Category Archives: Press reports

Sunday News 7 February 2010 Sunday News Reporters Bulawayo City Councillors have said the rot in the education sector must be nipped in the bud and have called for the arrest of school heads reportedly barring students from attending lessons due to non-payment of tuition fees and levies, Sunday News can reveal. Schools in Bulawayo […]

Sunday News 7 February 2010 Sunday News Reporters Bulawayo City Councillors have said the rot in the education sector must be nipped in the bud and have called for the arrest of school heads reportedly barring students from attending lessons due to non-payment of tuition fees and levies, Sunday News can reveal. Schools in Bulawayo […]

Zimbabwean Written by Paul Ndlovu Wednesday, 3 February 2010 HARARE – A lack of funds has hindered the Ministry of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture’s plans to set up a framework to tighten the regulation of levies,a move that has prompted the minister to seek assistance from the World Bank. David Coltart admitted that his […]

VOA By Peta Thornycroft 1 February 2010 Police in Zimbabwe are warning they do not have enough money to feed people in holding cells around the country. The whole justice system in Zimbabwe is threatened by lack of adequate resources. Although fewer people are being arrested now than in previous years, the police say they […]

The Herald 1 February 2010 By Felex Share A major shake-up is looming at the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council this month in a move that will see a new board taking over from the Professor Phineus Makhurane-led board as Government moves to revamp operations at the examinations body. The term of office of the current […]

Standard By Bertha Shoko 31 January 2010 CIVIL servants will hold make-or-break talks with government negotiators on Tuesday amid warnings a crippling strike is imminent. The meeting comes a week after the 14-day strike ultimatum issued by civil servants passed without any action. Education Minister David Coltart and his Public Service counterpart Eliphas Mukonoweshuro failed […]

Sunday Mail 31 January 2010 Sunday Mail Reporter Parents wishing to enroll their children for kindergarten in Harare will have to think twice as it has emerged that pre-schools in the city are demanding as much as US$600 per term in fees. A Sunday Mail survey last week revealed that the cost of pre-schooling is […]

The Herald 29 January 2010 Harare — Government should computerise the database of its employees to weed out ghost workers that are fleecing the State of thousands of dollars; Education, Sport, Arts and Culture Minister David Coltart said yesterday. Minister Coltart said his ministry was making efforts to keep a computer-based list of teachers in […]

Zimbabwe BlackBook 26 January 2010 HARARE – Zimbabwe’s Public Service Minister Eliphas Mukonoweshuro is due to hold make-or-break talks with civil servants in a last-ditch bid to avert a general strike. Workers have set a strike date of next Tuesday unless their demands for higher salaries are met. Ministers are desperate to avert a general […]

Sunday Mail 24 January 2010 From Bulawayo Bureau At least 10 000 teachers are needed nationwide as it emerged that there is a critical shortage of the educators in schools amid revelations that the re-engagement system that the Government embarked on to bring back to the fold tutors who had left is tedious and frustrating. […]