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Newsday By Nyarai Gomiya 24 May 2011 Tonga is now an official part of the Grade 7 syllabus which pupils will be tested on in the first-ever examination later this year, a Cabinet minister said Monday. Education, Sport, Arts and Culture minister David Coltart told NewsDay the government was committed to ensuring all minority languages […]

New Zimbabwe.com 24 May 2011 AUSTRALIA have named a fairly strong A-side for next month’s one-day tri-series involving Zimbabwe and South Africa, and two four-day matches against the hosts in Harare and Bulawayo. Tim Paine, who has been tipped as Australia’s next Test captain, has been named skipper of the Australia A squads set to […]

Radio VOP 23 May 2011 MDC leader Welshman Ncube has again ruled out prospects of a unity deal with Morgan Tsvangirai’s faction of the MDC ahead of future elections saying differences that divide the two factions are ‘too deep and strongly felt.’ Ncube, who was responding to a question on his fan page on the […]

The Standard By Nqaba Matshazi 22 May 2011 More than five months into the year, Zimbabweans are no wiser as to when the next elections will be held with Global Political Agreement (GPA) principals seemingly pulling in different directions and giving contradictory statements. At least four dates are being cited as the time when elections […]

No matter what ZANU PF says to SADC leaders fact is we cannot complete constitutional reform process and have elections this year # Cannot start electoral process in Zim until we know whether will have exec president or pm, PR or first past post, dual citizenship or not # Any shortcuts that ZANU PF intend […]

Newsday Sport Comment May 21 2011 Major leagues in Europe and closer in neigbouring South Africa, end this weekend. For Zimbabwe, the focus is on all players called up for the Warriors-Mali 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier set for June 5 being in the country at least by Monday, at the earliest. That will […]

SW Radio Africa By Lance Guma 20 May 2011 Education Minister David Coltart has revealed that each child in Zimbabwe has been allocated just under US$2 per month in the budget towards their education. Coltart made the shocking revelation on Tuesday during an Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA) roundtable discussion. The figure represents […]

Radio VOP 19 May 2011 The Tonga Language will be tested at Grade seven level for the first time in Zimbabwe, Radio VOP can exclusively reveal. Five other languages are currently fighting to be able to get tested by the Ministry of Primary and secondary Education, according to a Senior official from the Zimbabwe Indigenous […]

The Zimbabwean By Jane Makoni 18 May 2011 Children enrolled at Nyameni High School here, with outstanding school fees will not be allowed to register for June public exams before clearing the arrears. Parents with affected children expressed anger at what they described as arrogant violation of government policy by school authorities. Minister of Education, […]

VOA By Tatenda Gumbo 17 May 2011 Education Minister David Coltart some time ago called for an end to political activities in schools, but unions representing teachers and advocates for students say such abuses have continued Zimbabwean teacher unions and advocates for students are once again urging a ban on political activities in schools, noting that […]