Monthly Archives: June 2019

The Zimbabwe Mail 26th June 2019 MDC Treasurer General David Coltart says the MDC will not allow a person who stole an election to dictate the terms of the much needed national dialogue. In a Twitter conversation with Mnangagwa’s advisor Shingi Munyeza and Business Tycoon Mutumwa Mawere he said, “I would just add  we need […]

BBC 26th June 2019 Zimbabwe’s government has taken the controversial decision to ban local trading in foreign currencies, including the US dollar, with immediate effect. It has also reintroduced the Zimbabwe dollar, which was abandoned because of hyperinflation in 2009 when the country mainly adopted the US dollar and the South African rand. The move […]

NewZimbabwe.com By Anna Chibamu 25th June 2019 The MDC has slammed the Zanu PF led government for “ambushing” citizens through the shock scrapping of the multi-currency regime on Monday in place of the much resented return to the local currency. Government, through Statutory Instrument 142 of 2019, announced on Monday only the local currency shall […]

Zimeye 24th June 2019 By Farai Dziva MDC Treasurer General David Coltart has described the ban on the us of foreign currency as “sheer madness.” “I am looking into this but my initial view is that the Minister cannot use a Statutory Instrument to change the Finance Act. But that is not the main problem […]

Sunday Mail (ZANU PF propaganda) By Ranga Mataire 2nd June 2019 David Coltart, the self-confessed former British South African Police (BSAP) member, who authored a rehashed moribund autobiography, recently rebounded as treasurer of the MDC at the party’s congress held in Gweru. It is almost 19 years since Coltart became the founding secretary for legal […]

ZimLive.com BY SIPHO MABUZA 18th June 2019  President Emmerson Mnangagwa, battling to end Zimbabwe’s international isolation, has recruited a second public relations firm in the United States at a cost of US$1 million per year. Documents filed by lobbying firm, Avenue Strategies, show that Foreign Minister Sibusiso Moyo signed the agreement on behalf of Zimbabwe. […]

Newsday Between the Lines Beniah Munengwa 11th June 2019 Title: White Man Walking Author: John Eppel Publisher: Mwanaka Media and Publishing (2018) ISBN: 978-0-7974-9548-7 To be a person who lived on the other side of the fence always leaves one with a problem of binaries. One such man is John Eppel, a writer who finds […]

Zimeye By Talent Gondo 10th June 2019  Newly elected secretary general for the MDC led by Nelson Chamisa, Charlton Hwende has revealed that the party is crafting a robust conflict management strategy as a way of ensuring unity in the party. In an interview with the Newsday, Hwende said: If you fail to plan, then […]

The Standard 9th June 2019 By Blessing Mhlanga FORMER Education minister David Coltart has painted a gloomy picture of the country’s education sector, saying lack of motivation among teachers will see schoolchildren paying a heavy price in future. Coltart (DC), who was credited with turning around Zimbabwe’s education system after it took a heavy battering […]

Sunday Mail (ZANU PF propaganda) By Ranga Mataire 9th June 2019 Last week’s instalment of Writing Back torched a storm from both Rhodies who once served in the notorious Selous Scouts unit and the usual ‘black’ liberals who were apocalyptic in their condemnation of the article referring to it as a “diversionary anecdote” or rather […]