Category Archives: Articles
Zimbabwe: A nation of misplaced priorities
New Zimbabwe.com Opinion piece By Moses Chamboko 25th September 2014 AN acceptable measure of civilisation is the way society takes care of its most vulnerable. Assuming this measure to be true, then this might explain why the majority of Africa, particularly Zimbabwe, remains stuck in abject poverty while the rest of the world is moving […]
Tribute to Eric Bloch
Southern Eye By Senator David Coltart 24th September 2014 The passing away of Eric Bloch marks a great loss not only to Bulawayo, but to the whole of Zimbabwe. I have no doubt that many others will speak and write about his professional competence and the great work he did in guiding Zimbabwean businesses through […]
A coalition that may resurrect somnolent Zanu-PF
Bulawayo24.com By Tshepo Mabalane Mabalane 26th June 2014 The long confrontation by Zimbabwean opposition parties with the tyrannical and slimy ZANU mob has had a fundamental impact on the country’s political culture. The most dramatic example of this political culture is the repetitive mass mobilisation and fragmentation of the Zimbabwean opposition in the past 34 […]
“Coltart’s attempt to distort history”
“The Patriot” (ZANU PF’s propaganda paper) By Mashingaidze Gomo 12th June 2014 DAVID Coltart’s Sunday Mail tribute to the late national hero, Dr Nathan Shamuyarira, is a curious piece of writing by a desperate Rhodesian haunted by a past that has turned into an indelible moral stain on his self-righteous whiteness. For the reader who […]
“He brought hope for South Africa” – Coltart
Sunday Mail By David Coltart 8th June 2014 I was asked by the Sunday Mail to write about the late Minister Nathan Shamuyarira. This is what I wrote. “I did not know Nathan Shamuyarira well. He had already retired by the time I was elected to Parliament in 2000. In fact my only interaction with […]
“Making Indigenisation Work”
Herald Opinion piece By Reason Wafawarova 15th May 2014 It is not hyperbole to suggest that Zimbabwe stands in a telling dilemma between classical liberalism and libertarian socialism. Some would argue that the real dilemma is between blatant liberal capitalism and state capitalism, but it is hard to contextualise the indigenisation policy within the confines […]
NoViolet Bulawayo Gets Resounding Welcome in Bulawayo
Munyori Literary Journal By Philani Amadeus Nyoni 19 September 2013 BULAWAYO, ZIMBABWE: A crowd of over three hundred people thronged the National Art Gallery in Bulawayo on Tuesday evening to welcome NoViolet Bulawayo and her history- making novel to both the book’s and author’s hometown. The novel has sent shockwaves across the global landscape and received a resounding welcome home. Residents […]
Who benefits from denouncing UNICEF text books under Education Transition Fund?
Sokwanele 14 April 2012 Imagine if the donor community had not joined hands and mobilised textbooks to the country’s primary and secondary schools, where would education be now? The voices that denounced Coltart are the very same people who brought our schools to a standstill in 2008. Once again these same people are deflecting blame, […]
Negotiations to End Zimbabwe Strike Fail
By Peta Thornycroft 26 January 2012 Wage negotiations between Zimbabwe’s government and civil servants broke down Wednesday and many public workers – teachers in urban areas, in particular – say they will continue their strike for better pay. The public service strike is the first serious work stoppage by government employees since the inclusive government […]
Coltart tells the world’s most feared UK Boss to “assist Zimbabwe’s governmentâ€
11 January 2012 Zimbabwe’s minister of Education and Sport, David Coltart has asked Britain’s most feared foreign policy guru to assist the Zimbabwe government despite the current problems it is facing. The UK’s foreign secretary William Hague is Britain’s most feared government official who Robert Mugabe recently expressed personal concerns of following the UK’s recent […]