Author Archives: David Coltart
Police refuse to sanction PTUZ march
PRESS STATEMENT By PTUZ 19 June 2013 NON-SANCTION OF THE PLANNED MARCH TO MINISTER COLTART’S OFFICE The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has refused to sanction the Wednesday, 19th of June 2013 march to Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture, Honourable Senator David Coltart’s office by members of the Progressive Teachers’ Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) to present a […]
The clouds part
The Zimbabwean By Victor Chimbamu 19 June 2013 As we gathered outside the Zimbabwe Embassy for yet another wet Vigil the skies suddenly cleared and the sun broke through. We arrived generally pessimistic about the SADC summit in Maputo but before the day was out our opinions changed. “It has been an incredible and unbelievable […]
Grand coalition leaders meet
News Day By Dumisani Sibanda 19 June 2013 AS the chorus for a coalition of the two MDCs and three other parties to confront Zanu PF ahead of the elections grows, the political parties’ leaders yesterday met in Harare for the third time to thrash out their grand plan for the polls. MDC-T president Prime […]
Unfinished business: David Coltart
The Zimbabwean By Mkhululi Chimoio 19 June 2013 Minister David Coltart believes it would be wrong to withdraw from politics when there is so much unfinished business. He told Mkhululi Chimoio he did not think the struggle for democracy would take so long and that he feels an obligation to see it through to completion. […]
Gibson Homela blasts Zifa
Southern Eye By Fortune Mbele 18 June 2013 FORMER Warriors coach and Zifa technical director Gibson Homela has blamed the national football governing body for the Warriors failure saying the deep-seated problems bedevilling football in the country needed wide consultations with knowledgeable sports persons for the growth of the game. The Warriors crashed out of […]
Polls: Sadc ‘victory’ could be shortlived
Southern Eye By Njabulo Ncube 18 June 2013 SADC’s request to President Robert Mugabe to return to the Constitutional Court (Concourt) to seek a two-week extension on its order for elections to be held by July 31, further throws the resolution of the Zimbabwe crisis into fresh confusion and political turmoil, analysts said yesterday. Sadc […]
‘Zifa are amateurs’
News Day By Fortune Mbele 178June 2013 FORMER Warriors coach and Zifa technical director Gibson Homela has blamed the domestic football governing body for the Warriors’ failures, saying the deep-seated problems bedevilling football in the country needed wide consultations with knowledgeable sportspersons for the revival and growth of the game. The Warriors crashed out of […]
Mobile Voter Registration – Ward 2, Bulawayo
To all the Residents of Khumalo Constituency, Please remember that the Mobile Voter Registration is happening this week in Ward 2 at the following Schools: Trenance Primary School                                 15/06/13-18/06/13 Airport Primary School                   19/06/13-22/06/13 Our country […]
Warriors — Timeline of a disaster
News Day By Wellington Toni 17 June 2013 YESTERDAY’S Warriors disaster in Guinea was always in the making, following revelations that players were paid their allowances late for the Egypt match and had threatened to withdraw their services for last night’s match. Reliable sources have informed NewsDay Sport that the players were only paid their […]
MDC organising secretary loses primaries
The Chronicle By The Chronicle Reporter 17 June 2013 MDC led by Professor Welshman Ncube yesterday held its primary elections in Bulawayo with the party’s organising secretary Mr Esaph Mdlongwa losing the elections. Mr Mdlongwa was a distant third after Ms Loyiswa Ncube won the right to represent the party in the National Assembly in Pumula […]