Magistrates shun WOZA case
The Zimbabwean By The Zimbabwean Reporter 26 September 2013 Magodonga Mahlangu, a Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA) leader, was to appear in Tredgold Magistrates Court on 25 September 2013 to be formally charged under the Postal and Telecommunications Act Chapter 12:05, two counts under section 88 (c ) ‘making offensive phone calls without reasonable cause
Kasukuwere declares war on poachers
Southern Eye By Southern Eye Reporter 26 September 2013 HARARE — Environment minister Saviour Kasukuwere yesterday said 80 elephants had died in the last few weeks in the Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe’s largest, while security forces were preoccupied with July 31 harmonised elections. Ivory poachers killed the elephants by poisoning water holes with cyanide, endangering
Zimbabweans in President’s Cup team praised
Southern Eye By Southern Eye Reporter 25 September 2013 FORMER Education, Sport, Arts and Culture minister David Coltart has praised four Zimbabwean golfers who are part of the international team that will take part in the President’s Cup that gets underway at the Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio, in the United States next
Zanu PF blamed for Hwange disaster
Southern Eye By Southern Eye Reporter 25 September 2013 FORMER Education minister David Coltart has lashed out at Zanu PF for blaming the deaths of close to 81 elephants at Hwange National Parks on sanctions saying the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Authority is grossly underfunded. Coltart said government was splashing huge amounts on luxury Mercedes-Benzes
Let’s move forward, not around
Southern Eye By Dumisani Nkomo 25 September 2013 ZIMBABWEANS from all walks of life face a formidable challenge in the next five years. They have to decide whether to support Zanu PF or the opposition. The economy remains the single largest challenge that the government will face and any lack of wisdom in this sphere
Coltart calls for lifting of ‘scapegoat’ sanctions
SW Radio Bell By Alex Bell 25 September 2013 Former Education Minister David Coltart has called for the lifting of the targeted sanctions still in place against key members of the Robert Mugabe regime, saying the measures have provided ZANU PF with a scapegoat for its failures for too many years. The ZANU PF rhetoric
David Coltart’s Blog – Next climate change will be blamed on sanctions!
David Coltart’s Blog – Next climate change will be blamed on sanctions! 24 September 2013 I see that Zanu PF now argues that sanctions are responsible for poaching in Hwange! At this rate sanctions are going to be blamed for climate change. Give us a break – that is just ridiculous. National Parks have been starved
Byo’s Kriel hailed for Kenya massacre coverage
Southern Eye By Nduduzo Tshuma 24 September 2013 BULAWAYO-born journalist and South Africa’s eNCA East Africa bureau chief Robyn Kriel has been hailed for her coverage of the bloody shooting of civilians at a busy Kenyan mall by Somali militants. Former Education minister David Coltart congratulated the journalist for hoisting Zimbabwe’s flag: “Very proud of
Sanctions shielding Zanu PF
Southern Eye By David Coltart 23 September 2013 IT HAS been noted that on September 17 2013, the European Union agreed to lift the restrictive measures imposed on the Zimbabwean government mining parastatal the Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation (ZMDC). Pursuant to Article IV of the Global Political Agreement (GPA) signed on September 15 2008 all
NoViolet Bulawayo Gets Resounding Welcome in Bulawayo
Munyori Literary Journal By Philani Amadeus Nyoni 19 September 2013 BULAWAYO, ZIMBABWE: A crowd of over three hundred people thronged the National Art Gallery in Bulawayo on Tuesday evening to welcome NoViolet Bulawayo and her history- making novel to both the book’s and author’s hometown. The novel has sent shockwaves across the global landscape and received a resounding welcome home. Residents