Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-10-23
How to take tea and turn the tables on Mugabe – http://t.co/urhUVsNN – Opinion http://t.co/PyAwFyNB # Having a wonderful time with @Zimjinks # Just finished 3 days looking at UK Academies – good lessons learnt as I try to establish academies for talented disadvantaged #Zimbabweans # Well done to all my Kiwi friends – pleased
Coltart consoles Tongai Moyo’s family
The Herald 21 October 2011 The Ministry of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture has expressed its condolences to the Moyo family and the nation at large following the death of sungura musician Tongai Moyo last Saturday. Minister David Coltart said Zimbabwe had been robbed of an iconic and illustrious artiste who put the country on
Zifa eager to meet Coltart
The Chronicle 19 October 2011 Financially troubled Zifa are eagerly awaiting a football stakeholders indaba that is being convened by the Government which they believe could be the first major step towards getting the local fraternity to appreciate the challenges being faced by the domestic game. Education, Sport, Arts and Culture Minister David Coltart will
Chaos mars teachers’ pay indaba
The Herald By Felex Share 19 October 2011 Some teachers’ unions yesterday walked out of a meeting to discuss the incentives they are being paid by parents. The meeting was nearly aborted, but some delegates continued with deliberations and agreed that the incentives will be scrapped when Government awards teachers a “reasonable salary increment” in
Teachers flee rural schools: ZIMTA
The Zimbabwean By Leona Mwavera 19 October 2011 As the country braces itself for a possible election next year, rural schools are already suffering from the harassment of the Zanu (PF) militia. A Zimbabwe Teachers Association official in Manicaland revealed that some of their members were given an ultimatum by war veterans and youth militia.
Zimbabwe Government, Teachers Agree to Reform Incentives Program
VOA By Chris Ganda and Tatenda Gumbo 19 October 2011 Teachers in urban schools receive between $150 and $400 in incentives depending on their schools, plus a monthly salary of more than $300 from the government, but most rural teachers are not being paid incentives. Zimbabwean teachers unions and the government have agreed to seek
Tsvangirai’s ‘horror’ over degree proposal
NewZimbabwe.com 19 October 2011 Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai says he was horrified by 2005 proposals discussed between Zanu PF and MDC MPs to push through constitutional amendments requiring presidential candidates to have university degrees. The modestly-educated MDC leader fears that the plan was designed to exclude him from running for President. In a new book,
Clear mess first, Biti tells Zifa
Daily News By Godfrey Mtimba 18 October 2011 Masvingo - Finance Minister Tendai Biti has told the financially-troubled Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) that government will not fund the game before the local football governing body put its house in order first. Biti’s statement is in sharp contrast to Sports Minister David Coltart’s recent pledge to bail
Nuclear Weapons
Remarks made at the International Parliamentary Union Conference at Bern, Switzerland 17 October in the capacity of joint President of the PNND By Senator Coltart Nuclear weapons are a hold-over from the Cold War political and security environments, and have no rationale in today’s world. The key threats to national security, including the possibility of
Coltart elected anti-nuclear organisation president
Newsday By Henry Mhara 17 October 2011 Education, Sport, Arts and Culture minister David Coltart was on Sunday elected co-president of Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament (PNND) at the Kursaal Convention Centre in Bern, Switzerland. PNND is a global network of over 700 parliamentarians from more than 75 countries working to prevent nuclear proliferation.