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Of Minister Coltart and The National Selectors Race Storm
Tuesday, January 15th, 2013Zimsec Cancels 13 Ordinary-Level Exams
Thursday, October 18th, 2012Nehanda Radio By Felix Share 18 October 2012 The Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) has cancelled 13 Ordinary-Level exam papers…
Social networking and the future of political reporting in Zimbabwe and beyond
Monday, August 15th, 2011http://www.newstimeafrica.com/ By Vladimir Mzaca 15 August 2011 Mark Zuckerberg could arguably be a modern day Albeit Einstein because of his…
Protecting Zimbabwean from themselves
Thursday, August 11th, 2011http://stashsays.wordpress.com August 11th, 2011 This week’s Sunday papers announced two very interesting pieces of news. The Sunday Mail carried the…
Southern winters and lunar eclipses
Monday, August 1st, 2011DFID Blogs http://blogs.dfid.gov.uk/2011/08/southern-winters-and-lunar-eclipses/ By Ian Attfield 1 August 2011 Contrary to popular belief, Africa can get really cold at night!…
“COPAC: A waste of money. People Driven Constitution: Impossible”
Sunday, July 31st, 2011www.bulawayo24.com By Shephard Dube 2011 July 31 What do they mean by a ‘people driven constitution’? “From what I know…
On hope and love of country
Friday, July 29th, 2011http://rogerkerr.wordpress.com July 29, 2011 By Roger Kerr I’m at Consilium this week in Coolum as a guest of the Centre…
Teaching vacancies in a land of unemployment
Thursday, July 21st, 2011www.kubatanablogs.net 21 July 2011 A recent headline in The Herald caught my eye: 15,000 teaching posts vacant. It brought to…
Acton lecture tackles religion and politics
Thursday, July 7th, 2011http://eternity.biz/ 7 July 2011 The Annual Acton Lecture on Religion and Freedom in 2011 will discuss the question, “what is…
Senator David Coltart to deliver the Annual Acton Lecture on Religion & Freedom on 26 July 2011 in Sydney
Monday, June 20th, 2011Facebook 20 June 2011 The Annual Acton Lecture on Religion & Freedom Time 26 July · 18:00 – 19:00 Location…
On World Water Day, Rain Water Harvesting Highlighted in Zimbabwe
Wednesday, March 30th, 2011http://blog.usaid.gov/ By Cary Jimenez, Development Outreach and Communications Officer at USAID/Zimbabwe 30 March 2011 USAID/Zimbabwe commemorated World Water Day 2011 on…
The morning after
Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011Supersport.com Blog 2 March 2011 By Neil Manthorp One of the many pleasures of experiencing a World Cup as a…
We need a bit more self belief: Senator David Coltart
Monday, February 28th, 2011http://www.zimcricket.org Monday, 28 February 2011 Zimbabwe Minister of Education, Sports, Arts and Culture, the honourable Senator David Coltart, joined the…
Taibu sees better days for Zimbabwe
Saturday, February 19th, 2011http://onehd.com.au/ 19 February 2011 Zimbabwe wicketkeeper tiny Tatenda Taibu says the World Cup minnows aren’t afraid of anyone, especially Australia….
Cricket In Zimbabwe On A Knife Edge
Wednesday, February 9th, 2011www.overtimeonline.co.uk 9 February 2011 His eyes betray him. There is nothing there. No emotion at all. Yet the senator talks…
Tribute to a Real Champion – Peter Goosen
Thursday, February 3rd, 2011Foundationforfarming.org 3 February 2011 By Brian Oldreive Peter Goosen was gifted in many ways, and did many things. His largest…
“Not Everything Sparkles” Journalism in Zimbabwe- A question of truth or betrayal?
Thursday, December 2nd, 2010http://emsworld-sparklecity.blogspot.com By Emily Batty 2 December 2010 Since Mugabe placed media restrictions in Zimbabwe, it has become almost impossible for…
Mugabe talk reveals excessive old fashioned dictator
Monday, October 25th, 2010The Zimdiaspora By Job Sikhala www.zimdiaspora.com 25 October 2010 “There is only one President. Hanzi dai ndakaconsultwa”. These words came from…
Success in Cambridge
Thursday, October 21st, 2010www.nzfgw.org.nz By Esther Watt, NZFGW Fellow 21 October 2010 My year at Gonville and Caius College, University of Cambridge, studying for the LLM has been…
Sad Days in Rural Matabeleland
Monday, October 11th, 2010Zimbabwe Democracy Now.com 11 October 2010 Posted by Nxwala My sister at home in Zimbabwe died and I had to…
Festival of Politics report
Monday, August 23rd, 2010Christian Allard.org 23 August 2010 I went with great expectations to a session of the Festival of Politics at Holyrood…
Zimbabwe Vigil Diary – 24th July 2010
Saturday, July 24th, 2010Zimbabwe Vigil Diary 24th July 2010 By GETRUDE GUMEDE Senator David Coltart, the Zimbabwean Minister for Education, was given a…
Outside looking in – a letter from the diaspora
Friday, July 23rd, 2010Zimbabwean Written by Pauline Henson 23 July 2010 Dear Friends, I suppose it’s not really surprising that Zimbabwe doesn’t feature…
When All is Not Black and White: Lessons from Zimbabwe
Saturday, June 19th, 2010Croz Walsh’s Blog 19 June 2010 I was at Auckland airport, just having returned from Fiji last week (of that…
Donor fatigue good for the media
Wednesday, May 26th, 2010Insiderzim 26 May 2010 I was baffled when I read the following headline on the internet: Donors Shun Zimbabwe Media Commission….
