Author Archives: David Coltart
Zim VP mulling legal action against ex-minister over ‘massacre’ claims
News 24 22 March 2016 News24 Correspondent Harare – Zimbabwean presidential hopeful Emmerson Mnangagwa would be “poorly advised” to sue over claims in a recently-published book that he may have helped incite a notorious massacre, the book’s author David Coltart said Tuesday. Lawyers for Mnangagwa were “currently perusing” former education minister Coltart’s book before deciding […]
Mnangagwa dismisses Coltart’s claims
Herald 22 March 2016 Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa has dismissed as false and malicious, claims by former Education Minister David Coltart that he had made inflammatory statements that could have fomented Gukurahundi killings in the late 1980s. Mr Coltart’s sentiments were published in Alpha Media Holdings’ Southern Eye edition last week. In a statement yesterday, […]
‘DAVID COLTART AUTOBIOGRAPHY (50 YEARS OF TYRANNY IN ZIMBABWE), UNRAVELS GUKURAHUNDI MASSACRES
Southern Eye By Richard Chidza 22 March 2016 VICE-PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa’s role in the Gukurahundi massacres has once again been thrust into the limelight, with former Education minister David Coltart accusing him of making inflammatory statements that could have formented the killings. In his autobiography, The Struggle Continues: 50 years of Tyranny in Zimbabwe, Coltart […]
“Emmerson Mnangagwa would be ill-advised to sue me” – David Coltart
News24 22 March 2016 This is after Zanu-PF big wig took exception to a review of opposition politician’s new book The Struggle Continues Zim VP mulling legal action against ex-minister over ‘massacre’ claims Harare – Zimbabwean presidential hopeful Emmerson Mnangagwa would be “poorly advised” to sue over claims in a recently-published book that he may […]
SA unlikely to go down Zimbabwe route
IOL 12 March 2016 By William Saunderson-Meyer William Saunderson-Meyer says South Africa’s democratic institutions don’t allow much lattitude for a dictatorship to take hold. Southern African politics is an often rambunctious affair, far removed from the predictable and safe parameters of the established Anglophone democracies. It’s a bit like being thrown into the spin dryer […]
Don’t miss Judge Dennis Davis, Siphosami Malunga and David Coltart at the launch of The Struggle Continues
Jacana Media Release 28 February 2016 Jacana Media, Brooklyn Mall and Exclusive Books invite you to the launch of The Struggle Continues: 50 Years of Tyranny in Zimbabwe by David Coltart. Join Coltart, the former MDC Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture, in conversation with Judge Dennis Davis on Zimbabwe’s unfinished struggle for freedom. […]
Mbeki Complicit In Zimbabwe Misrule – Critics
Radio VOP By Sij Ncube 25 February 2016 Harare, February 25, 2016 – FORMER South African president Thabo Mbeki has all but confirmed the African National Congress (ANC) complicity in President Robert Mugabe’s continued misrule with critics saying Mbeki’s quiet diplomacy contributed to the failure of the government of national unity (GNU). Mbeki, who was […]
The pain of learning in ‘tobacco barns’
Newsday 20 February 2016 BY JAIROS SAUNYAMA NINE-YEAR-OLD Zvikomborero Mhondiwa (not real name) of Watershed area in Hwedza has to take her mother’s wrapping cloth to school every day. The school, Guruuswa Primary, was established during the land reform exercise around 2000. The government has done little to construct decent structures for the hundreds of […]
Will Mnangagwa Suffer Joice Mujuru’s Fate?
Radio VOP By Sij Ncube 16 February 2016 Harare, February 16, 2016 – VICE President Emmerson Mnangagwa appears to be trudging towards the same fate that visited his predecessor Joice Mujuru but analysts are quick to so-nicknamed Crocodile is made of sterner stuff. Mujuru, the former Zanu PF and Zimbabwe vice president, was summarily fired […]
O & A’Level high-flyers spark debate
The Standard By Phyllis Mbanje 14 February 2016 The release of Zimbabwe School Examination Council (Zimsec) Ordinary and Advanced Level 2015 examination results has seen proud parents and guardians of students who produced a string of A grades taking to social media to flaunt their children’s achievements. Some candidates scored as many as 30 points […]