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I am delighted by Aung San Suu Kyi’s apparent victory in Burma’s elections today. Hope for Burma from a brave, principled lady. Makorokoto! # My web site has just been revamped. Go to http://t.co/QPOHYUVE – have a look and tell me what you think. # Just as law does not always equate to justice, so […]

The Freeman By John Blundell April 2012   Volume: 62,  Issue: 3  Alice Chitumba Pangwai is a lovely African lady, just entering her sixth decade, with a big smile that belies her steely determination. Her mission: to deliver private high-quality education for those in the lowest economic bracket in Zimbabwe, some of the very poorest families […]

AfricaNews By Misheck Rusere 2 April 2012 Zimbabwe’s much touted literacy rate of more than 90% has been disputed as having been outdated since the figures are based on data collected by UNESCO and the government more than a decade ago. We roughly estimate that the literacy rate for those over 15 is dropping a […]

Daily News 2 April 2012 David Coltart, the smaller MDC faction’s legal secretary says President Robert Mugabe’s insistence on elections this year without reforms is a blunder he will live to regret. Coltart was speaking at a discussion on “Elections and costs in Zimbabwe this year” last week where he said holding of elections would only be possible after […]

The Chronicle  2 April 2012 Virginity testing in schools is contrary to the Government policy and heads that do that will be subjected to disciplinary procedure, Education, Sport, Arts and Culture Minister David Coltart said yesterday. Responding to reports of virginity testing at Tsetse Primary School in West Acre, Minister Coltart said schools had no […]

Looks as if Senegal is going to peacefully replace their President. ZANU PF needs to realise that Africa is changing and becoming democratic # Thanks to all the MDC MPs who gave me great moral support in Parliament this evening when I responded to the allegations re unicef textbooks # UK Zims urged to support […]

The Herald By Felex Share 31 March 2012 Government owes the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council US$1,9 million, which has seen the body fail­ing to pay last year’s Ordinary and Advanced Level markers. Markers say the situation will affect future examinations as a lot of people were “continuously” losing faith in Zimsec. Education, Sport, Arts and […]

New Zimbabwe 31 March 2012 Education Minister, David Coltart said Friday it is investigating how school text books donated by the U.N. children’s agency wind up in the hands of bookstores and street vendors. The United Nations Children’s Fund has supplied 22 million books since late 2010 after a decade of economic meltdown that left […]

The Patriot By Mashingaidze Gomo 30 March – 5 April The Coltart story in The Herald issues of March 21 and 22 makes interesting reading. Under the Education Transition Fund, UNICEF sponsored Zimbabwean schools with textbooks to the commendable ratio of one book per student. The tender to supply the books was awarded to Longman Zimbabwe. The […]

The Telegraph By Aislinn Laing 30 March 2012 Textbooks donated to Zimbabwe’s schools aided by British funding are being hawked on Harare’s streets, it has emerged, as Britain pledges another £23m for the country’s stricken education sector. Some 22 million books have been distributed to more than 3,000 schools since the UN-run programme was launched […]