Grave containing up to 60 people found at Zimbabwe school
The Guardian By David Smith 5 October 2011 Remains thought to belong to victims of 1980s Gukurahundi massacre discovered after football pitch caves in. A mass grave containing up to 60 victims of a massacre by President Robert Mugabe’s troops has reportedly been discovered by children playing football at a Zimbabwe school. The pupils stumbled
Zimbabwe children ‘condemned to life without education’
BBC 5 October 2011 Thousands of children in Zimbabwe, who were forcibly evicted from their homes six years ago, are still not receiving proper education, a rights group says. The government had promised 700,000 families a better life when it demolished slums in major cities in 2005 under Operation Murambatsvina. But Amnesty International says many
Zambia’s white vice-president hails ‘cosmopolitan’ new era
The Guardian By David Smith 4 October 2011 Guy Scott says post-colonial condition is behind Zambia and urges other African states to move beyond race. Guy Scott believes his appointment could push other African nations to come to terms with their colonial histories. He is outspoken, has the popular touch and just became the second
Sundowns braced for Mushekwi, Mwanjali bans
New Zimbabwe.com 4 October 2011 Sundowns boss Patrice Motsepe says the club will accept any punishment meted out to his players Method Mwanjali and Nyasha Mushekwi after they were named in a ZIFA report into match fixing. FIFA has encouraged ZIFA to impose severe penalties, including life bans, on close to 80 players, coaches and
Parliament adopts Asiagate motion
www.thezimbabwemail.com By Robson Sharuko 4 October 2011 The House of Assembly has adopted a motion to set up a commission of enquiry to investigate the role played by key stakeholders in the Warriors’ matchfixing scandal. The committee to be set up will chief among other things investigate the role played by the Sports and Recreation
Rights Group: Evictions Destroyed Education for Zimbabwe Children
VOA By Peta Thornycroft 4 October 2011 Children sift through garbage at a dumpsite in Harare, Zimbabwe, on President Robert Mugabe’s 87th birthday, February 21, 2011. Amnesty International says that hundreds of thousands of children were deprived of education after Zimbabwe’s former ZANU-PF government smashed up their homes and their parents’ businesses in 2005. Amnesty
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-10-02
Congrats to Tuskers for their comprehensive win over the Mountaineers – took up where they left at the end of the last Zim domestic season # Drove from Bulawayo to Harare today and it seems as if the entire countryside is burnt – we are creating a desert before our very eyes # Zambia: President
Zimbabwe cannot afford to get rid of temporary teachers
Bulawayo24.com By Moyo Roy 2 October 2011 The Government has made a U-turn on its decision to freeze the recruitment of temporary teachers following indications that the country has a shortage of qualified tutors. Last month, the Ministry of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture stopped recruiting temporary teachers citing the need to replace them with
Government probes evictions at Anglican Church-run schools
Herald 1 October 2011 Government is investigating circumstances surrounding evictions of headmasters and teaching staff at Anglican Church-run schools as it suspects the actions were disturbing learning activities. Education, Sport, Arts and Culture Minister David Coltart, said while he did not want to involve himself in the Anglican Church saga, it was imperative to establish
Ensure Quality Education While Ameliorating Effects of Inequality
Herald 30 September 2011 Opinion The debate over the desirability of inducements for schoolteachers paid by parents is driven by several factors: education ideologies, poor civil service pay for graduates, inadequate funds from Treasury to support even minimum school standards, inequalities within the education system, inequalities in parental incomes, and the geographical distribution of members