Monthly Archives: November 2010
Outside looking in – a letter from the diaspora
Zimbabwean 19 November 2010 By Pauline Henson ‘The dictator only lets go of what he can control’ I read that comment somewhere as I was studying the reports of Aung San Su Kyi’s release from house arrest last week and I wondered how the generals were going to ‘control’ this woman. Were there any conditions […]
Butt shines as Rocks triumph in Zim 20/20 competition
Herald 18 November 2010 All-STAR Southern Rocks – powered by explosive opener Sikandar Raza Butt and a half-century from Elton Chigumbura – finally posted their first win in the Stanbic Twenty20 series at Harare Sports Club yesterday to squeeze their way back into the race for a semi-final place. Butt, the diminutive batsman who was […]
Normalise relations with Zim, EU urged
Herald 16 November 2010 Bulawayo Bureau Ambassador Pilar Fvertes of Spain has urged the European Union to normalise its relations with Zimbabwe. In an interview at Nyandeni Pre-School in Gwanda at the weekend where she was donating toys and stationery, Ambassador Fvertes said Spain and the EU were not fully supporting development initiatives in Zimbabwe […]
Minister Coltart threatened by war vets
Swradioafrica By Alex Bell 15 November 2010 Education Minister and Senator David Coltart is facing threats by war vets, which he has said are equally a threat to the MDC and the entire unity government. Coltart has been on the receiving end of written threats by war vets, led by Joseph Chinotimba, since the start […]
A first for the Tonga
Standard By Lesley Moyo 14 November 2010 THIS year will turn out to be a memorable year for the Tonga people in Zimbabwe, following the writing of the first Grade Seven Tonga language paper under the Provincial Education Office. This is a pilot run to assess whether the pupils are ready to sit for a […]
War vets demand meeting with Coltart
Standard 14 November 2010 WAR veterans have demanded a meeting with Education, Sport, Arts and Culture minister, David Coltart, escalating the war of attrition over the Senator’s statements that Gukurahundi was akin to genocide. The ex-freedom fighters, led by Joseph Chinotimba, gave Coltart a seven day ultimatum which ended last Thursday, to apologise for his […]
Principals should resolve senate impasse — MPs
Independent By Paidamoyo Muzulu 12 November 2010 SENATORS from the two MDC formations and Zanu PF said this week that the three political principals should urgently meet and solve the current political crisis which has seen relations between President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai deteriorate further after the president’s unilateral appointments, which angered […]
Controversy continues to dog Zimsec
The Independent www.theindependent.co.zw By Wongai Zhangazha 12 November 2010 SIXTEEN-year-old Tino Mutemwa is a distressed Form 4 pupil at a secondary school in Dzivaresekwa Extension after government cancelled seven Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) Ordinary Level exam papers following a break-in at a school in Masvingo. Like any pupil sitting for examinations that started on October 19, she […]
War veterans threaten Coltart
Newzimbabwe.com 12 November 2010 WAR veterans leader Joseph Chinotimba has demanded that Education Minister David Coltart apologises within seven days for calling Gukurahundi a “genocideâ€. “We cannot continue folding our hands and watch former Rhodesians insulting us,†Chinotimba, deputy chairman of the Zimbabwe Liberation War Veterans’ Association, declared on Thursday. The public threats against Coltart, […]
War vets say no human rights lectures from Coltart
Zimbabwe Guardian By Floyd Nkomo 11 November 2010 The vice president of the Zimbabwe Liberation War Veterans’ Association, Joseph Chinotimba, yesterday slammed Education, Sport, Arts and Culture Minister David Coltart over his claims that there was genocide in Matabeleland. Chinotimba said Zanu-PF and PF-Zapu had merged to form a united Zanu-PF in 1987 and the […]