Category Archives: Press reports
New Sports and Recreation Commission board appointed
The Herald 3rd November 2009 By Augustine Hwata A new Sports and Recreation Commission board has been appointed to run the supreme sport regulatory body for the next three years. Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture David Coltart yesterday announced the appointment of Bulawayo lawyer Joseph James to lead the nine-member board. James played […]
Ministry seals funding deal and launches Academies project
Sunday Mail 1st November 2009 Sunday Mail Reporter THE Ministry of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture will from next year provide funding to certain schools which will become Academies, offer incentives to teachers and also refurbish infrastructure through a fund meant to resuscitate the education sector. Speaking after signing the agreement with Teach Zimbabwe (TZ) […]
Zimsec fiasco: exam dates out
The Standard By Jennifer Dube 1st November 2009 IT had become common around this time of the year to see pupils moving around with old question papers, preparing for their school-leaving examinations. Some would be seen in discussion groups, gathered under trees, behind buildings and in libraries. This is not the case this year. Schools […]
Power of the mighty dollar lures rebel nation back to international arena
Sydney Morning Herald By Jesse Hogan October 31, 2009 Zimbabwe is preparing to return from cricket’s wilderness, writes Jesse Hogan in Nagpur. Zimbabwe’s cricketing credibility has plunged during the past five years, but the nation’s long-time cricketing chief insists the nation is on the road to recovery. Rifts dominated by race and politics are the […]
Cricket SA enter an unwise alliance
The Natal Witness 31 Oct 2009 By Peter Roebuck CRICKET South Africa ought not to be in such a rush to accommodate its neighbour across the Limpopo. Camaraderie can be taken too far. Indeed, it already has been. Not so many years ago, the late Percy Sonn, then the leading light at CSA and one […]
Education in the 21st century: a Zimbabwean perspective
Speech to the 56th Congress of Liberal International By Senator David Coltart Cairo 30th October 2009 Introduction When I last attended a meeting of Liberal International held in Dakar, Senegal, in October 2003 I never imagined that I would be speaking to you all today on the topic “Education in the 21st century”. In that […]
UN torture investigator refused entry to Zimbabwe
Guardian.co.uk By David Smith in Johannesburg Thursday 29 October 2009 The United Nations torture investigator said today he would recommend action against Zimbabwe after he was detained on arrival at Harare airport and deported. Manfred Nowak, the UN special rapporteur on torture, said he had been invited by the prime minister, Morgan Tsvangirai, and wanted […]
Change opens door for Zimbabwe cricket
NZ Sport AAP October 28, 2009 Zimbabwe’s cricket chairman Peter Chingoka grudgingly admits the dilution of dictator Robert Mugabe’s powerbase has helped set the game back on the path towards good health in his country. And he believes Zimbabwe is now on course to resume cricket contact with Australia after a five-year break. Still barred […]
Abuse of school fees to be reduced
The Zimbabwean Written by Staff Reporter Wednesday, 28 October 2009 BULAWAYO – The ministry if Education, Sports and Culture is set to introduce a new instrument aimed at curbing the rampant abuse of school funds. David Coltart said the new piece of legislation would encourage parents to pay fees and other levies without fear that […]
Government to plug loopholes on misuse of school levies
Sunday News 25 October 2009 Sunday News reporter Government is working on legal instruments to plug loopholes that are causing misuse of school levies and the recently introduced teachers incentives, a Cabinet minister has announced. The Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture, Senator David Coltart was responding to enquiries last week from Sunday News […]