Coltart defends Mugabe
Daily News By Lloyd Mbiba 9 October 2013 HARARE - David Coltart, the former Education minister, has praised President Robert Mugabe for prioritising practical subjects in the education curriculum, saying it was long overdue. This comes as Mugabe has been forced to explain that his new controversial minister of State for Liaising on Psychomotor Activities in
Govt plays ‘sympathy card’ in Mumbengegwi diplomatic row
SW Radio Africa By Nomalanga Moyo 8 October 2013 ZANU PF has been accused of “playing the sympathy card†in the ongoing diplomatic tiff over the perceived humiliation of Foreign Affairs Minister Simbarashe Mumbengegwi in Washington last week. The ‘humiliation’ involved Mumbengegwi being forced to go through airport security like all other ordinary passengers, despite
‘Start corruption fight in schools’
The Standard By Caiphas Chimhete 6 October 2013 CORRUPTION involving teachers, school development associations (SDAs) and ministry officials has rocked the education sector, seriously compromising the quality of the country’s once revered education system. A report, Framing Corruption in Education — Global Trends, released recently by Transparency International (TI) — says corruption in education was
Teach Your Children Well
Huffington Post By David Coltart 5 October 2013 Zimbabwe is recognized as having one of the best education systems in Africa but when I took office as Minister of Education in February 2008 I found it in chaos. Nearly all schools were closed, 90000 teachers were on strike, public exams written the previous year hadn’t
Zimbabwe Elections – What If There Had Been No Rigging?
All Africa By Jos Martens 3 October 2013 It remains to be seen whether MDC would have won the 2013 elections if no rigging had taken place. What would you have voted if you had been that communal dweller who had received a fertile piece of land; if your small mine claim had just been
What do the people say?
The Zimbabwean 1 October 2013 More and more Zimbabweans, both at home and all over the world, are using social media to communicate. The Zimbabwean is committed to helping Zimbabweans everywhere to claim and access their right to give and receive information. So every week we stimulate debate on a number of issues affecting us. These are
Madhuku Party Shakes ZANU PF & MDC
Zim Eye By Carl Mhlanga 1 October 2013 University of Zimbabwe professor Lovemore Madhuku at the weekend sent thunderous shockwaves into ZANU PF and MDC parties after launching his party converted from the original NCA organisation. Madhuku’s actions caused ZANU PF and MDC parties to rally against the National Constitutional Assembly chair labeling him a
Is there any hope of life under Zanu (PF)
The Zimbabwean By Eddie Cross 29 September 2013 I came home this weekend to find our suburb in darkness – at about 20.00 hrs the lights came back on and when I got up at just after five this morning they were still on but went out at 07.00 hrs and we do not expect
Could this spell the revival of Zim boxing?
The Standard By Brian Nkiwane 29 September 2013 When the then Minister of Education Sport, Arts and Culture David Coltart dissolved the previous boxing board last year, everyone’s hope was for a new beginning for local boxing. With Zimbabwe set to host its first ever world title fight billed for the City Sports Centre in
Mbeki was key in protecting Mugabe: Biti
Nehanda Radio By Tendai Biti 29 September 2013 Wananchi, until the dramatic and brutal manner that he was removed from office, President Mbeki’s presidency would have been most remembered by three things, HIV Aids, Zimbabwe and slow pace of social delivery during his reign. This is rather an unfair media stereotype and sterile definition of