D-Day with the Black Caps

www.zimcricket.org Thursday, 3 March 2011 Zimbabwe are in the fortunate position of having two bites of the cherry on Friday when they face the Black Caps of New Zealand in their second match of the ICC Cricket World Cup. Although the squad are treating the contest as a ‘must-win’ encounter, they could still qualify for

Zimbabwe’s Braying Cavalry in Campaign for Literacy

http://ipsnews.net/ By Ignatius Banda 31 March 2011 Across Zimbabwe, economic and political crisis has forced students to do without books, classroom furniture, teachers – the basics of a conducive learning environment. These learners cannot go to libraries, so the libraries have gone to them. In recent years, Zimbabwe’s rural schools have become notorious for their

The morning after

Supersport.com Blog 2 March 2011 By Neil Manthorp One of the many pleasures of experiencing a World Cup as a member of ‘staff’ rather than as a journalist is seeing and feeling the joy of victory from close quarters. Zimbabwe’s 175-run hammering of Canada on Monday was a fine result and was duly and properly

Ncube, Judge in cahoots – Mutambara

Zimbabwean Written by Chief Reporter Wednesday, 2 March 2011 HARARE – Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara (pictured) has accused MDC-N President, Welshman Ncube, of conniving with High court Judge Justice Nicholas Ndou to prevent him from “masquerading as the party’s president”. Mutambara lodged opposing papers in the Bulawayo High Court challenging the interdict. He said

Gwisai, 44 others detained further

New Zimbabwe.com 1 March 2011 A GROUP of 45 human rights campaigners facing treason charges must stay in jail until their hearing next week to give prosecutors time to prepare the case against them, a magistrate ruled on Tuesday. Prosecutors said they were not ready to present their case against the group arrested on February

‘Reducing teams not good for cricket’

Express News Service India http://expressbuzz.com N Jagannath Das 1 March 2011 NAGPUR: Zimbabwe sports minister Senator David Coltart has criticized the International Cricket Council’s decision to reduce the teams from 14 to 10 and thereby disallowing the associate nations from playing in the 50-over World Cup in 2015. Zimbabwe’s participation is still doubtful as ICC

We need a bit more self belief: Senator David Coltart

http://www.zimcricket.org Monday, 28 February 2011 Zimbabwe Minister of Education, Sports, Arts and Culture, the honourable Senator David Coltart, joined the national cricket team on Sunday where the team is preparing for its second group A match against Canada in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011. Zimbabwe lost to defending champions Australia by 91 runs in

MDC ministers under spotlight

Financial Gazette Monday, 28 February 2011 By Clemence Manyukwe, Political Editor THE swearing in of ministers from both formations of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) two years ago was greeted with much expectation as Zimbabweans basked in the hope that new brooms sweep clean, a year after President Robert Mugabe had described his cabinet

Zimbabwe Teachers to Boycott Classes over mounting Militia violence

VOA By Patience Rusere Washington  28 February 2011 Union president Takavafira Zhou said that due to a rise in violence against teachers by ZANU-PF youth militia and war veterans, teachers are fed up and have decided to take action The Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe has resolved to boycott classes at any school where teachers

Support Education Sector – Coltart

Herald 28 February 2011 GOVERNMENT prescribed school fees of US$10 per term for primary schools is US$63 less than the cost of educating a pupil, a Cabinet Minister has said. Education, Sport, Arts and Culture Minister David Coltart said there was need to support the education sector to ensure that the high standards that were