Monthly Archives: July 2010

BBC Hard Talk on Zimbabwe 2 of 3

Interview to David Coltart, Zimbabwean cabinet minister

BBC interview with Henry Olonga and David Coltart

BBC 5 Live Sport 22 July 2010 You can listen back to the BBC Radio 5 live interview in which Henry Olonga questions David Coltart at http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00t4nbz/5_live_Sport_22_07_2010/. Listen from about 6 minutes in. BBC iPlayer – 5 live Sport: 22/07/2010 www.bbc.co.uk Listen to 5 live Sport

MDC Ministers in London to woo donors and investors

SW Radio Africa By Lance Guma 22 July 2010 Three cabinet ministers from the two MDC formations, plus Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara, were in London on Thursday addressing two separate meetings that sought to woo investors and donors to help with Zimbabwe’s economic recovery. The ministers were accompanied by their permanent secretaries and other […]

15000 Teachers back in class

Zimbabwean By Fungi Kwaramba 22 July 2010 HARARE – More than 15 000 teachers have rejoined the profession since the unity government took office last year and improved salaries for civil servants including teachers, Education Minister David Coltart said last week.  However Coltart said while remuneration for teachers was sufficient to lure them back to […]

BBC Hard Talk on Zimbabwe

Interview to David Coltart, Zimbabwean cabinet minister.

MDC minister David Coltart says an “evolutionary process” will gradually bring democracy to Zimbabwe

BBC Radio 4 22 July 2010 Today MDC minister David Coltart says an “evolutionary process” will gradually bring democracy to Zimbabwe via web r4today BBC Radio 4 Today

Sanctions benefit Zanu PF: Coltart

New Zimbabwe.com By Mduduzi Mathuthu 21 July 2010 EDUCATION Minister David Coltart says Western sanctions on Zimbabwe are “past their sell-by-date” and are now being used by President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF party to hinder the full implementation of a 2008 power sharing agreement. Coltart, who describes his relationship with Mugabe over the last 30 […]

Ministry to help drop outs

Zimbabwean By Fungi Kwaramba 21 July 2010 HARARE – Esrom Mukarati 11 (not real name) wakes up everyday and watches his peers going to school. He would dearly love to join them, but his parents do not have money to give him a basic education. As a result he has become a young vendor whose […]

UK continues assistance for reform in Zimbabwe

www.isria.com 21 July 2010 Lord Howell, Foreign Office Minister met with David Coltart, Zimbabwe’s Minister for Education, Sports, Art and Culture this morning. The Ministers discussed the progress that has been made since the formation of the Inclusive Government. Zimbabwe still suffers from rule of law abuses and economic difficulties, but Lord Howell congratulated the […]

UK continues assistance for reform in Zimbabwe

British Foreign Office Website www.fco.gov.uk 20 July 2010 Lord Howell, Foreign Office Minister met with David Coltart, Zimbabwe’s Minister for Education, Sports, Arts and Culture this morning. The Ministers discussed the progress that has been made since the formation of the Inclusive Government. Zimbabwe still suffers from rule of law abuses and economic difficulties, but […]