Andy Flower and Henry Olonga, men who spelt out their love of Zimbabwe in black and white
The Times By Alison Mitchell 7 February 2013 Ten years later, the ‘comrades’ who drew attention to the plight of their nation remain convinced it was the right move Andy Flower is struggling — but just about succeeding — to stop his voice from breaking up. He is carefully and deliberately reading aloud from a
James re-appointed SRC chairman
The Herald by Ellina Mhlanga 7 February 2013 THE Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture, David Coltart, has appointed a new Sports Commission board that will run the country’s supreme sports regulatory body for the next three years with Joseph James retaining his position as the chairman. The previous board’s term of office expired last
Andy Flower & Henry Olonga: the ‘death of democracy’ remembered
BBC Sport By Sam Sheringham 7 February 2013 It was the moment that marked out Andy Flower and Henry Olonga as two of the most courageous figures in the history of their sport. On 10 February 2003, as their country prepared to host its first World Cup match, the Zimbabwe cricketers released a statement to
Zimbabwe has a thing or two to teach
The Mercury By Colleen Dardagan 6 February 2013 DESPITE the political and economic turmoil in Zimbabwe, UN research shows the country to be one of the most literate in Africa. But teachers are paid half of what their counterparts in South Africa are. The government spends just R18 a child each month. School buildings are
Coltart Lynching Clouds Debate
News Day By Kholwani Nyathi 6 February 2013 There is no doubt Education, Sport, Arts and Culture minister David Coltart is one of the best performing ministers in the inclusive government and this makes the ongoing media onslaught against him rather curious. Coltart appears to have touched a raw nerve when he caused the Sports
O Level Results Paint Sorry Picture
News Day 6 February 2013 Last week the social media was inundated with results of the sons and daughters of the right and famous in Zimbabwe who had sat for Cambridge Ordinary Level examinations as their mothers and fathers brandished their chains of ‘A’s. But despite our own Zimsec and education system rated as one
Coltart responds to 81 percent O level failure rate
Nehanda Radio 6 February 2013 Zimbabwe was plunged into serious debate after 81.6 percent of children failed their 2012 Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) Ordinary Level examinations, a drop from the previous year’s equally shocking 80.5 percent. Only 31,767 pupils out of 172,698 countrywide passed in five subjects with Zimsec attributing the decline to an
‘O’ Level results spark debate
News Day 6 February 2013 EDUCATION, Sport and Culture minister David Coltart yesterday attributed the poor Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) 2012 “O†Level to the crisis that beset the education sector before the formation of the inclusive government. The results generated a heated debate with a number of Zimbabweans calling for an overhaul of
Fall in O-Level pass rate blamed on ‘demotivated’ teachers’
The Herald 6 February 2013 Educationists attributed the decline in the Ordinary Level pass rate to lack of motivation on teachers and an increase in untrained teachers that have flooded the education sector. Education, Sport, Arts and Culture Minister David Coltart, however, blamed the drop on an increase in the number of candidates who sat
Taylor unhappy with cuts in coaching staff
ESPN Cricinfo By Firdose Moonda 6 February 2013 Zimbabwe’s captain Brendan Taylor has labelled it a “step in the wrong direction” that coaching support staff will not travel with the team to the Caribbean for their series against West Indies later this month. A change to the technical structure of Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) has resulted in smaller