Monthly Archives: March 2010

Media Global New York By Rachel Pollock 11 March 2010 On 8 March 2010, 600 members of Women and Men of Zimbabwe (WOZA) gathered in the city of Bulawayo to protest Minister of Education David Coltart and his stance against banning parents’ incentives for teachers. Coltart told parliament last week, “There has been lawlessness in […]

Baltimore Sun 8th March 2010 Many Zimbabweans regard handicaps as signs of sorcery. So singer-songwriter Mabhena and her bandmates in the Afro-fusion marimba group Liyana were stigmatized at birth. Not every band member has an affliction as visible and extreme as Mabhena’s: She suffers from arthrogryposis, a condition that deforms joints and cost her both […]

The Zimbabwean Monday, 08 March 2010 Written by WOZA Six hundred members of Women and Men of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA) marched to the High Court in Bulawayo today in protest against the utterances of the Minister of Education, Senator David Coltart, made in Parliament last week. The Minister said that he would not stop teachers […]

NRC Handelsblad 8 March 2010 By Peter Vermaas in Harare The sanctions against Zimbabwe are supposed to hurt the clique surrounding president Mugabe. They may be having the opposite effect. Two young men with dreadlocks hung around idly near a mall in Eastlea, one of the better suburbs in the Zimbabwean capital of Harare, waiting […]

VOA 8th March 2010 By Peta Thornycroft in Harare Zimbabwe’s president strips power from three MDC ministries; move seen as deliberate attempt to provoke party into leaving power-sharing deal Zimbabwe’s unity government has suffered its worst blow since its formation a year ago, according to the Movement for Democratic Change and several Zimbabwean political analysts […]

Sunday News Sunday News Reporter 7th March 2010 A Non-governmental organisation named Art Of Living (AOL) donated learning materials to Khami primary school yesterday. The goods were donated at a ceremony graced by the minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture, Senator David Coltart, who was the guest of honour. The Provincial Education Director (PED) […]

Zimguardian.com Written by Farai Masawi March 6, 2010 Bulawayo- The Minister of Education, Sports and Culture, David Coltart has said that the poor school results in Matabeleland are rooted in poor education infrastructure that was last developed in the 1980s. Coltart said inequitable development policies of the early independence years caused a lack of good […]

Herald 6 March 2010 Herald Reporter Government will not stop teachers from receiving incentives from parents even though it is sometimes illegal because discontinuing them is tantamount to destroying the entire education sector, Education, Sport, Arts and Culture Minister David Coltart told Parliament on Wednesday. He said the sector was insufficiently funded, adding that the […]

Herald 6 March 2010 By Augustine Hwata Education, Sport, Arts and Culture Minister David Coltart has said the Government will do everything in its power to ensure that Zimbabwe’s four representatives in the Confederation of Football club competitions do not pull out because of financial constraints. Gunners, Dynamos, CAPS United and Lengthens held a crisis […]

Afrikom Friday 5 March 2010 By Sakhile Modise African competitions turn out to be to expensive for Zimbabwe’s teams With little to no money, Zimbabwe’s Champions League and Confederation Cup representatives Gunners, Lengthens, CAPS United and Dynamos have hinted of pulling out from the continental competitions. Zimbabwe’s Champions League and Confederation Cup representatives Gunners, Lengthens, […]