Coltart directive on national teams gets nod
The Sunday News 21 July 2012 THE Sports and Recreation Commission  (SRC) has endorsed a directive by the Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture David Coltart, to have all national teams’ games spread countrywide. The SRC said sports associations in the country have agreed to facilitate the rotation of the games so as to
No Victoria Cup defence for Sables
The Sunday Times 21 July 2012 THE Zimbabwe senior national rugby team, the Sables will not be able to defend the Victoria Cup tri-nations tournament against Kenya and Uganda due to financial constraints. Bongai Zamchiya, the Zimbabwe Sables committee chairman confirmed that this year’s edition of the Victoria Cup has been scrapped. Zamchiya pointed out
‘Let there be peace’
The Sunday News By Ngqwele Dube 21 July 2012 TENSION and high expectations always characterise the matches pitting the country’s traditional powerhouses Highlanders and Dynamos and when the two protagonists clash today in a high profile Castle Lager Premier Soccer League match at Barbourfields Stadium the same scenario will obtain. Temperatures will rise as the
Coltart pleas on Sables’ behalf
Daily News By Enock Muchinjo 20 July 2012 Sports minister David Coltart says he will assist the Zimbabwe rugby team in its fundraising drive to fulfil this year’s edition of the annual Victoria Cup with Uganda and Kenya. The Sables, who were crowned new African champions after narrowly beating Uganda 22-18 in the Confederation of
Sables in World Top 30
StarAfrica.com 19 July 2012 Zimbabwe’s Sables are among the world’s top 30 Rugby teams according to the most recent rankings released by the International Rugby Board (IRB). In statement on Facebook, the country’s Minister of Education, Sport, Art and Culture, David Coltart, has congratulated the team on their performance in the just ended African Championship,
US$19 million to educate Zimbabwean girls
TheSouthAfrican.com By Jennifer Munro 18 July 2012 Young Zimbabwean girls are set to receive a better education thanks to the Campaign for Female Education (Camfed) programme that was launched by MDC Senator David Coltart in Guruve last week. A British agency, the UK Department for International Development, has unveiled a US$19 million bursary fund to
How do we stop money disappearing, asks expert
The Zimbabwean By Sofia Mapuranga 18 July 2012 The campaign for the education of the girl child in Zimbabwe received a major boost last week, after the UK’s Department for International Development gave $19 million to the education ministry to educate girls. In his keynote address at the function to hand over the money, Education
Mguni defends Olympics delegation
NewsDay 17 July 2012 Zimbabwe Olympic Committee (ZOC) chief executive Anna Mguni has defended the composition of officials accompanying the Zimbabwe team at the Olympic Games in London. Questions have been raised over the high number of officials in the delegation for the Games, who in this case double the number of athletes who will
Government revamps ICT syllabus
NewsDay 17 July 2012 Education minister David Coltart has said government is reviewing the information and communication technology (ICT) curriculum to align it with international standards. “We need to effectively change our schools curriculum so that we keep what is good and transform what is not, so that we keep abreast with international advancements,†Coltart
Schools Identified as Academies of Excellence
The following was originally published in the Chronicle on June 28th, 2012: The Government has identified three schools that will be run under the Academies of Excellence pilot project, which is expected to start next year in January. The Chronicle reports that the three schools, Goromonzi High (Mashonaland East), Plumtree High (Matabeleland South) and Mutare