Author Archives: David Coltart
Coltart drafted into constitutional committee
11 May 2009 The Zimbabwe Times HARARE – Parliament has drafted in the third legislator to become joint chairperson of a recently established select committee which will see through the drafting of the first home-grown Constitution over the next 17 months. Cabinet minister David Coltart was last week appointed to join Nyanga North legislator, Douglas […]
Government fails to pay exam markers
ZimEye.org By Moses Muchemwa May 10, 2009 Harare (ZimEye) – THE government of Zimbabwe has failed to raise US$4 million to pay 2008 public examination markers, the ZimEye has learnt. This has in turn plunged into doubt the completion of the marking process. Secretary for Education, Sports, Arts and Culture, Dr Steven Mahere confirmed that […]
US$ 4m needed for exam marking
Sunday News News Editor 10 May 2009 THE Ministry of Education Sports, Arts and Culture requires US$4 million to finalise the process of marking last year’s public examinations, a senior Government official revealed last Friday. The permanent secretary in the Ministry of Education, Sports, Arts and Culture, Dr Steven Mahere, disclosed in an interview with […]
Doubt Over Exam Results
The Standard BY CAIPHAS CHIMHETE AND GEORGE MADEGA 9 May 2009 THE Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) last week fired all its casual workers after they abandoned the processing of last year’s Grade VII examinations following an acrimonious dispute over pay. The labour dispute, the latest hurdle for the beleaguered examinations body, has reportedly put […]
Teachers Fail to Return to School
Radio VOP May 7 2009 HARARE,- The Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe says close to 35 percent of teachers failed raise money to return to their respective posts when schools opened this week. Teachers this week called off a strike despite their wage demands not being met. Education Minister David Coltart said the government had […]
Education in dilapidation
Financial Gazette Thursday 7 May 2009 ELLIS Robins Boys High School in Harare resembles the remnants of a long, forgotten ghost community in an old township. Burst sewer pipes have gone for weeks without being fixed; the school’s fish pond and swimming pool among other infrastructure at the school, all ceased functioning years ago. The […]
Zanu-PF Should Re-Strategise
The Herald Alexander Kanengoni 7 May 2009 Harare — THE most dominant feature in Zimbabwe at the moment, straddling the political and social landscape of the country is the inclusive Government. Different people perceive it differently, that is inevitable. Some people see it as a monster foisted on us by outsiders that we are better […]
Minister Coltart should get his priorities right
Financial Gazette Letters to the Editor Thursday, 07 May 2009 EDITOR — When David Coltart was sworn in as Education, Sport and Culture Minister, there were mixed reactions. Some pinned their hopes on him reviving Zimbabwe’s education sector, which is in tatters; others hoped he would change the direction of national sports — including his […]
Zimbabwe’s time running out
ABC Wednesday, 6 May , 2009 Reporter: Andrew Geoghegan TONY EASTLEY: Zimbabwe’s unity government has been trying to convince other countries and investors that real political and economic reform is underway in the country. But the arrest of a group of prominent human rights activists overnight has only reinforced opinion that little has changed in […]
Zimbabwe Teachers Strike Averted
VOA By Peta Thornycroft Harare 05 May 2009 Last week, the unions, two aligned to President Robert Mugabe’s ZANU-PF and one independent, threatened to strike if salaries were not increased beyond $100 a month. But many teachers polled by VOA around Harare say they had no intention of going on strike. They say the call […]