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Bulawayo News 24 17th July 2019 Former Education Minister David Coltart has alerted the international community to death threats against leaders of trade union movements. Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) President Peter Mutasa and Secretary General Japhet Moyo received death threats over plans to hold demonstrations on 22 July. The two top officials received […]

Bulawayo 24 News By Mandla Ndlovu 17th July 2019 MDC Treasurer General David Coltart has urged Finance and Economic Development Minister Mthuli Ncube to resign from his post before he dents his credibility by implanting policies that he does not believe in. Coltart was responding to Dr Alex Magaisa who had said, “One day Finance […]

Sunday Mail (ZANU PF propaganda) By Ranga Mataire 2nd June 2019 David Coltart, the self-confessed former British South African Police (BSAP) member, who authored a rehashed moribund autobiography, recently rebounded as treasurer of the MDC at the party’s congress held in Gweru. It is almost 19 years since Coltart became the founding secretary for legal […]

Newsday Guest column Dumisani Nkomo 7th June 2019 THIS article seeks to explore the efficacy of elections as a tool of democratic governance in Zimbabwe since 1980. It is by no means exhaustive, but in a brief and cursory manner looks at the merits and demerits of elections in their current form in Zimbabwe. I […]

Bulawayo 24 News By Mandla Ndlovu 23rd May 2019 An online publication says it has conducted an opinion poll on candidate preferences for MDC congress amongst delegates from Mashonaland West Province. The outcomes  show that for the post of male Vice President Professor Welshman Ncube is leading followed by Morgan Komichi and Tendai Biti. MDC […]

Bulawayo 24 News By Mandla Ndlovu 15th May 2019 MDC-T Vice President Obert Gutu has attacked MDC Treasurer General aspirant David Coltart of being a racist unrepentant Rhodie. Gutu was irked by Coltart’s opinion of the recent handed down MDC judgement said, “This racist Rhodesian Selous Scout should just zip it.” Coltart had said, “Dear […]

Bulawayo News 24 9th May 2019 By Mandla Ndlovu MDC Treasurer General aspirant David Coltart has dismissed the high court judgement as an empty thunder that is seriously laden with flaws. The court ruled on Wednesday that MDC leader Nelson Chamisa is not the rightful leader of the MDC and his appointment as Vice President […]

Daily News 16th April 2019 THE surprise eviction of popular Ntabazinduna farmers, Brain and Carol Davies, who operate Tabas Induna Farm, has attracted the wrath of local chief, Nhlanhla Ndiweni. The couple was served with an eviction notice by one Floyd Ambrose on Tuesday last week, according to Tabas Induna spokesperson Buz Davies. “We lodged […]

Nehanda Radio 13th April 2019 The presidential ambitions of MDC Secretary General Douglas Mwonzora appear to be sinking like the Titanic after the incumbent Nelson Chamisa bagged six nominations from six provinces that have so far conducted their congresses. The MDC elective Congress is set for May 24 to 26. Chamisa has secured the backing […]

Daily News 11th April 2019 A NUMBER of lawyers and pressure groups in Bulawayo have questioned the government’s sincerity in bringing closure to the emotive Gukurahundi issue. This follows President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s pronouncements on the burning matter on Tuesday, which saw many of the 66 civil society organisations coalescing under the banner of Matabeleland Collective […]