Author Archives: David Coltart

Herald 23 May 2009 CIVIL servants in Harare took to the streets yesterday, demanding to be paid “real salaries”, warning Government they would embark on industrial action if their grievances are not addressed promptly. Riot police had to be deployed to stop the placard-waving disgruntled workers from marching to the offices of the ministries of […]

Newsnet Saturday 23 May 2009 Government has called on the private sector to partner it in the rehabilitation of school’s infrastructure. Government has called on the private sector to partner it in the rehabilitation of school’s infrastructure. Speaking after officiating at the launch of a programme meant to restore confidence in country’s education system, the […]

The Chronicle By Mduduzi Moyo 23 May 2009 The first trimester — the first ten of the scheduled 30 games — of the Premiership has come and gone yet the Premier Soccer League is still to find a sponsor for this year’s league championship. The traditional season opening Charity Shield has been repeatedly postponed and […]

Al Jazeera By Haru Mutasa, Al Jazeera’s southern Africa correspondent 22 May 2009 It has been 100 days since Morgan Tsvangirai joined his old rival Robert Mugabe in the formation of a new coalition government for Zimbabwe. With Tsvangirai taking the office of prime minister and Mugabe as president the hope was to try and […]

The Occasion Magazine By Margaret Kriel 16th May 2009 The streets of Bulawayo were so clean and shining after the Big Clean Up on Saturday morning, May 16, that we had to wear our sunglasses! Over one thousand people took to the streets armed with brooms, shovels, rubber gloves, plastic bags and masks, to Clean […]

Zimbabwe Times May 21, 2009 By Our Correspondent HARARE – The government will start releasing results for last year’s Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (ZIMSEC) examinations, beginning this Friday. The government has also committed itself to proceeding with this year’s mid-year public examinations, ending months of uncertainty over its capacity to manage any public examination before […]

AFP 21 May 2009 HARARE, Zimbabwe (AFP) — Zimbabwe’s mid-year schools examination had been postponed for a month due to lack of funding by international donors, the education ministry announced Wednesday. And the results from last year’s exams, which should have been issued in February, would finally be released this Friday, Education Minister David Coltart […]

Herald 21 May 2009 Harare — THE November 2008 Zimsec Advanced Level results will be out tomorrow while Ordinary Level results are expected to be released on June 5 as Government set June examination fees at US$10 per subject for both “O” and “A” Levels. Education, Sport, Art and Culture Minister David Coltart yesterday said […]

Zimbabwe Times 20 May 2009 By Our Correspondent Harare – The Public Service Association, PSA, the umbrella body representing civil servants in the country has applied for police permission to march in protest at failure by the government to address their remuneration concerns. In the PSA application, which is addressed to the officer commanding Harare […]

New Zimbabwe.com By Lebo Nkatazo 20/05/2009 THE government has postponed the Advanced and Ordinary Level June examinations by a month while last year’s delayed examination results would be released starting Friday, Education Minister David Coltart said Wednesday. Coltart said the government has availed US$352,218,000 to the Zimbabwe Schools Examinations Council (Zimsec) for the running of […]