Educating Africa for the Future
A Policy Paper by Senator David Coltart – eight policy decisions to think about 7th June 2023 Publisher Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung für die Freiheit Truman-HausKarl-Marx-Straße 214482 Potsdam-Babelsberg /freiheit.org /FriedrichNaumannStiftungFreiheit /FNFreiheit Author Senator David ColtartMinister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture (Zimbabwe 2009 – 2013) Editor Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom East Africa OfficeNairobi / Kenya Contact Phone:
“Giving strength to the weary and increasing the power of the weak” – Comment regarding the Supreme Court judgment issued on the 31st March 2020 against Nelson Chamisa
The Mnangagwa regime is deeply concerned about the threat that Nelson Chamisa’s MDC A Party poses to its hegemony and yesterday went to extraordinary lengths to try to neutralise that threat. On the face of it the Supreme Court has ordered Chamisa to submit himself to another Congress of the MDC which will be convened
Non violent and credible? The 2023 Zimbabwean general election
By Senator David Coltart Bulawayo 26th August 2023 Executive Summary This paper questions whether the 2023 Zimbabwean elections are “credible” according to both national and international standards, in particular the standards of SADC (Southern African Development Community). This paper identifies numerous national and international requirements which were breached during the 2023 elections including: The paper
Pan-African Parliament slammed for appointing alleged gold smuggler and money launderer as religious ambassador
Daily Maverick 19th July 2023 By Peter Fabricius The African Union has been condemned for reportedly allowing its Pan-African Parliament to appoint the Zimbabwean “prophet” Uebert Angel, recently exposed as a gold smuggler and money launderer, as its ambassador for interfaith dialogue and humanitarian affairs. The independent Zimbabwean radio station Nehanda Radio reported that it had been
Coltart vows to rid Bulawayo City Council of corruption
CITE 19th July 2023 By Tanaka Mrewa Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) aspiring Bulawayo Ward 4 councillor David Coltart has vowed to rid the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) of corruption and revert the city to its former glory should he be voted into office. Coltart has also been touted as the city’s next mayor. In
The Gdansk Declaration: Solidarity for Democracy
From 21-23 June 2023, the European Solidarity Centre and The Brenthurst Foundation staged a conference on ‘Rolling Back Authoritarianism’ in Gda?sk, Poland, the epicentre of political change in Poland and in Europe in the late 1980s. The event was attended by more than 50 leaders from Africa, Latin America, Poland and the Baltic States. At
ZLHR files urgent application against SI that seeks to amend Constitution
The Zimbabwean 26th June 2023 Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) have filed an urgent appeal before the High Court on behalf of the Labour, Economists, and African Democrats (LEAD) political party, seeking to declare the government’s efforts to modify the country’s constitution through the use of a Statutory Instrument, unconstitutional. This development comes after
Silence in the face of evil is itself evil
By David Coltart Bulawayo 27th July 2022 Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote: “Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.” There is so much evil in #Zimbabwe at present. Innocent people are in prison and bail has been
Zimbabwe would not have been this chaotic if Nkomo had remained alive longer: Coltart
CITE By Brenda Lulu Harris 2nd July 2022 Senator David Coltart believes that if the late former Vice President, Dr Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo, had remained alive longer , Zimbabwe would have not degenerated to its current status, where political and socio-economic instability thrived. The former education minister said Dr Nkomo would have sought to put
The roots of Ukraine war: A rebuttal of Chando’s assertions
By David Coltart Zimbabwe Independent 24th June 2022 In last week’s Zimbabwe Independent a writer describing himself as Jonathan Chando, a lawyer, wrote an opinion piece justifying Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. His article cannot be left unanswered. Aside from anything else, lawyers are trained to argue on the facts and the law, and Chando does
Zimbabwe hints at sending genocide fugitive Mengistu home to Ethiopia to face justice – but critics aren’t buying it
Is it just more Zanu-PF smoke-and-mirrors and deception? Some suggest it’s meant to deflect criticism that Zimbabwe is harbouring genocidal killers Former Ethiopian dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam at a welcoming ceremony on the eve of a non-aligned summit in Harare, Zimbabwe, in September 1986. (Photo: Alexander Joe and Dominique Faget / AFP) By Peter Fabricius Follow 06