Coltart taken to court
NewsDay By Tatenda Chitagu 23 January 2012 Five teachers at the Apostolic Faith Mission-run Rufaro High School in Chatsworth, Gutu, have taken Education, Sport, Arts and Culture minister David Coltart to court over what they termed forced transfers from the mission school. In papers filed at the Labour Court, Masvingo provincial education director, Clara Dube,
More than lip service needed to provide education
The Zimbabwean By Chris Ncube 23 January 2012 Education, Sports and Culture Minister, David Coltart, who raises concern at the lack of access to education by children that were victims of the widely-condemned Murambatsvina, says the new strategic plan he will soon present to Cabinet will aim to tackle the problem. Human rights groups have
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-01-22
Our great Zimbabwe cricket team flies into New Zealand today and goes with our very best wishes. # England 46 for 5 with Mohammed Hafeez and Saeed Ajmaal doing far more damage to England than did against Zimbabwe. Zim cricket on the up! # Well, well England succumb to Pakistan at cricket within 3 days
Petina Gappah: Zimbabwe
Guernica By Petina Gappah 17 January 2012 If Zimbabwe were human, the country would need more years of therapy than its 30 years of independence. According to Foreign Policy, in 2010, Zimbabwe was fourth on the “Failed State Index.†In 2006, it was declared to be the unhappiest place on earth—ahead of Zimbabwe on the “Happiness
Mugabe’s Ministers splash out on parties, but where does the money come from!
Bulawayo 24News By Mathula Lusinga 16 January 2012 Why do Zimbabweans bark up the wrong trees leaving the real culprits splashing the diamonds money like there is no tomorrow? When schools opened for the first term of 2012, teachers went on strike in demand of a better wage which is currently pegged at US$300, asking
Guy Scott and the ‘Caribbeanization’ of Zambia – Consequences for Zimbabwe?
allAfrica.com By Brooks Marmon 15 January 2012 The recent ascension of Guy Scott to the vice-presidency of Zambia has been viewed with great interest by the country’s neighbors as well as Western media. Dr. Scott was born in what was then the British colony of Northern Rhodesia in 1944 to settler parents and recent pieces
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-01-15
Great u tube on Ngoni Makusha – Zimbabwe's star athlete http://t.co/7pROtkwl # Met William Hague and Prince Andrew last night at Lancaster House reception and discussed need for UK to assist Zim's GPA, flawed as it is # Attending #Apple summit for education in London – fascinating educational apps – some schools have a iPad
Dreadlocked child thrown out of school
NewsDay 12 January 2012 A Bulawayo man yesterday filed a High Court application seeking an order barring Masiyephambili Junior School from stopping his dreadlocked son from attending Grade 0 classes. Khumbulani Dube who is representing his four-year -old son, Mbalenhle Dube, filed an urgent chamber application yesterday afternoon after the headmaster of the school denied
Coltart tells the world’s most feared UK Boss to “assist Zimbabwe’s governmentâ€
11 January 2012 Zimbabwe’s minister of Education and Sport, David Coltart has asked Britain’s most feared foreign policy guru to assist the Zimbabwe government despite the current problems it is facing. The UK’s foreign secretary William Hague is Britain’s most feared government official who Robert Mugabe recently expressed personal concerns of following the UK’s recent
How is Zimbabwe improving its national education system and what are the results?
Speech given at the Education World Forum, London By David Coltart 11 January 2012Â Introduction Zimbabwe was recognised in the past as having arguably the best education system in Africa. A sound curriculum for black Zimbabweans was developed in the 1950s prior to the destructive Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI) period. The post-independence period from