Category Archives: Press reports
Unlicensed and outdoors or no school at all
IRIN 23 July 2010 EPWORTH — Simbarashe Choga, 65, a retired teacher, is the local butcher in Epworth, some 20km northeast of Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare; he is also the principal of the primary school he runs out of his shop. “My teachers keep their records and other materials at my butchery, which operates as our […]
Coltart invites Zimbabwean Diaspora to help rebuild education
Zimbabwean By ZDFG Secretariat Friday 23 July 2010 Zimbabwe’s Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture, Senator David Coltart (pictured) has invited Zimbabweans in the United Kingdom to be key players in the “Centre of excellence†programme and in writing “objective and non-partisan history books on Zimbabwe.†Senator Coltart, a minister in the coalition government was […]
UK pledges reforms support
Zimbabwean 23 July 2010 HARARE – The British government has pledged to continue supporting reforms in Zimbabwe, saying the troubled southern African country’s future remains overshadowed by rule of law abuses and economic difficulties. Speaking after meeting Zimbabwe’s Education Minister David Coltart in London last Tuesday, UK Foreign Office Minister Lord Howell praised the limited […]
Outside looking in – a letter from the diaspora
Zimbabwean Written by Pauline Henson 23 July 2010 Dear Friends, I suppose it’s not really surprising that Zimbabwe doesn’t feature very highly on the world’s news agenda at the moment. The problem – or one of them – is that nothing seems to be happening. The conclusion most non-Zimbabweans draw from that, if they think […]
MDC Ministers in London to woo donors and investors
SW Radio Africa By Lance Guma 22 July 2010 Three cabinet ministers from the two MDC formations, plus Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara, were in London on Thursday addressing two separate meetings that sought to woo investors and donors to help with Zimbabwe’s economic recovery. The ministers were accompanied by their permanent secretaries and other […]
15000 Teachers back in class
Zimbabwean By Fungi Kwaramba 22 July 2010 HARARE – More than 15 000 teachers have rejoined the profession since the unity government took office last year and improved salaries for civil servants including teachers, Education Minister David Coltart said last week. However Coltart said while remuneration for teachers was sufficient to lure them back to […]
Sanctions benefit Zanu PF: Coltart
New Zimbabwe.com By Mduduzi Mathuthu 21 July 2010 EDUCATION Minister David Coltart says Western sanctions on Zimbabwe are “past their sell-by-date†and are now being used by President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF party to hinder the full implementation of a 2008 power sharing agreement. Coltart, who describes his relationship with Mugabe over the last 30 […]
Ministry to help drop outs
Zimbabwean By Fungi Kwaramba 21 July 2010 HARARE – Esrom Mukarati 11 (not real name) wakes up everyday and watches his peers going to school. He would dearly love to join them, but his parents do not have money to give him a basic education. As a result he has become a young vendor whose […]
UK continues assistance for reform in Zimbabwe
www.isria.com 21 July 2010 Lord Howell, Foreign Office Minister met with David Coltart, Zimbabwe’s Minister for Education, Sports, Art and Culture this morning. The Ministers discussed the progress that has been made since the formation of the Inclusive Government. Zimbabwe still suffers from rule of law abuses and economic difficulties, but Lord Howell congratulated the […]
UK continues assistance for reform in Zimbabwe
British Foreign Office Website www.fco.gov.uk 20 July 2010 Lord Howell, Foreign Office Minister met with David Coltart, Zimbabwe’s Minister for Education, Sports, Arts and Culture this morning. The Ministers discussed the progress that has been made since the formation of the Inclusive Government. Zimbabwe still suffers from rule of law abuses and economic difficulties, but […]