Opening of NZEVE, Mutare
Speech by David Coltart at the Opening of NZEVE Mutare 24 November I am delighted to be in Mutare today. This is an important day in the history of NZEVE. NZEVE is opening a new workshop for deaf youth as well as expanded office space. The extensions will increase the capacity of the organisation –
Civil servants pay rise ruled out
Newsday By Blessed Mhlanga 23 November 2011 Government has ruled out a salary review for civil servants in January amid reports that unions are pressing for another pay rise. Finance minister Tendai Biti and Education, Sport, Arts and Culture minister David Coltart said Treasury could not afford another increment six months after government was forced
Politicians from Matabeleland in Zimbabwe need to ‘break the deputy mentality’
Bulawayo 24 News By Phithizela Ngcobo 22 November 2011 African politics and landscape is plagued by one disease: tribalism. This disease has brought untold misery and calamity to our motherland. Zimbabwe is no exception and what makes our situation interesting is that there are virtually ‘two tribes’ the Shona and Ndebele- yet the reality is
Mutambara ‘can hallucinate and dream’ he has MPs: MDC-N
Bulawayo 24 News 22 November 2011 State newspaper reports of tension in the MDC factions led by Professors Welshman Ncube and Arthur Mutambara over ownership of parliamentarians who were elected on the party ticket. The two are already immersed in an acrimonious legal wrangle over control of the party with Prof Ncube seeking to replace Prof
Mat South wins Jikinya Dance Festival finals
Daily News By Jeffrey Muvundusi 21 November 2011 Harare -Â Matjinge primary school from Matabeleland South province are the new 2011 Jikinya Dance Festival champions after they shrugged off the stiff competition from nine other contestants. The win saw them pocket a whopping $1 500 at a colourful ceremony held at Large City Hall in the
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-11-20
#Zimbabwe Warriors beat South Africa's Bafana Bafana 2-1 in Harare tonight – well done lads. Zim sport is on the up! # RIP Basil D'Oliveira. Thank you for your courageous struggle for justice through #cricket You exposed the insanity of apartheid in sport # David Pocock wins WA Young Australian of the Year http://t.co/GLBTvNf6 Well
Senator Coltart apologises to parents for teachers’ incentives
Sunday News 20 November 2011 The Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture, Senator David Coltart has apologised to parents and guardians for compelling them to pay teachers’ incentives. Addressing a crowd of about 500 at a rally at Nketa Hall in Bulawayo, Senator Coltart said he was “deeply sorry†that parents were being asked
Zimbabwe Teachers Union Warns of Escalating Violence Against Teachers
VOA By Tatenda Gumbo 22 November 2011 Progressive Teachers Union President Takavafira Zhou said the PTUZ is telling schools and administrators facing violence to stop teaching to focus attention on the need for the government to protect them. The Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe says violence against teachers and school administrators has escalated with alleged
No more sharing of textbooks in schools — Coltart
NewsDay By Veneranda Langa 17 November 2011 Education, Sport, Arts and Culture minister David Coltart on Wednesday told Parliament government would soon roll out 6 711 462 secondary school textbooks worth $8 322 505 under its Educational Trust Fund. Coltart said the programme was aimed at ensuring each student had unfettered access to study material
Too soon to rewrite history
The Zimbabwean By Paul Ndlovu 15 November 2011 Changing the country’s history curriculum is not going to happen soon as there are many factors involved in the process, the Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture, Senator David Coltart, has said. The statement comes amid criticism from Mafela Trust, a non-governmental organisation, that the recorded