Author Archives: David Coltart
Mugabe’s death, Zimbabwe politicians ready themselves
Daily Maverick By Dr Stuart Doran 13th June 2016 To the casual observer, nothing much seems to have happened in Zimbabwe in recent years: Robert Mugabe, the world’s oldest head of state, remains president and Zanu-PF is still the ruling party more than 35 years after it took power. But there has, in fact, been […]
David Coltart under goes biopsy cancer tests in SA
Bulawayo 24 By Stephen Jakes 6th June 2016 The MDC- secretary for legal affairs David Coltart has said he under went biopsy tests in South Africa to check if he has developed prostate cancer. He said it was important for the public figures to make their health status public saying the situation surrounding P5resident Robert […]
Thousands take part in pro-Mugabe march
Business Day Live By Ray Ndlovu 25th May 2016 THOUSANDS of backers of Zimbabwe’s ruling party marched in the capital on Wednesday in support of President Robert Mugabe. “This is a special event by our dynamic youth league in support of our icon,” Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front spokesman Simon Khaya Moyo said. “The theme […]
Under-fire Mugabe party staging Zimbabwe ‘Million Man March’ to support 92-year-old ‘icon’
Bloomberg News By Brian Latham Chengetai Zvauya Godfrey Marawanyika 25th May 2016 THOUSANDS of backers of Zimbabwe’s ruling party will march in the capital on Wednesday in support of President Robert Mugabe, spokesman Simon Khaya Moyo said. “This is a special event by our dynamic youth league in support of our icon,†the Zimbabwe African […]
Should military be involved in business?
Zimbabwe Independent By Herbert Moyo 20th May 2016 ZIMBABWEANS are unlikely to be rubbing their hands in anticipation of tangible benefits accruing to Treasury after last week’s announcement by Mines Minister Walter Chidhakwa that the military will be partnering a South African mining company in a chrome smelting project in Kwekwe. According to Chidhakwa, the […]
Mnangagwa was apologise first for Gukurahundi
Daily News 17 May 2016 By Jeffrey Muvundusi It will be prudent for Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa to issue a public apology on his role during the Gukurahundi atrocities if he truly aspires to be the next president of Zimbabwe, ex-Education minister David Coltart has said. Responding to a question on the VP’s suitability for […]
Op-Ed: Reckoning nears for Mugabe’s Heirs
Daily Maverick By Dr Stuart Doran 16 May 2016 Times are changing in Zimbabwe as Mugabe’s end nears, but would-be successors are facing uncomfortable questions and equally uneasy choices. The way they react to these dilemmas will shape the country’s future. Dr Stuart Doran is a historian and the author of a forthcoming book, Kingdom, […]
Gukurahundi: VP must apologise – Coltart
The Zimbabwean 15 May 2016 FORMER MDC Khumalo Senator, David Coltart, has challenged Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa to publicly apologise for his role in the 1980s Gukurahundi atrocities or accept he has no hope in the succession race. In his recently-published book ‘The Struggle Continues :50 Years of Tyranny in Zimbabwe’, Coltart claims that Mnangagwa, […]
Write Your Own Books – Coltart Tells Moyo, Charamba
Radio VOP By Dumisani Nyoni May 14 2016 Bulawayo, May 14, 2016—FORMER Education minister, David Coltart has challenged Higher Education Minister Jonathan Moyo and Presidential spokesman George Charamba to write their own accounts of national issues and stop attacking him for doing the same. Coltart recently published his book entitled, “Struggle Continues: 50 Years of […]
National Pledge – When a Nation Lacks Self-Belief
The Herald By Nathaniel Manheru 14 May 2016 I am conflicted. I would have wanted to deal with David Coltart’s book or, better still, deal with the whole debate around bond notes, both of them quite urgent and substantive. But I find myself having to deal with a matter that by now should have been […]