Category Archives: Press reports
Zimbabwe probes thefts of donated text books after massive UNICEF program to re-equip schools
The Washington Post 31 March 2012 Zimbabwe’s education ministry said Friday it is investigating how school text books donated by the U.N. children’s agency wind up in the hands of bookstores and street vendors. The United Nations Children’s Fund has supplied 22 million books since late 2010 after a decade of economic meltdown that left many schools […]
Negotiations to End Zimbabwe Strike Fail
By Peta Thornycroft 26 January 2012 Wage negotiations between Zimbabwe’s government and civil servants broke down Wednesday and many public workers – teachers in urban areas, in particular – say they will continue their strike for better pay. The public service strike is the first serious work stoppage by government employees since the inclusive government […]
Coltart tells the world’s most feared UK Boss to “assist Zimbabwe’s governmentâ€
11 January 2012 Zimbabwe’s minister of Education and Sport, David Coltart has asked Britain’s most feared foreign policy guru to assist the Zimbabwe government despite the current problems it is facing. The UK’s foreign secretary William Hague is Britain’s most feared government official who Robert Mugabe recently expressed personal concerns of following the UK’s recent […]
Coltart endorses Artists’ Charter
By Sharon Muguwu 27 November 2011 Harare - In a milestone for the local arts industry, the Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture, David Coltart, endorsed the Artists’ Charter that was compiled last year in April. The charter will see to it that the rights and interests of artists are protected by law in the […]
Maridzo’s title defence dilemma
The Zimbabwe Standard By Albert Marufu 6 November 2011 World Boxing Organisation (WBO) Africa super middleweight champion, Tineyi Maridzo could be stripped of his belt as there are no local promoters to host his title defence on home soil. The Warren Park-based boxer beat South Africa’s Michael “Mickey†Schultz – a former convicted hitman to […]
The Kingdom of God is forcefully advancing and forceful men lay hold of it
ABC Radio BigIdeas http://www.abc.net.au/rn/bigideas/stories/2011/3319626.htm?site=northcoast 18 September 2011 The Centre for Independent Studies 2011 Acton Lecture on Religion and Freedom with David Coltart. Have critical mistakes, if not sins, been committed by some countries in the west in the formulation of their foreign policy since the Second World War? Zimbabwean Senator David Coltart fears that […]
“COPAC: A waste of money. People Driven Constitution: Impossible”
www.bulawayo24.com By Shephard Dube 2011 July 31Â What do they mean by a ‘people driven constitution’? “From what I know a constitution is meant to constitute rules about what the structure of government should be and what powers it may and may not exercise. A constitution authorizes a government to exist; it dictates that government’s […]
ON HOPE AND LOVE OF COUNTRY
Roger Kerr Blog By Roger Kerr 29 July 2011 I’m at Consilium this week in Coolum as a guest of the Centre for Independent Studies and the recipient of their Alan McGregor Fellowship.  Consilium is the CIS’ annual ideas and think fest that brings together a great cross section of Australia’s leaders of business, politics, academia, and the wider […]
Senator David Coltart speech at African Ministers of Education Conference in Morocco
Senator David Coltart U Tube speech 12 July 2011
Learn-now-pay-later unsustainable
Herald by Daniel Nemukuyu 20 June 2011 As Zimbabwe is highly respected for valuing education as a fundamental right for every child, the policy compelling schools to accept children without paying fees has left most institutions teetering on the brink of collapse. While the Government did the honourable thing and came up with a noble […]