Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-09-16
Paralympics closing ceremony spectacular with Coldplay who said when asked to play "a huge honour … the biggest night of our lives". !!!! # A wonderful Zimbabwean connection at Paralympic closing – #Coldplay #039;s Chris Martin's Mum and Gran are from Harare – plenty of #Zim cousins!! # Another interesting question re Paralympic closing –
MDC-T attacks Coltart
NewsDay By Sheryleen Masuku 14 September 2012 MDC-T Bulawayo provincial secretary for education Felix Sibanda yesterday criticised Education, Sport, Arts and Culture minister David Coltart that headmasters are not to blame for sending children back home for outstanding school fees and levies. Coltart on Wednesday blamed the inclusive government and parents for the chaos at schools.
Students turned away for non-payment of fees
The Zimbabwean By Tererai Karimakwenda 14 September 2012 Thousands of students will not have the opportunity to attend classes this term after they were turned away for non-payment of fees, by both primary and secondary schools in Bulawayo on Tuesday. According to a survey by the Bulawayo Progressive Residents Association (BPRA), at least nineteen schools
Coltart defends schools
NewsDay By Sheryleen Masuku 13 September 2012 Education, Sport, Arts and Culture minister David Coltart yesterday defended headmasters for sending pupils away for not paying fees, saying government and parents should take the blame for humiliating children. Coltart’s remarks come in the wake of reports that a number of schools had sent pupils back home
Clean Zifa: Coltart
NewsDay By Henry Mhara 13 September 2012 The minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture, David Coltart, has tasked his deputy Lazarus Dokora to work with Zifa to raise funds for the broke association ahead of the decisive 2013 African Cup of Nations second leg final qualifier match against Angola next month. The Warriors beat
AG is being used: Coltart
The Zimbabwean By Dumisani Ndlovu 12 September 2012 Senator David Coltart, is concerned that the Attorney General is being used as a weapon than an instrument for justice in Zimbabwe. “The failure by the AG and the police to investigate and arrest cases of murder, violence and corruption is a cause for concern,†he said
A passion for education
The Zimbabwean By Zwanai Sithole 11 September 2012 The MDC-N Senator for Khumalo constituency in Bulawayo, was appointed Minister of Education, Arts, Sport and Culture soon after the formation of the inclusive government in 2009. Since the election as MP in 2000, he has assisted scores of desperate people in his constituency with school fees
Schools defy Minister
The Chronicle 11 September 2012 A majority of schools in Bulawayo yesterday sent home hundreds of pupils for non-payment of fees and levies. The schools once again defied a High Court judgment and the Ministry of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture directive which forbids such an exercise. Schools opened for the third term yesterday and
EDITORIAL COMMENT: Schools, parents should agree on payment of fees
The Chronicle 11 September 2012 Education is a basic right and every effort must be made to ensure every boy and girl is in school. This helps the country groom enlightened citizens. While not all children are gifted academically, there is a certain level of education, secondary education, that every child should attain. This will
Kirsty Coventry meets Warriors
The Herald By Grace Chingoma 10 September 2012 Zimbabwe registered one of their biggest victories at Rufaro in the African Cup of Nations soccer qualifiers in a long time when they beat Angola 3-1 yesterÂday and what a befitting occasion it was, as our “Golden Girl†Kirsty Coventry also cheered the boys from the terraces. Coventry