David Coltart interview with ATV News 15-11-12

Diamond conference ends with questions

Huffington Post By Gillian Gotora 14 November 2012 VICTORIA FALLS, Zimbabwe — The Zimbabwe Diamond Conference, which wound up here Wednesday, was sponsored by President Robert Mugabe’s government to highlight its emergence as a major player in the world diamond trade. The conference was held to “shed light” on Zimbabwe’s diamond mining and to allay

Zimbabwe, Donors Meet to Revive Education Sector

Voice of America  By Gibbs Dube 14 November 2012 Representatives of the Ministry of Education, the World Bank and United Nations Children’s Education Fund held a crucial meeting Wednesday in Kadoma, Mashonaland West Province, to find ways of funding Zimbabwe’s $4.5 billion five-year Education Medium Term Plan launched in May this year. Education Minister David Coltart said there

Why David Coltart Should Learn Gangnam Style

Deck Live: For the Urban Trendsetter By Chris Nqoe 14 November 2012 Gangnam style has swept up the world in a euphoria  of South Korean induced pop music craze. The sound ofteens in  Nkulumane  singing along to Psy’s tongue in cheek worldwide hit is perhaps an indication of the power of the web to dictate

Coltart pledges help to restore Kunonga destroyed schools

The Zimbabwean by Edgar Gweshe 12 November 2012 ZIMBABWE’S Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture, David Coltart, has pledged to help restore sanity and improving learning conditions Anglican schools that had been seized by renegade bishop, Nolbert Kunonga. Kunonga on Monday lost a battle at the Supreme Court to keep control of the church’s property in the

Poor Quality Chinese Products Being Smuggled Into Zim

RadioVop Zimbabwe 12 November 2012 Bulawayo, November 11, 2012– The leader of the smaller faction of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), Welshman Ncube, said ‘Zhing Zhongs’  (referring to poor quality Chinese products) are flooding Zimbabwe market because of corruption at the border posts where importers are evading duty. “We have people now selling these

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