Zimbabwe not paying 1,000 teachers rehired after Unity Government formed

VOA Gibbs Dube 17 October 2011 PTUZ president Takavafira Zhou said teacher representatives have demanded that the government urgently address the situation, as some of rehired teachers have abandoned their classrooms. The Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe said Monday that the country’s Public Service Commission owes more than two years of salaries to more than

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-10-16

Attended Coldplay concert in Joahnnesburg's Soccer City – absolutely blown away – brilliant! Wonderful that Chris Martin has Zim connection # Feeling very sad about Zimbabwe's loss to Cape Verde – but the problem actually happened last year at home when we drew due to local chaos # Congratulations to Zimbabwean David Pocock for securing

I may be cool, but for my politics . . .

Newsday By Rejoice Ngwenya 16 October 2011 Zimbabwe’s perennial presidential aspirant Morgan Tsvangirai is logged on a default “entitlement” mode that he can in 2013, ceteris paribus, garner the elusive Parliamentary majority. Psychologists have evidence that humans — in the face of adversity — tend to exaggerate their self worth. Tsvangirai’s machismo bravado may have

Police bar PTUZ march

Daily News By Chengetai Zvauya 14 October 2011 Harare - Police have barred members of Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) from marching in the streets of Harare to demonstrate against the continued harassment of teachers countrywide. They wanted to demonstrate against the dismissal and victimisation of teachers who were given a blanket amnesty by the

Minister congratulates Pocock

B-Metro 14-20 October 2011 The Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture, David Coltart, has congratulated Zimbabwean, David Pocock for a sterling performance that helped Australia beat defending champions South Africa in the quarter finals of the World Cup in New Zealand last Sunday. Pocock was born in the country and then migrated to Australia,

Zimbabwe to host Africa Women’s Championships

The Herald 13 October 2011 Zifa are hoping to use the goodwill they are enjoying with the Government now to help them in securing the State’s guarantee to host the 2012 African Women Championships. The soccer mother body has, over the last year, mended their relationship with the Government and the Sport and Recreation Commission and

Government firmly behind Warriors

The Chronicle 12 October 2011 Government has pledged meaningful support to Zifa so that the national team is thoroughly prepared and qualifies for future tournaments. Speaking at a signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the mother body and the parent ministry for grassroots development, Minister of Education, Sports and Culture David Coltart admitted that

Zifa to blame: Coltart

Daily News By Dakarai Mashava 12 October 2011 Harare - Sports Minister David Coltart has attributed the Warriors’ failure to qualify for the 2012 Africa Nations Cup (Afcon) to the bungling Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa). Zimbabwe failed to qualify for the finals to be held in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea next year after finishing third in

Zimbabwe needs truth, reconciliation

Daily News 12 October 2011 It was eerily coincidental that as many parts of the country were washed with early rain last week, memories of another gukurahundi saw the light of day. New evidence of what President Mugabe called “a moment of madness” have emerged in Matabeleland in the past few days. It was “a

Zimbabwean Rugby interviews David Coltart

Zimbabwean Rugby interviews David Coltart 12 October 2011 1. Do you think the instability of Zimbabwe as a nation has contributed to elite Zimbabwean-born rugby players turning out for other countries (E.G. David Pocock with Australia, Tendai Mtawarira for South Africa)? I think it is partly the instability but mainly because we have not professionalised