Category Archives: Press reports
Teacher Incentives Create Rift
The Financial Gazette By Theoppy Ncube 21 November 2013 BULAWAYO —— Incentives, which have served some teachers very well, and others not so well, have become a highly charged and divisive issue among the local teaching fraternity. Because of the resultant contention, the incentives have increasingly been viewed as unnecessary by teachers’ unions who feel that […]
Government owes $79 million in unpaid education bills
SW Radio By Tererai Karimakwenda 19 November 2013 It has been revealed that government owes about $15 million in secondary school fees for students supported under the Basic Education Assistance Module (Beam) and an additional $64 million is owed to tertiary institutions in the country, according to the NewsDay newspaper. The report said Parliamentary Portfolio […]
Government undecided over teacher incentives
News Day By Wonai Masvingise 18 November 2013 GOVERNMENT has not yet decided on whether to retain or scrap teachers’ incentives as the issue hinged on new civil servants’ salary perks likely to be unveiled soon, NewsDay has learnt. Education minister Lazarus Dokora yesterday told NewsDay that it was too early to speculate about teachers’ […]
Mugabe, Pamire testify in Gwindi case
The Chronicle By Sikhumbuzo Moyo 14 November 2013 FORMER Zifa presidents Leo Mugabe and Vincent Pamire on Monday appeared before the Zifa disciplinary committee as key witnesses for Harare City chairman Leslie Gwindi. The firebrand former Premier Soccer League and Dynamos secretary-general is facing charges of bringing the game of football into disrepute. Gwindi, who challenged […]
Dual citizens have the right to vote in Zimbabwe – David Coltart
Politics Web 30 June 2013 MDC Secretary for Legal Affairs says Registrar General’s staff should not be flouting Constitutional Court ruling STATEMENT REGARDING DUAL CITIZENSHIP AND THE RIGHT OF ZIMBABWEAN CITIZENS BY BIRTH TO REGISTER AND VOTE In terms of sections 36 and 43 of the new Zimbabwean Constitution ALL Zimbabweans born in Zimbabwe who […]
Mobile Voter Registration – Ward 2, Bulawayo
To all the Residents of Khumalo Constituency, Please remember that the Mobile Voter Registration is happening this week in Ward 2 at the following Schools: Trenance Primary School                                 15/06/13-18/06/13 Airport Primary School                   19/06/13-22/06/13 Our country […]
Zimsec Cancels 13 Ordinary-Level Exams
Nehanda Radio By Felix Share 18 October 2012 The Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) has cancelled 13 Ordinary-Level exam papers and will have to reset them at a cost of US$850 000. This follows an incident in which an acting headmaster in Matabeleland North Province reportedly lost the papers while travelling from Bulawayo last Friday. The […]
Curran was ‘a team man’ – Traicos
Cricinfo 10 October 2012 Tributes have been paid to Kevin Curran, the former Zimbabwe allrounder, who died on Wednesday at the age of 53. John Traicos, the former offspinner, remembered him as a “dedicated person” while Heath Streak, who was coached by Curran said “nothing was too much for him to try and conquer”. Traicos, […]
Speech given at African Brains Conference
African Brains Conference Speech given by David Coltart 6 October 2012 [Link to video of speech: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sA21S5okwM8] Senator David Coltart — Minister of Education, Sport, Arts & Culture, Zimbabwe speaking on Education for Employment, Developing Skills for Vocation at the Innovation Africa Summit – 5th-7th October 2012 at the Westin Hotel, Cape Town, South Africa. Supported by […]
Who benefits from denouncing UNICEF text books under Education Transition Fund?
Sokwanele 14 April 2012 Imagine if the donor community had not joined hands and mobilised textbooks to the country’s primary and secondary schools, where would education be now? The voices that denounced Coltart are the very same people who brought our schools to a standstill in 2008. Once again these same people are deflecting blame, […]