Category Archives: Press reports
AU JOINS CONDEMNATION OF PARIS ATTACKS
Eye Witness News By Thando Kubheka 14th November 2015 JOHANNESBURG – African Union (AU) chairperson, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, has sent her condolences and solidarity to French President Francois Hollande and the people of France following the deadly mass attacks in that country. At least 125 people are now known to have died in the attacks, which […]
Coltart “fingered” in Mangongo axing
The Chronicle 3 November 2015 FORMER Education and Sports Minister David Coltart stands accused of having wielded so much influence in the administration of Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) that he even triggered the axing of Stephen Mangongo as the senior national team coach ahead of the 2015 Cricket World Cup. Mangongo was axed in dramatic fashion […]
Zimbabwe cricket chairman hits out at ‘racist’ Coltart
New Zimbabwe.Com By Tavengwa Mukhulani 2 November 2015 Below is an article by Zimbabwe Cricket chair Tavengwa Mukhulani on former sports minister David Coltart’s continued involvement with the sport. ZIMBABWE Cricket and I have noted with serious concern David Coltart’s unfortunate remarks in a Facebook post accusing ZC of racism for making changes in the […]
“Dokora’s policies a dog’s breakfast” says the Independent
Zimbabwe Independent October 30 2015 By Herbert Moyo “WHEN you are mad, mad like this, you don’t know it. Reality is what you see.When what you see shifts, departing from anyone else’s reality, it’s still reality to you,†— United States author Marya Hornbacher once wrote in Madness: A Bipolar Life. Although Education minister Larazus […]
Top cricket player Vermeulen probed over ‘apes’ racial slur
New Zimbabwe.com October 16 2015 ZIMBABWE cricket player with a history of disciplinary problems is being investigated for making a racial slur on social media where he referred to black people as “apes.” Zimbabwe Cricket said it is looking into comments posted on Facebook by batsman Mark Vermeulen. Vermeulen was responding to a complaint made […]
New School Language Policy: Charity Begins At Home
Radio VOP October 14 2015 By Sij Ncube HARARE, October 14, 2015 – PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe’s government has intimated it wants to make mandatory the teaching of foreign languages at all primary schools in Zimbabwe but analysts say the ambitious strategy fails to appreciate the country is failing to enforce the teaching of Shona and […]
Moyo’s no maths, science, no degree cry stirs hornet’s nest
The Standard By Richard Chidza 4 October 2015 HIGHER and Tertiary Education minister Jonathan Moyo has stirred a hornet’s nest by declaring that secondary school students who fail maths and science will not be allowed to enrol at local universities. Moyo made the announcement in Masvingo last week during one of his consultative meetings with […]
Being a white politician in Zimbabwe
The Standard By Richard Chidza 4 October 2015 Former Education minister David Coltart is a victim of Zanu PF politician Jonathan Moyo’s acerbic rants on social media, which always have racial undertones. President Robert Mugabe does not hide his disdain for people like Coltart and once encouraged his supporters “to drive fear into the white […]
Philip Chiyangwa is “angry” with former Education Minister David Coltart
The Chronicle By Prosper Ndlovu 2 October 2015 PROPERTY magnate Philip Chiyangwa is “angry” after the former Education Minister David Coltart blamed him for causing the demise of Bulawayo industries. Chiyangwa took over the running of several companies in Bulawayo after he bought them for a combined Z$30 million from Tirzah Group of Companies Investments […]
Chiyangwa angrily denies destroying Bulawayo industries
New Zimbabwe.Com 2 October 2015 ZANU PF politician and flamboyant tycoon Philip Chiyangwa has angrily rejected charges that he is responsible for destroying companies in Bulawayo – once the country’s industrial heartland. Through his Native Investment Africa group, Chiyangwa became a huge player in Bulawayo beginning 1998 when he bought companies such as G & […]