A letter from the diaspora
Saturday, May 1st, 2010SW Radio Africa By Pauline Henson 1 May 2010 Dear Friends, The UK is in the throes of an election…
Who is my enemy?
Tuesday, April 20th, 2010Kubatana Blog 20 April 2010 By Mgcini Nyoni Should we take the invitation of the North Koreans to camp in Zimbabwe…
A letter to my sister Petina Gappah
Monday, April 19th, 2010Mukomana-speaking.blogspot.com By Tich 19 April 2010 Dear Petina, The month of April is one that is such a blessing to…
Are Zimbabweans ready for elections?
Tuesday, April 13th, 2010Raw Edge Blog By Rawlings Magede Tuesday, April 13, 2010 Zimbabwean Prime Minister, Morgan Tsvangirai pulled out of the presidential…
Stick to your principles, Shun Zimbabwe
Thursday, April 1st, 2010Kubatana.org By Voice for Democracy 30 March 2010 The VOICE FOR DEMOCRACY’s reply to David Coltart’s letter to the New…
Zimbabwe Celebrities Dinner Dance 2010- Impressive Guest List
Friday, March 26th, 2010The Zimbo Jam 26 March 2010 Director of the National Arts Council of Zimbabwe, Mr Elvas Mari, talked about the…
The rot within
Friday, March 26th, 2010Kudadex.blogspot.com 26 March 2010 One man may hit the mark, another blunder; but heed not these distinctions. Only from the…
“New Zealand cricket are spineless”
Thursday, March 25th, 2010Rustygate.org By Joe Black Ruzvidzo 25 March 2010 So I read David Coltart’s plea to the New Zealand government regarding…
The GNU has not replaced dictatorship
Wednesday, March 24th, 2010Kubatanablogs.net By Bev Clark 24 March 2010 I was more interested in reading the comments on an article about the…
Arts and Culture indaba opens in Harare
Thursday, February 18th, 2010New Zimbabwe.Com Blogs 18 Feb 2010 Posted By Fungai James Tichawangana A two day conference, bringing together some of Zimbabwe’s…
Notes from Senator David Coltart’s keynote address at the Arts and Culture Indaba 2010
Thursday, February 18th, 2010Zimbablog February 18, 2010 By ZimboJam Minister of Education, Sports, Arts & Culture, Senator David Coltart, gave the keyonote address…
Zimbabwe’s Leading Arts Figures Gather for Cultural Indaba
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010Zimbojam.com 17 February 2010 Leading arts figures from around Zimbabwe will tomorrow gather for an arts & culture indaba in…
Blog by David Coltart regarding the GPA talks
Monday, November 23rd, 2009Blog regarding GPA Talks By David Coltart 23rd November 2009 ”Zanu and the Mutambara group simply do not know what…
Marked reformation in the sporting realm
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009News from Ballantyne Park Cell Groups, Celebration Church Harare, Zimbabwe 20 October 2009 There has been a marked reformation in…
What Would Gandhi Do? Zimbabwe, Neo-imperialism and the Lessons of Nonviolence
Monday, October 19th, 2009Afrika Aphukira http://mlauzi.blogspot.com/2009/10/what-would-gandhi-do-zimbabwe-neo.html By Steve Sharra Monday, October 19, 2009 What Would Gandhi Do? Zimbabwe, Neo-imperialism and the Lessons of…
Hope is on the way
Tuesday, January 20th, 2009HOPE IS ON THE WAY By David Coltart 20th January 2009 I have just finished celebrating the inauguration of President…
The end of the beginning
Thursday, September 11th, 2008By David Coltart Nine years to the day since I stood with Morgan Tsvangirai, Gibson Sibanda, Tendai Biti, Welshman Ncube…
The German Company with Zimbabwean Blood On Its Hands
Sunday, June 22nd, 2008Iaindale.blogspot.com By Iain Dale 22 June 2008 A company with direct links to such household names as The Post Office…
The sweet smell that precedes spring rains
Monday, April 28th, 2008The sweet smell that precedes spring rains By David Coltart Zimbabwean winters are dry. Between autumn in April and spring…
The Gorbachev Factor
Thursday, November 8th, 2007By David Coltart Bulawayo 8th November 2007 The recent passage of Constitutional Amendment 18 through the Zimbabwean Parliament with the…
David Coltart’s Blog 16 September 2007
Sunday, September 16th, 2007I have decided that I need to write a short blog periodically which will be designed to convey some of…