The inclusive government — the best of times, the worst of times
Newsday By Dumisani O Nkomo 12 October 2011 The height of the Zimbabwean crisis saw the Zimbabwean economy shrink by a third, unemployment ballooning to over 75%, health, education and other basic services to all intents and purposes collapsing. I would like to suggest that while the inclusive government in spite of its inconclusive birth
Disappointed Coltart to meet Zifa
Newsday By Sukoluhle Mthethwa 11 October 2011 Zifa has agreed to meet Education, Sport, Arts and Culture minister David Coltart after he wrote a letter seeking audience with various stakeholders to discuss issues relating to the administration of revenue generated during football matches in the country. Coltart said he received communication from the then acting
Hard lessons of Mugabe’s clearances
The Scotsman By Jane Fields 10 October 2011 Amnesty International’s latest report on the lack of education in Zimbabwe’s slum areas makes depressing reading but it shouldn’t detract from the determination of many teachers and parents to give children a chance to learn in the grimmest of circumstances. Amnesty says thousands of children are being
Coltart intervenes in Anglican saga
The Zimbabwean By Tavada Mafa 10 October, 2011 Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture David Coltart has ordered Mash East Provincial Education Director to produce a detailed report of school children and teachers who were evicted by ex-communicated Anglican church leader Nolbert Kunonga in Mrewa. “I have instructed the Mashonaland East Provincial Education Director
Cellphones in schools: Who is to blame?
Sunday News By Vusumuzi Dube 9 October 2011 A cellphone is a gadget that was originally designed to make communication easier and more efficient but like all inventions made for the good of mankind, it can be abused. In recent media reports, school children have been reported to be largely taking advantage of this gadget
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-10-09
Magnificent rain – purple skies to match the Jacarandas – Zimbabwe at its finest – hopefully this will now stop the bushfires # There is nothing quite like a Zimbabwean thunderstorm at night – stunning lightening and the freshest air the world can offer – spectacular! # Tutu consistently gets it right: on apartheid, on
Turn violent groups into cleaning brigades
The Standard By Navanji Madanhire 9 October 2011 I got the missive below from Marshall Ngwenya a reader from Bulawayo: Thanks for your piece on litter. I stay in Bulawayo and it’s not any different. I see very beautiful smartly-dressed ladies throwing used tissue-paper on the pavement and they just spoil their outlook. I hope
US$10m secondary school textbooks ready for distribution
The Herald By Felex Share 7 October 2011 Government has finished printing eight million textbooks worth US$10 million to be distributed to secondary schools next month. This will help Government achieve its target of one textbook per pupil for the six main subjects – Mathematics, English, Science, Geography, History and indigenous languages. Education, Sport, Arts and
Muckraker: You don’t have to be racist to be a patriot
Indepdendent 6 October 2011 How many readers have heard of the “Cuban Five� It would be surprising if you haven’t because the state media in Zimbabwe has given them an inordinate amount of publicity. The five were arrested in Miami in 1998 and charged with espionage. The five claim they were helpful to the US
Kunonga evicts teachers in Mhondoro a week before exams
SW Radio Africa By Tererai Karimakwenda 6 October, 2011 The ex-communicated Anglican Bishop, Nolbert Kunonga, has struck another blow at the Church Province of Central Africa (CPCA), by serving eviction notices on all the teachers at St Mark’s in Mhondoro, where hundreds of students are due to take exams next week. False Bishop, Nolbert Kunonga