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If all our players had the lion heart of Tatenda Taibu we would be world beaters – took us within a whisker of beating Pakistan today # Methinks that Jonathan Moyo doth protest too much – about Wikileaks that is…what is said is said; what is done is done- just live with it # In […]

The Sunday Independent, South Africa By Peta Thornycroft 25 September 2011 When Tendai Biti quipped that he was finance minister without any “finance”, his audience in a church hall in Harare smiled knowingly. They knew that when Biti went into the treasury for the first time as finance minister in 2009, he found his Zanu-PF predecessor had […]

Sunday Mail By Itai Mazire 25 September 2011 THE Government has launched investigations into the operations and financial affairs of the country’s  three main teachers’ unions following allegations of misappropriation of US$7,6 million collected from teachers in membership fees annually. Education, Sport, Arts and Culture Minister David Coltart last week confirmed the launch of the […]

Herald 23 September 2011 THE introduction of incentives for teachers was a “serious miscalculation” by Education, Sport, Arts and Culture Minister, David Coltart, teachers’ unions have said. Unions officials yesterday said the incentives were not a Public Service Commission policy, but came as a result of Minister Coltart’s “insistence”. This comes as teachers in some […]

VOA  22 September 2011 By Violet Gonda Education Minister David Coltart had encouraged parents to make incentive payments to teachers at a time when the system was still recovering from a deep crisis during the tumultuous 2008 election year. “I am not going to support a teacher who finds himself fighting the parent because if […]

Financial Gazette Thursday,22 September 2011  By Clemence Manyukwe, Political Editor JUSTICE and Legal Affairs Minister, Patrick Chinamasa, is allegedly critical of the Attorney General (AG)’s Office which he considers as incompetent. Chinamasa, who was once the country’s AG before he was appointed into cabinet, also believes that it is wrong for the AG, Johannes Tomana, […]

Zimbabwean By Brenna Matendere Munyati 21 September 2011 Technical subjects should be prioritised above subjects such as history because they are more likely to equip students to contribute to the economy, said Deputy Higher Education Minister Senator Lutho Addington Tapela. Speaking at the graduation of over 600 students from Gweru Polytechnic college over the weekend, Sen […]

Newsday Editorial Comment  19 September 2011 Reports that excommunicated Anglican church leader Nolbert Kunonga last week evicted headmasters, teachers and priests for allegedly aligning themselves with the diocese of his arch-rival Chad Gandiya made sad reading. Especially so after the Zanu PF-aligned church leader left thousands of schoolchildren at Daramombe in Chivhu among others without […]

Congrats to Kirsty Coventry for her 4 gold medal haul at the All Africa Games which has helped take Zimbabwe to 5th on the the medal table # I am pleased that my friend John Makumbe has finally announced what we knew all along – that he was partisan which after all is his right […]

Newsday  17 September 2011 By Feluna Nleya As Nolbert Kunonga’s onslaught in the Anglican Church continues, schoolchildren at Daramombe Mission in Chivhu were on Friday left shepherdless after the Zanu PF-aligned bishop reportedly evicted headmasters, teachers and priests for allegedly aligning themselves with the diocese of his rival, Chad Gandiya. The evictions come hard on the heels […]