Author Archives: David Coltart

Byo24News By Thobekile Zhou 20 July 2015 Higher Education minister Jonathan Moyo has again been caught up in a social media war with lawyer David Coltart on his Zanu PF membership decades ago and Gukurahundi. Moyo, known for his sharp tongue described Coltrart as a ‘Rhodie idiot’ and ‘bloody BSAP Selous Scout!’ Moyo recently justified […]

The Daily Telegraph By Peta Thornycroft 19 July 2015 Ian Ferguson, who owns the last private game ranch in Zimbabwe, faces a new battle to keep his property. There is a slither of land near Zimbabwe’s southern border that is classified as semi-desert, too arid to support either humans or livestock. But it teems with […]

ESPN Cricinfo 18 July 2015 ZIMBABWE offspinner Prosper Utseya has, in a letter to Zimbabwe Cricket, claimed that he is a victim of racism and has levelled a string of allegations against Alistair Campbell, managing director of ZC. In a letter to Wilson Manase, ZC chairman, Utseya claims Campbell: Has a “personal agenda” against him […]

Newsweek By Graham Boynton July 13 2015 ON a Friday afternoon in the leafy northern suburbs of Harare, white, sun-baked former farmers gather at the Tin Cup restaurant for a lunch of barbecued ribs and cold Castle lagers, and to talk about the good old days. The owner, Leith Bray, was run off his Tengwe […]

The Standard By Phyllis Mbanje 5 July 2015 Is the Presidential Scholarship still relevant? That is the million dollar question as the Zimbabwe government fails to pay fees at South African universities on time, resulting in some beneficiaries turning into destitutes. The scheme, whose patron is President Robert Mugabe, has had its fair share of […]

Zimeye By Professor Welshman Ncube 3 July 2015 In the early 1980s, I was a young man in my twenties listening and reading with keen interest as nationalist politicians promised us unlimited access to free education, health and such other things. The newly ‘crowned’ ZANU Prime Minister, Robert Mugabe, dazzled bemused Zimbabweans with Marxist-Maoist rhetoric […]

Southern Eye By Fortune Mbele 2 July 2015 Prominent Bulawayo lawyer Joseph James’ death has shaken the sporting and legal community who described him as principled and professional. James (59), a former Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) chairperson, succumbed to cancer on Sunday. SRC director-general Charles Nhemachena led the tributes saying the sporting fraternity had […]

Newsday By David Coltart 1 July 2015 I have been privileged to know Joseph James, or as we would affectionately call him, Jumbo, for over 30 years and am deeply saddened by his passing away on Sunday. When I first came across him as an opponent in court he had a considerable advantage over me, […]

The Standard By Everson Mushava 28 June 2015 Jonathan Moyo’s social media spats using unrestrained language are uncalled for and unstrategic for someone who doubles as a “Information minister and government spokesperson”, analysts have said. Moyo was last week chucked out of Cabinet by President Robert Mugabe on a supposed technicality after he won the […]

National Geographic By Christina Russo 25 June 2015 A grim fate likely awaits young elephants plucked from Zimbabwe’s wild. Chinese crews in a Zimbabwe park are reportedly preparing young elephants and lions captured there for transport to China, triggering alarm among activists who fear that the animals are doomed to a life of suffering. Sources […]