Category Archives: Press reports
Teachers Write Stinging Letter To Mugabe and Tsvangirai
RadioVOP April 16,2010 The Zimbabwe Teachers Association (ZIMTA) has written a stinging letter to Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai as Head of Government and President Robert Mugabe as Head of State telling them that they are now fed up with their low salaries, Radio VOP can exclusively reveal. ZIMTA President Tendai Chikowore said :”We are fed […]
Teachers divided over incentives
Chronicle 16 April 2010 By Brian Chitemba in Harare THE Zimbabwe Teachers Association (Zimta) is deeply divided over the payment of incentives to teachers by parents with some advocating for the scrapping of the facility while others want the arrangement to stay. The teachers, meeting at the Zimta 29th annual conference in Harare yesterday, failed […]
Minister Coltart to clarify issues
SWRadio Africa 15 April 2010 In response to calls from residents, over the on-going education crisis, Bulawayo Progressive Residents Association has invited the Minister of Education, Sports, Art and Culture, David Coltart to address residents. Residents in Bulawayo have passed complaints about the state of the country’s education system. It has seen teachers perpetually on […]
UNICEF embroiled in tender row
Financial Gazette Thursday 15 April 2010 By Clemence Manyukwe, Staff Reporter A UNITED Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) US$13 million tender for the local printing of 2, 6 million primary school textbooks has sparked controversy with some publishers calling for its suspension, citing irregularities. The tendering process saw Longman Zimbabwe being awarded the tender last Thursday […]
Donors will not pour money into a bottomless pit
Radiovop.com April 14, 2010 Harare, – The Minister of Education, Sports and Culture, David Coltart, says donors have told him that they will not support the payment of teacher salaries because Zimbabwe is a bottomless pit. Coltart said : “Donors have told me that this country is a bottomless pit and they will not support […]
Persecution of artists undermines national healing
The Zimbabwean By Staff Reporter Monday, 12 April 2010 BULAWAYO – The continued criminal persecution of artists illustrates that the country still has a long way to go in dealing with the issue of national healing, David Coltart, the Education, Sports, Arts and Culture Minister has said. Coltart told The Zimbabwean that the recent arrest […]
Reform the PSC for the good of civil servants
The Standard Letter to the editor 12 April 2010 Allow me to tell the world that the Public Service Commission of Zimbabwe (PSC) is among the most cruel employers in the country. This view is derived from my experiences as a victim of some of the unfair practices it commits. Psychological wounds are more difficult […]
The Poor Priced Out of School?
The Herald Opinion By Monica Cheru-Mpambawashe 12 April 2010 Harare — “EDUCATION for all” has always been one of the war cries of the Government since 1980. Today, 30 years later, several international bodies including the United Nations agree that Zimbabwe has one of the highest literacy rates in the world. The economic meltdown and […]
Search for 2010 Cover to Cover winners begins
The Standard By Davison Maruziva 11 April 2010 TOPICS for this year’s Cover to Cover Short Story Writing competition were unveiled last week and the contest is expected to run until the end of May 2010. The launch of this year’s topics was held at the new offices of the British Council in Cork Road, […]
AG Declines To Prosecute Bennett on Nine Years Ago Charges
RadioVOP April 6, 2010 Harare, – The Attorney General’s office has declined to prosecute MDC treasurer general Roy Bennett on charges of holding to maize nine years ago in matter that has been described as persecution rather prosecution. Bennett was last week served with fresh summons last week at the High Court where he is […]