EU Hosts Environment Conference in Zimbabwe
VOA By Peta Thornycroft Harare 14 May 2009 This week in Harare the European Union hosted an environmental conference in Zimbabwe which organizers hope would start a multi-party conversation about land ownership and use. The issue continues to be at the center of the country’s political conflict. EU ambassador Xavier Marchel, who has been the
A transitional travesty
Financial Gazette Thursday, 14 May 2009 PRIME Minister Morgan Tsvangirai told the nation on May 1 that the government was broke. What he did not say was that the government was so broke that it could not even raise the US$3,1 million that is needed to release the results of the students who sat national
Coltart to Co-Chair Parliamentary Constitutional Select Committee
The Herald 13 May 2009 Harare — EDUCATION, Arts, Sports and Culture Minister David Coltart has been selected to co-chair the constitution-making parliamentary select committee. This means all the parties to the Global Political Agreement have now seconded representatives to co-chair the committee. Zanu-PF recently appointed Chivi Central Member of the House of Assembly Cde
Civil servants give government 7 day ultimatum over salaries
SW Radio Africa By Lance Guma 11 May 2009 A week after the Ministry of Education averted a teachers strike by promising various incentives, civil service unions have issued a 7 day ultimatum to the government to also review their US$100 monthly allowances. Teachers were promised a review of their salaries, free education for their
Coltart drafted into constitutional committee
11 May 2009 The Zimbabwe Times HARARE – Parliament has drafted in the third legislator to become joint chairperson of a recently established select committee which will see through the drafting of the first home-grown Constitution over the next 17 months. Cabinet minister David Coltart was last week appointed to join Nyanga North legislator, Douglas
Government fails to pay exam markers
ZimEye.org By Moses Muchemwa May 10, 2009 Harare (ZimEye) – THE government of Zimbabwe has failed to raise US$4 million to pay 2008 public examination markers, the ZimEye has learnt. This has in turn plunged into doubt the completion of the marking process. Secretary for Education, Sports, Arts and Culture, Dr Steven Mahere confirmed that
US$ 4m needed for exam marking
Sunday News News Editor 10 May 2009 THE Ministry of Education Sports, Arts and Culture requires US$4 million to finalise the process of marking last year’s public examinations, a senior Government official revealed last Friday. The permanent secretary in the Ministry of Education, Sports, Arts and Culture, Dr Steven Mahere, disclosed in an interview with
Doubt Over Exam Results
The Standard BY CAIPHAS CHIMHETE AND GEORGE MADEGA 9 May 2009 THE Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) last week fired all its casual workers after they abandoned the processing of last year’s Grade VII examinations following an acrimonious dispute over pay. The labour dispute, the latest hurdle for the beleaguered examinations body, has reportedly put
Teachers Fail to Return to School
Radio VOP May 7 2009 HARARE,- The Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe says close to 35 percent of teachers failed raise money to return to their respective posts when schools opened this week. Teachers this week called off a strike despite their wage demands not being met. Education Minister David Coltart said the government had
Education in dilapidation
Financial Gazette Thursday 7 May 2009 ELLIS Robins Boys High School in Harare resembles the remnants of a long, forgotten ghost community in an old township. Burst sewer pipes have gone for weeks without being fixed; the school’s fish pond and swimming pool among other infrastructure at the school, all ceased functioning years ago. The