Category Archives: Articles

By Sharon Muguwu 27 November 2011 Harare - In a milestone for the local arts industry, the Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture, David Coltart, endorsed the Artists’ Charter that was compiled last year in April. The charter will see to it that the rights and interests of artists are protected by law in the […]

The Zimbabwe Standard By Albert Marufu 6 November 2011 World Boxing Organisation (WBO) Africa super middleweight champion, Tineyi Maridzo could be stripped of his belt as there are no local promoters to host his title defence on home soil. The Warren Park-based boxer beat South Africa’s Michael “Mickey” Schultz – a former convicted hitman to […]

Herald by Daniel Nemukuyu 20 June 2011 As Zimbabwe is highly respected for valuing education as a fundamental right for every child, the policy compelling schools to accept children without paying fees has left most institutions teetering on the brink of collapse. While the Government did the honourable thing and came up with a noble […]

The Sydney Morning Herald By David Coltart April 14, 2011 While no one would argue that the situation in Zimbabwe is perfect, it is unrecognisably better than when Stuart MacGill chose not to tour. As we have seen with the recent cricket World Cup, cricket may be just a game, but it has an enormous […]

Zimonline By Dr Sue Onslow 2011 April 12 This paper looks at the factors which helped ZANU-PF as a former liberation movement retain power and lead to a one-party dominant state. It also explores the extent to which ZANU-PF is adapting to democratic politics and multiparty elections.   Zimbabwe’s ZANU-PF offers important parallels and insights […]

Timeslive.co.za By Vladimir Mzaca 22 August 2010 Primary education in Zimbabwe is to get a shot in the arm with the distribution of 13million textbooks. The textbooks have been made available through the Basic Assistance Module (Beam) programme between the Zimbabwean government and the United National International Children’s Emergency Fund. Funding was made available though the Education […]

The Herald By Innocent Maja 17 March 2010 Opinion Harare — In an article entitled “Minority Languages Vital” published in The Herald on March 10, I spoke about the importance of languages. I was intrigued the next day to see an article indicating that Minister David Coltart had intimated the introduction of an Indigenous Languages […]