Donors will not pay teachers: Coltart

Zimbabwean By Brenna Matendere 18 June 2011 Education Minister David Coltart says his efforts to persuade the donor community to pay teachers’ salaries has hit a brick wall and members of the education sector should be patient and wait for a solution from government. Coltart said this after a tour of Midlands schools held to assess

Coltart to meet Zifa

Newsday By Sukoluhle Mthethwa 17 June 2011 The Minister of Education, Sport, Arts, and Culture David Coltart says he has written to Zifa requesting for audience with various stakeholders to discuss issues relating to the administration of revenue generated during football matches in the country. This came after Zifa made a loss during the Warriors-Mali

“Schools must take up cricket”

Newsday By Sukoluhle Mthethwa, Sports Reporter 17 June 2011 Education, Sport, Arts and Culture minister David Coltart has urged schools to take up cricket to ensure a wider pool of players for selectors when picking national teams. Coltart said this while addressing Matabeleland Tuskers players at a function that was held at Queens Sports Club

Civil servants’ salaries need to be addressed: Coltart

Chronicle Midlands Correspondent 16 June 2011 The Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture, David Coltart yesterday said there is a consensus across the political divide that civil servants’ salaries should be increased immediately. Addressing parents, teachers and provincial education heads soon after touring some rural and urban schools in Midlands Province yesterday, Minister Coltart

Zimbabwean Finance Minister Biti Calls Chinese Loan to Build War College ‘Criminal’

VOA By Sandra Nyaira | Washington 15 June 2011 Finance Minister Tendai Biti called the deal “criminal” and Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara told Parliament it is time for Zimbabwe to take a fresh look at all the agreements it has signed with China Zimbabwean Finance Minister Tendai Biti on Wednesday told Parliament he does

Un-Commonwealth

The Sunday Independent June 12 2011 By Peter Fabricus After being suspended from the Commonwealth for rigged elections, Mugabe said the organisation had nothing to offer the country. Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe mocked the Commonwealth as a useless and intrusive organisation when he walked out of it in December 2003. “The Commonwealth is a mere

Queen honours former Zimbabwe captain Flower

Standard and BBC Sport Sunday, 12 June 2011 “Hearty congratulations to Andy Flower  for being award Order of British Empire (OBE),” twitted Senator David Coltart yesterday. Cricketers Andrew Strauss and Alastair Cook are among the sports stars named in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list. England captain Strauss is made OBE, along with team coach Andy

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-06-12

Zimbabwe Warriors – you beauties!! Well done Zimbabwe for defeating Mali today at Rufaro, Harare. That is the spirit – well done lads. # I have been advised that Minister Tendai Biti's house was last night attacked by unknown assailants who tried to detonate its durawall. # If report re Tendai Biti's house being attacked

Hunger poses serious threat to pupils

Newsday By Owen Muchena 11 June 2011 A school teacher speaks slowly using gestures to stress a point but only a small number in the class of 40 seems to follow him. Some of the pupils are slouching in their chairs while others are gazing out of the windows and the teacher constantly exhorts them

Cricket Mag re-launched

Herald 11 June 2011 By Robson Sharuko ZIMBABWE Cricket have re-launched their magazine, with a free edition that covers June and July, which they believe will be the ultimate supporters’ guide to the game in the country. International Cricket Council president Haroon Lorgat believes this is a big development in line with the positive changes