Educating Africa for the Future
A Policy Paper by Senator David Coltart – eight policy decisions to think about 7th June 2023 Publisher Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung für die Freiheit Truman-HausKarl-Marx-Straße 214482 Potsdam-Babelsberg /freiheit.org /FriedrichNaumannStiftungFreiheit /FNFreiheit Author Senator David ColtartMinister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture (Zimbabwe 2009 – 2013) Editor Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom East Africa OfficeNairobi / Kenya Contact Phone:
“Giving strength to the weary and increasing the power of the weak” – Comment regarding the Supreme Court judgment issued on the 31st March 2020 against Nelson Chamisa
The Mnangagwa regime is deeply concerned about the threat that Nelson Chamisa’s MDC A Party poses to its hegemony and yesterday went to extraordinary lengths to try to neutralise that threat. On the face of it the Supreme Court has ordered Chamisa to submit himself to another Congress of the MDC which will be convened
Non violent and credible? The 2023 Zimbabwean general election
By Senator David Coltart Bulawayo 26th August 2023 Executive Summary This paper questions whether the 2023 Zimbabwean elections are “credible” according to both national and international standards, in particular the standards of SADC (Southern African Development Community). This paper identifies numerous national and international requirements which were breached during the 2023 elections including: The paper
Pan-African Parliament slammed for appointing alleged gold smuggler and money launderer as religious ambassador
Daily Maverick 19th July 2023 By Peter Fabricius The African Union has been condemned for reportedly allowing its Pan-African Parliament to appoint the Zimbabwean “prophet” Uebert Angel, recently exposed as a gold smuggler and money launderer, as its ambassador for interfaith dialogue and humanitarian affairs. The independent Zimbabwean radio station Nehanda Radio reported that it had been
Coltart vows to rid Bulawayo City Council of corruption
CITE 19th July 2023 By Tanaka Mrewa Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) aspiring Bulawayo Ward 4 councillor David Coltart has vowed to rid the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) of corruption and revert the city to its former glory should he be voted into office. Coltart has also been touted as the city’s next mayor. In
The Gdansk Declaration: Solidarity for Democracy
From 21-23 June 2023, the European Solidarity Centre and The Brenthurst Foundation staged a conference on ‘Rolling Back Authoritarianism’ in Gda?sk, Poland, the epicentre of political change in Poland and in Europe in the late 1980s. The event was attended by more than 50 leaders from Africa, Latin America, Poland and the Baltic States. At
ZLHR files urgent application against SI that seeks to amend Constitution
The Zimbabwean 26th June 2023 Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) have filed an urgent appeal before the High Court on behalf of the Labour, Economists, and African Democrats (LEAD) political party, seeking to declare the government’s efforts to modify the country’s constitution through the use of a Statutory Instrument, unconstitutional. This development comes after