SRSA to attend football indaba
The Standard By Albert Marufu 23 September 2012 SOUTH Africa’s supreme sports controlling body, Sports and Recreation South Africa (SRSA), have been invited to present a paper on how to lure sponsorship into sport at the football indaba to be held in Harare on Wednesday. The indaba, where Asiagate and financing local football are expected
Feature – Do we need these legislators?
The Sunday News 22 September 2012 AS the nation prepares for the completion of the constitution-making process and the subsequent holding of the general elections, the electorate is now faced with a bitter task at hand; that of electing representatives who will lead them and represent them in parliament and in councils. This will be
EDITORIAL COMMENT: Condoms in schools an abomination
The Sunday News 22 September 2012 THE paradox of our time is that while our education sector is faced with a myriad of grave challenges, we spend more time on dead debates. For instance, instead of engaging in constructive debate on how we can improve high school education in the country, “respectable’’ government ministers and
Production of ‘Song of the Carnivores’, Bulawayo
Speech given on the occasion of the showing of the production ‘Song of the Carnivores’, City Hall, Bulawayo By David Coltart 21 September 2012 Allow me to first of all express my gratitude in being invited to be the guest of honour at this occasion of the showcase of the production of the Song of
MDC-T violent, corrupt – Ncube
The Chronicle 20 September 2012 MDC president Professor Welshman Ncube has accused the MDC-T of being a violent and corrupt party. He ruled out prospects of the two parties collaborating in the forthcoming harmonised elections. Prof Ncube said this in an interview on British Broadcasting Corporation HardTalk programme on Tuesday. The MDC leader said they
Water shortages in schools
 The Zimbabwean By Edgar Gweshe 20 September 2012 The government is concerned about water shortages in schools across the country, according to the Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture David Coltart. Zimbabwe’s schools opened for the third term on September 11 and the persistent water cuts are exposing children to disease. In an interview,
Coltart’s outrage over Taylor dismissal
Daily News By Austin Karonga, Sports Writer 19 September 2012 HARARE - Sports minister David Coltart expressed dismay at the “poor umpiring†by Englishman Richard Kettleborough, which led to the dismissal of Zimbabwe captain Brendan Taylor during the 82-run defeat to Sri Lanka in the ICC World Twenty20 opener on Tuesday. So outraged was Coltart, a staunch
Govt to set mandatory regulations for teachers
The Chronicle By Leonard Ncube 19 September 2012 THE Government is working on making mandatory that all teachers should have passed Mathematics at Ordinary Level as it moves to improve the standard of education in the country. However, there is still debate among stakeholders on whether to adopt the suggestion. Mathematics has always been a
Football Indaba set for Harare
The Herald By Petros Kausiyo, Deputy Sports Editor 18 September 2012 EDUCATION, Sport Arts and Culture Minister, David Coltart’s long cherished football stakeholders meeting has now been set for the capital on September 26, more than a year after he mooted the indaba aimed at finding lasting solutions to the perennial problems dogging the country’s
Zimbabwe: Govt Criticised for Spending More On Defence Than Education
SW Radio Africa (London) By Alex Bell 17 September 2012 Zimbabwe’s education minister has decried his government’s decision to spend more of the national budget on defence than education, saying the country’s leaders need to change their priorities. Minister David Coltart has previously raised concern that Zimbabwe’s defence budget is significantly higher than the money