weeks last month over demands for higher pay, closing schools and causing parents to worry that their children might lose a second school year to Zimbabwe’s economic crisis. The country’s unity government is coming under increasing pressure as it struggles to […]
Marked reformation in the sporting realm
News from Ballantyne Park Cell Groups, Celebration Church Harare, Zimbabwe 20 October 2009 There has been a marked reformation in the sporting realm since David Coltart, a Christian MDC Senator, became Minister of Education, Sports, Arts & Culture. In recent years cricket had become politicized and racially polarized which, added to dubious financial arrangements, had […]
PTUZ says exam deadline extension did not help
SW Radioafrica.com By Lance Guma 20 October 2009 A decision by the Ministry of Education to extend the deadline for pupils who had failed to raise fees for this year’s exams did not help, because most schools did not get the relevant government circular. Education Minister David Coltart issued a statement saying parents and guardians […]
What Would Gandhi Do? Zimbabwe, Neo-imperialism and the Lessons of Nonviolence
Afrika Aphukira http://mlauzi.blogspot.com/2009/10/what-would-gandhi-do-zimbabwe-neo.html By Steve Sharra Monday, October 19, 2009 What Would Gandhi Do? Zimbabwe, Neo-imperialism and the Lessons of Nonviolence The theme for this year’s Peace and Justice Studies Association (PJSA) annual conference, held from October 8 to 10 at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, could not have been more apropos. Phrased as “The […]
Fees cost pupils their final exams
The National – Abu Dhabi By Thulani Mpofu, Foreign Correspondent October 18 2009 PLUMTREE, ZIMBABWE. Ruth Nleya prepared for four years to take her final school exams, but her efforts went to waste because her parents were unable to raise the examination fees. Ruth, 17, the daughter of rural farmers, expected to sit her examinations […]
Shattered dreams
Sunday Mail By Kudakwashe Bwititi 18 October 2009 Goodwill Bosha, a bright Form Four student at Chipadze High School in Bindura, has always harboured a burning ambition to become a medical doctor. To ensure he achieved his dreams, Bosha deliberately chose to pursue science subjects like Chemistry, Biology and Integrated Science. He was supposed to […]
Bell tolls for child abusers in schools
Sunday Mail Sunday Mail Reporter 18th October 2009 Government last week launched a programme to eradicate the rampant cases of child abuse in both primary and secondary schools, following an upsurge of the vice. The programme — known as Learn Without Fear Campaign — would be supported by Plan Zimbabwe, a non-governmental organisation which works […]
Zimsec workers call off strike
The Chronicle 17 October 2009 Harare Bureau Zimbabwe schools examination Council workers have called off a week-long strike after hammering out a deal with the parent Ministry for the least paid employees’ salary to be increased from US US$115 to US$ 270. A Zimsec source close to the goings-on disclosed that the workers started receiving […]
It wasn’t me: Professor Jonathan Moyo
The Chronicle 17 October 2009 By Lenin Ndebele When President Robert Mugabe warned that the Internet needed to be controlled when he addressed the ICT conference in Switzerland two weeks ago, he had a point. Ask Professor Jonathan Moyo, who is a victim of Internet fraud. Many people use social networking sites such as Facebook, […]
Fort Hare University under pressure over axed Zim scholarship students
SW RadioAfrica By Lance Guma 16 October 2009 South Africa’s Fort Hare University is under growing pressure to intervene in a row over the Zimbabwean Presidential Scholarship program, that has stopped funding 12 students, for alleged political activity. The programme meant for under-privileged students is funding around 750 students at the university but ZANU PF […]