Catholic priest who exposed Zim massacre

The Sunday Independent By Peta Thornycroft 11 November 2012 Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe once called former Archbishop Henry Karlen a “sanctimonious prelate,” after he and other Catholic bishops had protested about the massacres by Mugabe’s troops of thousands of opposition supporters in Zimbabwe shortly after independence. Unsurprisingly, Mugabe, an occasional Catholic, did not show up for Karlen’s funeral in

Maranatha Prize Giving Day a Success

The Herald By Swagga T and Winstone Antonio 9 November 2012 A good school is measured by its ability to adapt to change and fostering compliance to global economic trends. Well Cool Lifestyle last week was invited to the inaugural Maranatha Christian High School speech and prize giving day. The event saw 16 excelling students

Coltart thrusts in motion historical education IT system

Zim Eye By Simba Chikanza 9 November 2012 Zimbabwe’s Education, Sport and Culture minister David Coltart has set in motion active plans for a massive computerisation project that is to see the whole of Zimbabwe’s schools linked under a live 24/7 data management software to be accessible for progressive decision making. Under the new Education

Mugabe, Tsvangirai must reveal cash sources

Eyewitness News 8 November 2012 There are mounting calls in Zimbabwe for both President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai to say where they have received their money. Mugabe recently launched a $20 million agricultural input scheme for farmers, while Tsvangirai handed over up to $300,000 as a maintenance settlement to his ex-partner Locardia

Prince Edward High ‘murder’ investigation report complete

Zim Eye 8 November 2012  The long-awaited report from a police investigation on allegations of the murder of Munashe Banda, a 13 year old boy at Prince Edward High school, has been completed and is now under the scrutiny of Minister David Coltart and other senior officials. 13 year old Munashe Banda was found dead with

Coltart condemns police double standards

The Zimbabwean By Ashly Sibanda 8 November 2012 Education and Culture Minister, David Coltart has condemned the police and the Attorney General’s double standards for arresting Counselling Services UNION (CSU) representatives yet failing to arrest named Asiagate match fixers. Coltart called on the police and the AG, Johannes Tomana to arrest Asiagate match fixers with the same speed

Barack Obama wins re-election battle

New Zimbabwe 6 November 2012 BARACK Obama was retained as United States president for a new four-year term following Tuesday’s elections, defeating Republican challenger Mitt Romney. Thousands of Zimbabweans around the world stayed up all night into Wednesday to witness America’s pageant of democracy in action. Among them, Education Minister David Coltart marvelled at the

Arts indaba ends on high note

The Herald  By Jonathan Mbiriyamveka 6 November 2012 The recently held two-day National Arts Council of Zimbabwe’s annual Indaba in Masvingo ended on a high note with the setting up of a taskforce that compiled challenges bedevilling the arts and culture industry. The list of problems was given to the council’s board chairperson, Dr Thokozile Chitepo, who would

Parties blasts Mugabe’s savage attack on Biti

The Zimbabwe Mail 5 November 2012 THE two MDCs have lashed out at President Robert Mugabe for castigating Finance minister Tendai Biti over government’s failure to provide money for agricultural inputs, saying accusing Biti of sabotage was nothing more than political grandstanding on the part of the Zanu PF leader. In interviews with NewsDay yesterday, the two MDCs

Gold rush turning Zimbabwe into wasteland: Coltart

New Zimbabwe 5 November 2012 EDUCATION Minister David Coltart has warned that Zimbabwe faces “long term ruin” from the activities of gold panners – barely a week after President Robert Mugabe announced plans to decriminalise goal panning. Mugabe, opening Zimbabwe’s fifth parliament on Tuesday last week, declared: “For the illegal panners, steps are on the way to decriminalise