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Newsday By Fortune Moyo 9 September 2010 Education, Sport, Art and Culture Minister David Coltart Thursday ordered temporary teachers to report for duty despite a Public Service Commission (PSC) directive to the contrary setting the stage for a fight between the two arms of government. Coltart told NewsDay in an interview said that the decision to reinstate […]

BBC 8th September 2010 Former Defence Secretary Des Browne, Zimbabwean Education Minister David Coltart, former UK diplomat Martin Griffiths, and Sir Menzies Campbell MP discuss conflict mediation on the  21 August 2010 in the Scottish Parliament. The link is: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00tr62y/The_Festival_of_Politics_2010_Mediating_Conflict/ Regrettably it appears that the link cannot be accessed outside the united Kingdom.

ZBC www.gta.gov.zw 8 September 2010 SEVERAL schools in Harare yesterday barred pupils who have not paid third term fees and levies from attending classes. The situation, however, is particularly dire in rural areas where schools reportedly face closure as more than 25 000 temporary teachers have not resumed work following a Treasury directive to terminate […]

Speech to Christian Educator’s Conference – Gateway Primary School 1 September 2010 By Senator David Coltart I am delighted to be able to address the opening of your Conference for the second year running. I often say to colleagues that I don’t know how long I will be in this particular job, but one has […]

The Scotsman by Staff Writer 24 August 2010 Zimbabwe’s culture minister has called for forging new ties between festivals in Edinburgh and his country’s major cities of Harare and Bulawayo. “I think that the Harare International Festival of Arts has got a lot to learn from the Edinburgh Festival,” said David Coltart, a founding figure […]

Christian Allard.org 23 August 2010 I went with great expectations to a session of the Festival of Politics at Holyrood last Saturday to listen to a debate on Scotland’s possible role in bringing those involved in conflict to the negotiating table and facilitating peace agreements. David Coltart, Minister for Education for the MDC Party in […]

www.vimeo.com 15 August 2010 By Beyond Borders Zimbabwe MDC Minister of Culture, David Coltart, and Zimbabwe’s first ever black test cricketer, Henry Olonga, join Magnus Linklater to consider Zimbabwe’s future. View the video at http://www.vimeo.com/17667867 .

Newsday By Staff Writer 2 August 2010 Education, Sport, Art and Culture ministry has submitted proposals to Cabinet to improve salaries and other working conditions of teachers, a minister has said. Education minister David Coltart announced this during a workshop at Mpumelelo Primary School in Mpopoma, Bulawayo, last week. He was speaking on the $52 […]

U Tube 29 July 2010 Stephen Sackur asks David Coltart the hard questions on what the GPA has done for Zimbabwe. (There are 3 parts to the interview on Youtube) BBC Hard Talk on Zimbabwe 1of3 www.youtube.com Interview of David Coltart, Zimbabwean cabinet minister. Cut and paste this link: http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DUwSd4QAmX4Y&h=eed93

Zimbabwe Vigil Diary 24th July 2010 By GETRUDE GUMEDE Senator David Coltart, the Zimbabwean Minister for Education, was given a friendly reception when he came to the Vigil at the end of his visit to London. Surrounded by Vigil supporters, he said ‘I know that many of you are very sceptical about this inclusive government. […]