Author Archives: David Coltart
Zimbabwe Cricket owes Metbank $15 million
Newsday By Wellington Toni, Sports Editor 6th January 2014  ZIMBABWE Cricket (ZC)’s financial quagmire, that saw the cancellation of the Sri Lanka tour and disruption of the domestic league, has been revealed as a $15 million loan from MetBank that is yet to be honoured. While January 18 has been set for the resumption […]
Hero’s widow battles for life
Southern Eye By Nduduzo Tshuma 13th December 2013 THE wife of national hero Edward Ndlovu, Mary, is battling for her life in a South African hospital after being injured in an accident involving the Bulawayo-bound Pathfinder luxury coach and a haulage truck last Saturday. Four people died on the spot when the bus hit a cow […]
ZANU-PF Amends Poll Law
Financial Gazette 12th December 2013 LESS than six months after its victory in the July 31 polls, the ZANU-PF government has come up with an amendment to the Electoral Act.With ZANU-PF firmly in control after garnering over two thirds majority in the last poll, the ruling party is now unrestrained in making laws to […]
Annan, Coltart Among Tributes For Heroic Mandela
Zimeye.com By Audrey Charowa 10th December 2013 Tributes for former South African President,  Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (95) started to pour in soon after the announcement of his death by current President, Jacob Zuma on Thursday night. The following are excerpts of statements made by statesmen, entertainers, activists, Sportsmen and celebrities  around the world in […]
Friends of Zimbabwe need to facilitate a national dialogue
Facebook article By Arthur Gwagwa 9 December 2013Â Anybody who truly cares for Zimbabwe and the collective hopes of its people should be deeply concerned by where the country is at the moment. Nobody would like to see the country slide back into the pre-2008 troubled waters. If it does, God forbid, lives would be […]
Senator David Coltart Blog – Zimbabwe’s diamond deposits must be exploited efficiently, honestly and in the national interest
Senator David Coltart Blog By David Coltart 9th December 2013 We have been told for some time now that the alluvial deposits of diamonds at Marange are fast running out which has now been confirmed by the following article in today’s copy of the Herald. Zimbabwe’s diamond deposits in Marange have been allocated under the […]
Beggars should not go for luxury
The Herald By Joram Nyathi 6th December 2013 Once upon a time there was a man, one Hon David Coltart. He declined a ministerial Mercedes Benz on his appointment as Education minister. This gesture elicited sneers from his peers.In an earlier era, His Worship Solomon Tawengwa had pleaded for our empathy. He needed a […]
David Coltart’s Blog – THE SOLUTION TO OUR PROBLEMS LIES IN OUR PEOPLE
THE SOLUTION TO OUR PROBLEMS LIES IN OUR PEOPLE – ALL OUR PEOPLE By David Coltart 26 November 2013 Nathaniel Manheru was a real treat this morning in Saturday’s Herald. I will give you a few classic quotes: First of all it is entitled “Zimbabwe: Victory without a party” which actually says it all. But […]
Teacher Incentives Create Rift
The Financial Gazette By Theoppy Ncube 21 November 2013 BULAWAYO —— Incentives, which have served some teachers very well, and others not so well, have become a highly charged and divisive issue among the local teaching fraternity. Because of the resultant contention, the incentives have increasingly been viewed as unnecessary by teachers’ unions who feel that […]
Government owes $79 million in unpaid education bills
SW Radio By Tererai Karimakwenda 19 November 2013 It has been revealed that government owes about $15 million in secondary school fees for students supported under the Basic Education Assistance Module (Beam) and an additional $64 million is owed to tertiary institutions in the country, according to the NewsDay newspaper. The report said Parliamentary Portfolio […]