Students demand condoms
NewsDay By Ronald Moyo 17 December 2011 The Matabeleland Aids Council (MAC) surveys have revealed students in tertiary and secondary levels of education were in support of the idea of condom distribution in both high schools and tertiary institutions, an official has said. Speaking at a MAC strategic review programme, the council’s community capacity building
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-12-11
Zimbabwe has just beaten Kenya in the HSBC Rugby Sevens World Series Shield Final in Port Elizabeth-well done lads we are proud of you guys! #
Confusion over dismissal of teachers
Sunday Mail 10 December 2011Â The Government has denied reports it intends to dismiss the over 1 000 teachers who were given a reprieve after migrating to greener pastures. This comes after teacher representatives indicated Government was moving to fire the teachers who had sought employment in neighbouring countries since 2000. The Government employees migrated
Biti’s Budget – a Recipe for Political Failure
Southern Africa Report 9 December 2011 The massive bias of departmental budgetary allocations towards ministries controlled by ministers from President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu-PF continues in Zimbabwe’s 2012 budget, passed by Parliament this week (7 December 2011). The bias makes further conflict within the immobilised three-party government throughout the next 12 months inevitable, further eroding the
Rights violations: Zimbabwe must face the truth
Zimbabwe Independent By Dzikamai Bere 8 December 2011 Societies emerging from a legacy of massive human rights violations are torn between fear and hope. What must be done with the ugly past? Should it be confronted, or should it be buried forever? This is the challenge that confronts Zimbabwe’s coalition government as it prepares for
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-12-04
Congratulations to Dynamos for winning the double by taking the league and the Mbada Cup Final today # Wonderful evening last night at #Zimbabwe Cricket awards dinner with US Amb Charles Ray and Chris Gayle; Zim cricket is definitely on the up # Congratulations to #Zimbabwe team Brendon de Jonge and Bruce Macdonald for their
New constitution nowhere near
The Standard By Patrice Makova 4 December 2011 The leader of the smaller faction of the MDC, Professor Welshman Ncube has cast doubt on the prospects of the early completion of the constitution-making process to pave way for elections, saying political parties were still quarreling over several issues. This is compounded by the fact that a national
Give education sector due priority
The Standard 4 December 2011 Education has been at the core of national discourse since colonial days. Seen as the only way of getting out grinding poverty and joining the national economy black Zimbabweans craved it. During colonial days missionaries came and built mission schools all over the country to accommodate boys and girls who
No Condoms In Schools: Coltart
Radio VOP 3 December 2011 Bulawayo – The Minister of Education and Culture, David Coltart said his Ministry will not allow distribution of condoms in secondary schools saying no parent would want his or her child to indulge in sex whilst at school. Responding to a question by an anti-HIV/AIDS activist in Bulawayo on Thursday
Zimbabwe: Increase in Levies Should Aim to Stabilise Education Sector
The Herald 2 December 2011 Parents have been meeting across Zimbabwe in recent weeks to consider proposals to increase the levies at many State schools and the fees at many mission and trust schools. At most schools the majority of parents, usually a substantial majority, have been approving these proposals and they are now being