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Strike reveals rivalry among teachers
Zimbabwe Times 3 September 2009 HARARE – Zimbabwe’s teachers launched a countrywide strike which coincided with the opening of schools for the third term on Wednesday. But the uncoordinated strike action has exposed divisions between the two major teachers’ unions along what observers say are political lines. Zimbabwe Teachers Association (ZIMTA) president, Tendai Chikowore, which […]
Govt Preference for Foreign Companies Raises Eyebrows
The Standard 29 August 2009 By Jennifer Dube PLANS by government to give a contract to print textbooks worth US$25 million to foreign companies have raised eyebrows. Sources said the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) and other donors pledged the money for the One- Child-One-Text-Book campaign to benefit Zimbabwe’s school children. The campaign is meant […]
SW Radio Africa transcript : Minister David Coltart on crisis in education sector
SW RADIO AFRICA TRANSCRIPT HOT SEAT: Interview Minister David Coltart on the crisis in the education sector. Broadcast: 21 August 2009 VIOLET GONDA: On the Hot Seat programme we bring you the last segment of the interview with education minister David Coltart. Last week the minister gave us his thoughts on the in-fighting in his […]
SW Radio Africa transcript of an interview with Senator David Coltart
SW Radio Africa 14th August 2009 SW RADIO AFRICA TRANSCRIPT HOT SEAT: Education Minister and Khumalo Senator David Coltart was a guest on SW Radio Africa’s Hot Seat Programme. He tells interviewer Violet Gonda that his MDC party had to act against three rebel MPs who have been expelled for defying the party leadership. He […]
Despite Pledge To Increase Pay, Salaries of Zimbabwe Teachers Delayed
VOA By Jonga Kandemiiri and Chris Gande 21 July 2009 Many Zimbabwean teachers became agitated Tuesday to find that neither their accustomed US$100 monthly allowances or the increased salary promised by the finance minister last week had been posted to their bank accounts as anticipated. An emergency meeting was called between Education and Public Service […]
Teachers protest over unpaid salaries
Zimbabwe Times By Owen Chikari 5 July 2009 MASVINGO – A group of about 50 teachers took to the streets of Masvingo on Friday, while protesting over the non-payment of salaries by the inclusive government since its formation in February this year. david-coltartEducation Minister David Coltart Teachers in Zimbabwe and the rest of the civil […]
Schools set Debt Collectors on Defaulting Parents
The Independent By Chris Muronzi 03 July 2009 PARENTS of pupils who fail to pay school fees and levies could lose household property and other valuables after schools in the capital set debt collectors on them to compel payments. Many Harare parents woke up last week to scary threats from debt collectors after various schools […]
Zimbabwe’s time running out
ABC Wednesday, 6 May , 2009 Reporter: Andrew Geoghegan TONY EASTLEY: Zimbabwe’s unity government has been trying to convince other countries and investors that real political and economic reform is underway in the country. But the arrest of a group of prominent human rights activists overnight has only reinforced opinion that little has changed in […]
Zim names 25-member constitution making task team
Zimonline By Nokuthula Sibanda 13 April 2009 HARARE – Zimbabwe’s speaker of Parliament on Sunday announced a 25-member committee drawn from both ZANU PF and the two formations of the MDC which will oversee the drafting of the country’s new constitution, but appealed for funding for the process to be a success. The committee drawn […]
Arts Underfunded, Poorly Marketed — Senator Coltart
The Standard BY GEORGE MADEGA 15 March 2009 EDUCATION, Sport Arts and Culture Minister David Coltart says one of his priorities will be to revive the country’s flagging arts sector. Coltart who appreciates contemporary art and enjoys listening to music said he wanted to “depoliticize†the arts sector and mobilise more funding institutions such as […]