Author Archives: David Coltart
Zimbabwe Teachers Agree to End Strike
The Standard Tuesday, 24 February 2009 HARARE — Zimbabwe’s teachers have agreed to end a strike that emptied classrooms for a year, after the government promised to review salaries and appealed for 458 million dollars’ aid for schools, according to officials. Schoolteachers have been on strike since early last year to demand payment in foreign […]
Embracing change in Zimbabwe
New Zimbabwe.com By Tafadzwa G. Gidi 24 February 2009 FOR all the rhetoric and promises we hear from our politicians, business leaders and even individuals on the street about how much we need to change the status quo, when it comes down to it, no one really likes change. Put simply, even when we know […]
NZ Prime Minister may halt tour of Zimbabwe
Sunday Herald Sun February 23, 2009 NEW Zealand Prime Minister John Key is prepared to intervene if needed to stop the country’s cricket team from touring Zimbabwe. The Black Caps are scheduled to play three one-day internationals in the strife-torn African nation in July under the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) future tours programme. The only […]
Editorial: Tough decision for government
Tinaro Herald South Canterbury Monday, 23 February 2009 IT’S a vexed question that has cropped up before, but this time an added variable is thrown in. Should the Black Caps, our national cricket team, tour Zimbabwe, ravaged by cholera, AIDS, unemployment, rampant inflation and other ills that started on the watch of internationally vilified president […]
Ageing Mugabe turns on the charm
Sunday Argus By Peta Thornycroft 22 February 2009 On the eve of Robert Mugabe’s 85th birthday he is still full of energy and cunning, a man whom profilers struggle to capture accurately, probably because he is much more shallow than most imagine. He is spiteful and, at 85, still feels he has to dye his […]
Teachers’ salaries: Government seeks funding
Sunday Mail 22 February 2009 By Itai Mazire and Phyllis Kachere GOVERNMENT will this week, through the Ministry of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture, engage UN development agencies and other international donors for funding to end the educational crisis in the country. In a telephone interview with The Sunday Mail from Bulawayo, the Minister of […]
Coltart Seeks US$80m for Teachers
The Standard 22nd February 2009 By Nqobani Ndlovu BULAWAYO – The government will this week ask donors to provide US$80 million in emergency funds to pay teachers amid indications schools might finally re-open after one of the longest job boycotts in the country’s history. Teachers have been on strike since last year demanding payment in […]
Zimbabwe want Ervine back again
The Post 21st February 2009 By Simon Walter The new power-sharing government in Zimbabwe wants Hampshire batsman Sean Ervine to represent his country again. Ervine was one of the rebels that fell out with the Zimbabwe Cricket Union in 2004. It is now five years since he left Zimbabwe, refusing to play for his country […]
Cricket Over its Worst Days Hopefully
CRICKET360 PITCHED BY EDITOR SATURDAY, 21 FEBRUARY 2009 It was a bad past few days for cricket and cricket news, with the mother of all cricket scandals, a pitch that crumbled so that playing on it was impossible, and cricket leagues troubled with financial and other troubles. Now however, things may be taking a turn […]
We need to stabilise the country – David Coltart
www.zimeye.org By Vusi Moyo Published: February 21, 2009 ZimEye(Harare) Zimbabwe’s Sports minister, David Coltart has defended himself on his recent announcement in which he said that ‘New Zealand has an obligation to tour Zimbabwe and that if needed, he will travel to New Zealand to persuade the government to allow the New Zealand team to […]