Ministerial appraisals raise relevant questions

Nehanda Radio By Moses Chamboko 6 January 2012 End of year ministerial appraisals by two independent newspapers made interesting reading. While some ratings sounded correct, others were seemingly way out of sync with general sentiment. In future, it might be a good idea to consult far and wide before circulating these ratings if they are

Rural teachers get top-up allowance?

ZimEye 5 January 2012 Education and Sport Minister David Coltart, said that he is now working with other stakeholders, including the Ministry of Finance on modalities of paying a rural allowance. “The matter has been discussed in Cabinet and all the colleagues (ministers) were sympathetic with the rural teachers,” Minister Coltart said. “We agreed that

Zimbabwe Teachers Threaten Strike Action Ahead of Schools Opening

VOA By Violet Gonda 5 January 2012 Union leaders say the government, which has been pleading bankruptcy to avoid giving civil servants a salary hike, is being insincere, especially after agreeing to pay lawmakers $15,000 dollars each in backdated allowances. Teachers’ unions in Zimbabwe have threatened a nationwide strike next week that may prevent schools

Coltart speaks on exam fees

NewsDay By Bridgette Bugalo 3 January 2012 The Ministry of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture says government will continue to provide free Grade Seven examinations as part of its policy to ensure equal access to education. In an interview with NewsDay yesterday, Education minister David Coltart said the review of the examination fees was done

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-01-01

If malawi is not careful it is going to go down the same road Zimbabwe travelled. Printing money, rampant inflation, fuel shortages… # Check this video out — One on one with David Coltart http://t.co/cVGgUIo6 via @youtube # Saddened by death of Prince Tendai Mupfurutsa one of the pioneers of urban contemporary music (also known

Chawira Academy puts Checheche on the map

The Standard  By Brian Nkiwane 31 December 2011  In the year 1999, a couple sat down in their bedroom to discuss their future. What the two agreed on was to start a sport academy which was going to put Checheche (a rural area in Chipinge) on the world map. They named the academy Chawira Sports

Who’s been Zimbabwe’s best and worst minister?

Newsday 31st December 2011 By Staff Reporter Zimbabwe has had more than its fair share of bad leaders. The contenders are power-hungry cliquests Ignatius Chombo, Nicholas Goche and Emmerson Mnangagwa; sleepers Stan Mudenge, Simbarashe Mumbengegwi and Didymus Mutasa; the partly hidden Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga, Gorden Moyo, Welshman Ncube, Joseph Made, Sekai Holland, John Nkomo and Moses

Chamisa minister of the year

Daily News 30 December 2011 Information and Communication Technology (Development) minister, Nelson Chamisa joined the league of Zimbabwe’s finest performing ministers after he was adjudged to have performed the best during the 2011 year. According to the rating of government ministers’ performance in 2011 by the Daily News, Chamisa earned himself eight points for the

Cabinet Scorecard: How did the ministers fare?

Zimbabwe Independent 30th December 2011 AS the wobbly alliance of the inclusive government stumbles into 2012, there are concerns that the relative economic stability Zimbabweans have been experiencing will be short-lived if the three political parties continue with their endless squabbling. In 2011, parties in the inclusive government have bickered over anything from civil servants’

How Cabinet Ministers performed

Daily News By Staff Writer   Thursday, 29 December 2011  HARARE – Transport, Communications and Infrastructural Development minister, Nicholas Goche emerged as the worst performing minister in the inclusive government for the 2011 year, according to the rating of government ministers by the Daily News. Out of a rating of 10 points, Goche scored zero