Teachers Demand US$1 500 Salary
Zimbabwe Independent By MHARA HENRY Wednesday, 29 April 2009 TEACHERS have this week demanded to be paid US$1 500 monthly and threatened not to return to work when schools open for the second term next Tuesday if government fails to meet their demand. The Zimbabwe Teachers Association (Zimta) and the Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe teachers threaten strike over pay
AFP 28 April 2009 HARARE (AFP) — Zimbabwe’s teachers on Wednesday vowed to go on strike when the new school term begins next week after government reneged on a pledge to increase their salaries. “There has not been any concrete response to address the issue of teachers salaries,” Tendai Chikowore, president of the Zimbabwe Teachers’
Coltart to announce fees for new school term
New Zimbabwe.Com 28th April 2009 RAISED fees demanded by most public schools are illegal, Education Minister David Coltart said Tuesday as he prepared to fix new fees limits for the second term which opens on May 5. Cabinet met on Tuesday to discuss proposals by the National Education Advisory Board on ways to improve Zimbabwe’s
Minority parties call for decentralisation
Zimbabwe Times 27 April 2009 By Ray Matikinye BULAWAYO – Minority parties in Matabeleland and the Arthur Mutambara-led faction of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) are agitating for devolution of political and administrative power to the provinces as the campaign for a new constitution gathers steam. A new constitution, leading to the holding of
Coltart admits school fees unaffordable
Zimbabwe Times 27 April 2009 By Ray Matikinye BULAWAYO – Government is considering reducing the amount of school fees charged in primary schools as “hardly any parent can afford†those announced recently although the cutback will not be dramatic, Education, Sport and Culture minister, Senator David Coltart says. Senator Coltart told parents and party supporters
Zimta gives Govt ultimatum
Sunday News 26 April 2009 By Robin Muchetu and Chipo Mudarikwa THE Zimbabwe Teachers Association (ZIMTA) has given the Government up to Thursday this week to come up with a proper salary structure — where the lowest paid educators will earn 15 000 rand per month or risk another devastating job action, it has been
Zimbabweans urged to be patriotic
Newsnet 25 April 2009 Zimbabweans have been urged to be patriotic and work together in order to resolve the current socio-economic problems facing the country. This was said by the Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture, Senator David Coltart when addressing delegates at the ongoing 28th annual national conference of the Zimbabwe Teachers Association, ZIMTA,
Zuma’s election victory in South Africa intensifies pressure on Mugabe
The Guardian Friday, 24 April 2009 Jacob Zuma, whose African National Congress is on course to retain its parliamentary majority, has openly criticised Robert Mugabe’s autocratic rule Jacob Zuma’s election victory in South Africa has been welcomed by ministers in Zimbabwe as intensifying pressure on president Robert Mugabe. Zuma, whose African National Congress (ANC) looked
ZIMSEC broke — no results soon
Sunday News By Tendayi Madhomu 19 April 2009 THE Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (ZIMSEC) is broke after exhausting all the money extended to it by UNICEF — leaving it failing to process the results for public examinations written in 2008, Sunday News can reveal. The Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture, Senator David Coltart,
Work hard, President tells schoolchildren
The Herald By Sydney Kawadza 18th April 2009 ZIMBABWEAN children should put more effort in their schoolwork to avoid wasting their parents’ resources and efforts in educating them, President Mugabe has said. Speaking at the annual children’s party he traditionally co-hosts with the First Lady, Amai Grace Mugabe, on the eve of the country’s Independence