Coltart in cricket indaba
The Herald 14 February 2013 THE Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture, David Coltart, was last night expected to meet the chairman of Zimbabwe Cricket, Peter Chingoka, to discuss problems bedevilling the sport in the country. Coltart yesterday indicated on his Facebook wall that he was going to hold a meeting with Chingoka “to
Schools shortage compromise quality of education
The Chronicle By Prosper Ndlovu 13 February 2013 HUNDREDS of pupils in Bulawayo are forced to learn under crowded conditions amid reports that there is a serious shortage of classrooms at the city’s schools. According to the council’s latest report, most schools have a bloated enrollment that makes it difficult to conduct lessons effectively. Bulawayo
Kenya PM pushes for MDCs pact
Daily News By Fungi Kwaramba and Mugove Tafirenyika 12 February 2013 Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga is reportedly pushing fractious  MDC formations to form a united front against President Robert Mugabe in  elections scheduled for June this year, the Daily News can reveal. Highly-placed insiders from the two formations yesterday told the Daily News that representatives from
Coltart averse to criticism
Daily News By Guthrie Manyuki 12 February 2013 In my view, Education, Sports, Arts and Culture minister David Coltart, fits perfectly into William Shakespeare’s statement that: “there is no art to find minds construction in the face; he was a gentleman on whom I had built an absolute trustâ€. Simplified the Shakespearean statement, in Macbeth,
When grass chokes boxing aspirations
The Sunday Mail By Langton Nyakwenda 10 February 2013 Mounds of sweet potatoes, green maize crops almost ripe and tall grass greet you as you enter St Mary’s Boxing Centre situated at Huruyadzo Shopping Centre. In the midst of this variety of vegetation is a boxing ring where one of Zimbabwe’s most renowned pugilists, Arigoma
O-Level results: Who is to blame?
The Sunday Mail By Lincoln Towindo and Shamiso Yikoniko 10 February 2013 Results from the country’s 2012 public examinations have generated debate, with many people bemoaning the poor performance exhibited by last year’s Ordinary Level students. While the country has been recording a steady improvement in pass rates at both Grade Seven and Advanced Level,
Education in free-fall
The Standard 10 February 2013 Revelations that the much publicised poor Ordinary Level pass rate is actually the best in 12 years will do little to allay fears that Zimbabwe’s education system is free-falling. Education minister David Coltart on Friday released statistics that showed students actually performed better last year than in the previous years,
Unions Urge Government to Improve Teaching Conditions
The Standard By Jennifer Dube 10 February 2013 CONCERNED educationists and parents have called for the improvement of teaching and learning conditions in the country’s schools to ensure better results in public examinations. The outcry follows last year’s poor O’level results which showed that the pass rate had dropped from 19,5% in 2011 to 18,4%.
Sunday News Feature Article: O Level Results
Sunday News By Vusumuzi Dube 10 February 2013 WHEN Karl Marx and Freidrich Engels first conceptualised capitalism, one of the key components that they touched on was that of mass production, their mindset was society was controlled by the bourgeois who employed the masses to produce goods and services en-masse. The focus was on production
Zimbabwe cricket in familiar strife again
ESPN Cricinfo By Liam Brickhill 9 February 2013 Ten years ago, Henry Olonga and Andy Flower took the field in Zimbabwe’s World Cup match against Namibia wearing makeshift black armbands, launching their famous protest against the “death of democracy”. This weekend, in fact, will mark the tenth anniversary of their gesture. In that time, Zimbabwean