Category Archives: Press reports
Biti’s PDP dismisses cabinet reshuffle
The Zimbabwean 10th October 2017 The People’s Democratic Party led by former finance minister Tendai Biti has dismissed President Robert Mugabe’s cabinet reshuffle, saying the nonagenarian seems to be “running around a roundabout that will take him to nowhere.” Mugabe on Monday announced a sudden reshuffle where he dropped three ministers and re-assigned 10 others […]
Minister Chombo Threatens Media
News 24 25th September 2017 Harare – Zimbabwe’s home affairs minister on Sunday threatened “renegades and malcontents” who he accused of spreading alarm and despondency by claiming there are shortages. In a chilling threat, Ignatius Chombo said that the government was monitoring the press and social media “to deal a telling blow to the perpetrators […]
How much longer the night? The remorseless tyranny of Robert Mugabe
Times Literary Supplement By Martin Meredith 22 September 2017 A review of two books by Stuart Doran, “Kingdom, Power and Glory” and David Coltart “The Struggle Continues” In a pastoral letter sent to congregations throughout Zimbabwe ten years ago, a group of Catholic bishops issued a scathing indictment of Robert Mugabe’s rule. The plight of […]
Hitches blight voter registration process
Newsday 22nd September 2017 By NQOBANI NDLOVU TECHNICAL hitches continued to dog the voter registration exercise in some parts of the Matabeleland region yesterday, with some potential voters claiming it took them longer than necessary to have their fingerprints registered in the biometric voter registration (BVR) scanners acquired by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec). The […]
Khumalo “donates” seat to Coltart
Newsday BY BLESSED MHLANGA 13th September 2017 MDC-T deputy spokesperson and Bulawayo East legislator Thabitha Khumalo has resolved to step down and not contest in the 2018 general elections after she ceded her parliamentary seat to MDC’s David Coltart as part of the opposition parties’ coalition deal. “Coltart is most likely to be the MDC […]
David Coltart’s offices raided
Sunday News 27th August 2017 BURGLARS broke into former Education, Sport, Arts and Culture Minister Senator David Coltart’s law firm offices in Belmont, Bulawayo last weekend and got away with an undisclosed amount of money, it has been confirmed. Bulawayo police spokesperson Inspector Precious Simango, however, said she was not in a position to comment […]
Sekeramayi’s political stock is rising
Bulawayo News24 30th July 2017 Defence minister Sydney Sekeramayi’s political stock is rising amid indications that neutrals in the do-or-die Zanu-PF war to succeed President Robert Mugabe are pushing for his elevation to occupy the top office in the event that the incumbent retires or gets incapacitated, the Daily News can exclusively report. This comes […]
‘Dark and Tormented History’ – Zimbabweans Slam Vote for Mugabe to Change Constitution
News24 27th July 2017 Prominent Zimbabweans Wednesday took to social media to slam a vote by MPs from President Robert Mugabe’s party to change the constitution, just four years after the country adopted the new charter. The Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No.1) Bill, which gives the president the power to handpick top judges, is seen […]
Petra Trust acts to create a single school to improve education and strengthen itself financially
The Chronicle By Pamela Shumba, Senior Reporter 26th July 2017 PRIVATE schools in the country are facing hard times with some of them coming up with drastic measures to save their institutions from collapse due to financial challenges. Petra Schools Trust in Bulawayo has integrated and remodeled the primary and secondary schools into one institution […]
Sue Zanu PF over schools meetings, rallies: Coltart Sue Zanu PF over schools meetings, rallies: Coltart
Newsday 18th July 2017 By Nqobani Ndlovu FORMER Education minister David Coltart has urged opposition parties to drag Zanu PF to the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) to seek a ruling ordering the ruling party to stop holding its meetings and rallies at schools. However, Coltart conceded that it was difficult to stop Zanu PF from holding […]