Administrators blamed for failure of Zimbabwe sport
Sunday News Magazine 26 February- 3 March 2012 Since Zimbabwe achieved independence in 1980, sports lovers in the country have suffered a number of sporting heartaches because of the perennial failure by various national teams to do well on the international stage. The biggest disappointment has been the most followed sport of football with the
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-02-26
Have just seen disgraceful footage of Dereck Chisora outside the ring – perhaps it is just as well he claims to be British. # How we aid profligacy – Telegraph http://t.co/4GjZy7vp via @Telegraph # Marie Colvin: fearless, committed, essential – Telegraph great piece by Peter Oborne http://t.co/Farbowmy via @Telegraph # Distressed by disappearance of friend
Coltart Blasts Foreign Trips
Zimbabwe Independent By Elias Mambo 24 February 2012 Education minister David Coltart has taken a swipe at the inclusive government for spending three times more on globetrotting than education since coming to office in 2009. Finance minister Tendai Biti in his 2012 budget said foreign trips gobbled US$45,5 million. Coltart told guests at the signing
Three times more spent on travel than education
The Zimbabwean By Fungi Kwaramba 22 February 2012 Speaking at the signing ceremony of the $6.5 million EU Education Transitional Fund, phase 2, Coltart said the priorities were shameful. Despite the fact that the education sector had registered positive growth due to sustained assistance, mostly from western countries, it was still fragile, he said. “Education
US$6,5 Million for Education
The Herald 22 February 2012 Government and donors yesterday signed a US$6,5 million agreement under the Education Transition Fund Phase 11 to train teachers and improve governance systems at schools. The money will train about 8 000 school headmasters in management and key personnel at the Ministry of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture at head
Education in Crisis as Mugabe, Tsvangirai Blows Over US $25 million on Globetrotting
Radio VOP 22 February 2012 Zimbabwe’s coalition partners’ addiction with globetrotting might see the country’s ailing education collapsing totally the Education, Sports and Culture Minister David Coltart warned. Coltart on Monday warned government of an imminent dilapidation of the country’s education sector if it continues to its current spending on foreign travel which costs three
Zimbabwe will definitely expel Jacob Zuma and jump into elections
ZimEye By Herbert Mugwagwa 21 February 2012 President Robert Mugabe has threatened to reject or better said expel President Jacob Zuma as facilitator to the Zimbabwean crisis. Mugabe on Monday said he would unquestionably hold elections this year, even though the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the Movement for Democratic Change party have been
Zimbabwe: how we aid profligacy
The Telegraph By David Blair 20 February 2012 Suppose a government chooses to spend nothing on equipping secondary schools, while blowing 1 per cent of public expenditure on trips for the president and the prime minister. Imagine if the two men at the top of this sorry administration reckoned their own offices were more deserving
Most Teachers Want Incentives to Stay
The Herald By Wencelous Murape 20 February 2012 Some parents want the gradual scrapping of public service teachers’ incentives as Government reviews their salaries. Some teachers in State schools are now earning well above the poverty datum line calculated at US$565 a month. Even Education, Sport, Arts and Culture Minister David Coltart recently hoped that
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-02-19
Ou thoughts are with our neighbours Zambia in the AFCON final this evening – go Chipolopolo Zimbabwe is right behind you! # Hearty congratulations to our northern neighbours, brothers and sisters Zambia on winning AFCON 2012. We are all so proud of the Chipolopolo # Drove around parts of Matabeleland South yesterday and the situation