Category Archives: Press reports

The Herald By Eddie Chikamhi – Sports Reporter 30th May 2014 SPORT, Arts and Culture Minister Andrew Langa revealed yesterday that he will appoint a new Sports Commission board. The current board was appointed by former Sports Minister David Coltart and some of its members have been accused of pursuing a hidden agenda to destablise Zimbabwe […]

Financial Gazette By Staff reporter 29th May 2014 AFTER introducing some sweeping changes in the education sector that won him friends and foes alike, Primary and Secondary Education Minister, Lazarus Dokora, this week moved to calm the nerves following rumours that teachers will, starting August, go unpaid during school holiday months. Dokora told the Financial […]

Newsday 24th May 2014 By Sport Reporter   THE Heath Streak Academy, run by the former senior national cricket team captain, will be officially opened in Bulawayo tomorrow. A member of the board of the academy, former Education, Sport, Arts and Culture minister David Coltart, says he is impressed with the effort that has been […]

New Era Namibia By Kae Matundu-Tjiparuro  23 May 2014 “Electoral Integrity in Africa” was the subject of interrogation, and/or reflection at a panel discussion hosted by the Hans Seidel Foundation, the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) and the Nangof Trust last week in Windhoek. The discussion, moderated by IPPR Executive Director, Graham Hopwood, was […]

SW Radio Africa By Nomalanga Moyo 16 May 2014 The National Arts Council of Zimbabwe has set new requirements for international artists wishing to perform in the country. Under the new rules, promoters or event organisers wishing to bring in foreign artists should also submit police clearances for each individual artist, in addition to the […]

The Namibian 15th May 2014 By Ndanki  Kahiurika The Director of Elections, Paul Isaak, is confident that the Electoral Commission of Namibia will produce a clean voters’ roll this year. Speaking to The Namibian yesterday after the panel discussion on the Electoral Integrity in Africa held at the NamPower Convention Centre on Tuesday, Isaak said the […]

Newsday Editorial 29th April 2014 THE landmark sweeping changes made by Primary and Secondary Education minister Lazarus Dokora over the past few months cannot go unchallenged. The new policy directives are likely to reverse gains made during the era of his predecessor David Coltart. Despite being a non-educationist, Coltart literally resurrected the sector, as when […]

BBC News Africa By Andrew Harding 29th April 2014 It is a story with some of the qualities of a Greek tragedy. A brave warrior rallies his countrymen to try to oust an unjust king. For years they struggle, enduring great hardship and showing true courage. Then one day the king – also weakened by […]

Bulawayo24News By Simon Allison 28th April 2014   Pity Morgan Tsvangirai. The veteran Zimbabwean opposition leader is facing a little opposition of his own, and he’s not coping too well. His party looks certain to split yet again, destroying in the process one of the few remaining challenges to uninterrupted Zanu-PF rule. Mugabe is loving […]

BBC News Africa 26th April 2014   Zimbabwe’s opposition Movement for Democratic Change says it is suspending its leader Morgan Tsvangirai, amid deepening divisions in its ranks. A statement issued by the party after a meeting in Harare accused him of a “remarkable failure of leadership”. It also said he had deviated from the party’s […]