Category Archives: Press reports

Sunday News 24th January 2010 By Mugove Mudhadha THE recent pronouncement by the Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture, Senator David Coltart, that teachers should take their grievances regarding salaries to the Finance Minister Mr Tendai Biti made sad reading. It is with a deep sense of betrayal of the teaching fraternity by the […]

Chronicle Editorial 23 January 2010 The country’s education system has produced some of the best minds that are leaders in their own right in various capacities around the globe. Many countries, especially those in southern Africa and the Anglo-Saxon world, poached a good number of skilled Zimbabweans as workers left the country in droves as […]

The Zimbabwe Telegraph By Getrude Gumede January 22, 2010 GWERU – The Ministry of Education and Culture working in conjunction with UNICEF and UNESCO which last year launched an Education Transition Fund is working on plans to improve the pupil text book ratio and help restore basic education for all to Zimbabweans, Education and Culture […]

The Zimbabwean By Themba Sibanda Friday, 22 January 2010 BULAWAYO – Hundreds of teachers re-employed by the government last year have not been paid since March, it has emerged. In an interview, Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) president, Takavafira Zhou said that the government, through the Public Service Commission (PSC), had not effected salary […]

The Herald By Petros Kausiyo 22 January 2010 LEGENDARY former Zimbabwe captain Peter Ndlovu is set to revive his romance with youth football when he plays a key part in the launch of the inaugural Volks-wagen Junior Masters tournament in Harare today. Ndlovu — the most decorated Warriors captain with 100 caps for the senior […]

Zimbabwe Guardian Friday 22 January 2010 ONE year on, Zimbabwe’s inclusive Government Ministers are more interested in amassing wealth, perks and political posturing and have so far neglected their ministries to the detriment of ordinary Zimbabweans. More often than not, Ministers are traveling abroad on supposedly government business and yet results of all this shuttling […]

Zimbabwe Times January 21, 2010 By Warren Dennis The cloudless skies of Harare, with the sun shining brightly in the sky, especially at this time of the southern summer, brings out the best picture of a city pregnant with blessings – when it comes to its perfect climate – that charms its peaceful residents and […]

Amnesty International US By Sarah Hager January 21, 2010 Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA) took to the streets recently demanding education reform in Zimbabwe. In areport published by the organization, WOZA calls for teachers to quit demanding extra money from parents to supplement their income, the Education Ministry must improve the quality of the curriculum […]

Zimbabwe Times 20 January 2010 By Takarinda Gomo THE pay dispute between the Government and civil servants took a new twist this week when, for the first time, civil servants appealed directly to both the State President and Prime Minister to intervene. This dramatic action by representatives of the Public Service Association (PSA), the Zimbabwe […]

The Chronicle Chronicle Reporter 20 January 2010 The Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture, David Coltart will today meet the Minister of Finance, Tendai Biti, to discuss the burning issue of teachers’ salaries. Minister Coltart last week promised to table the issue of teachers’ salaries before Cabinet, which was expected to resume sitting yesterday. […]