Category Archives: Press reports

Zimbabwe Journalists.com 19 January 2010 By a Correspondent Freelance photojournalist Andrison Manyere was on 18 January 2010 released without being charged following his arrest and detention at Harare Central Police Station while covering a march by members of the Women and Men of Zimbabwe Arise pressure groups. Dzimbabwe Chimbga of the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human […]

SW Radio Africa By Gerry Jackson 19th January 2010 Thabita Taona, who was arrested Monday during a peaceful WOZA demonstration, will spend another night in Harare Central Police Station as an investigating officer has not been assigned to the case. Until this happens charges cannot be formally brought against her. Police have been engaged in […]

Radio VOP 18th January 2010 Harare. Three members of Women and Men of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA) including a journalist were on Monday arrested in Harare after marching to the Ministry of Education to hand over their report on the education system in Zimbabwe entitled – Looking Back to look Forward. The report covers recommendations and […]

SW Radio Africa By Violet Gonda 18 January 2010 Freelance photo-journalist Shadreck Andrison Manyere, plus two other people, were arrested in Harare on Monday after police broke up a peaceful demonstration organised by the pressure group Women of Zimbabwe Arise. WOZA was protesting against exorbitant school fees and the crumbling education sector. Previously Manyere was […]

The Zimbabwean Written by Natasha Hove Monday, 18 January Education Minister, David Coltart, has referred the issue of teachers’ salaries to the country’s Cabinet to avert strike action. Coltart told The Zimbabwean that he was referring the issue to Cabinet when it resumed sitting today to avoid strike action that would cripple the education sector. […]

Sunday News 17 January 2010 Sunday News Reporters SOME schools are reportedly turning away children for not paying school fees in contravention of a Government directive. A survey conducted by the Sunday News around Bulawayo last week revealed that some children were loitering outside school premises while others were in class. Parents and guardians said […]

The Herald By Felex Share 15 January 2010 Harare — Education, Sport, Art and Culture Minister David Coltart yesterday urged all concerned authorities in Government to put their heads together and urgently solve the salary dispute before the 14-day notice for industrial action given by civil servants expires. This comes after negotiations between civil servants […]

Zimbabwe Independent Nqobile Bhebhe 15 January 2010 Faced with a critical shortage of lecturers at learning institutions, government is set to increase the retirement age of lecturers to 70 in a desperate bid to retain staff. Currently, the retirement age is pegged at 65. A new five-year economic blueprint, the Medium Term Plan (MTP), indicates […]

Financial Gazette Njabulo Ncube 15 January 2010 Harare — The coalition government, grappling with a tight financial squeeze, called a crisis meeting with representatives of the country’s civil servants yesterday after union leaders rejected its offer and proceeded to issue a 14-day ultimatum to press for better pay and improved working conditions. Finance Minister, Tendai […]

Financial Gazette Clemence Manyukwe 15 January 2010 Harare — As schools opened this week, the major preoccupation for most parents was the issue of exorbitant fees, the soaring cost of uniforms and strike threats by teachers over poor salaries. These parents were however, oblivious of a new scourge pervading local learning institutions that can result […]