Muzhingi takes on New York challenge
NewZimbabwe.com 4 November 2011 With the East Africans currently having a stranglehold over the marathon majors, Southern African and three-time Comrades Marathon champion Stephen Muzhingi will attempt to break the sequence in the New York Marathon on Sunday. The Zimbabwean will be making his marathon debut away from the continent after securing an entry into
Donors Contribute $84 million Towards Secondary Education
Radio VOP 4 November 2011 Harare – Western donor countries contributed $84 million worth of secondary school textbooks in a scheme dubbed Education Transition Fund (ETF). The textbooks were channeled through the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) while cash strapped Zimbabwe government added $1 million in the fund to buy secondary school textbooks. The Education
Government, donors unveil US$18m materials for schools
The Herald By Felex Share 4 November 2011 Government and donors yesterday unveiled seven million textbooks and learning materials for secondary schools worth US$18 million under the Education Transition Fund. The Government and its partners also announced the launch of a US$85 million facility to address water and sanitation concerns, reduce the level of school drop-outs
Tsvangirai tipped Chanakira as Finance Minister
The Financial Gazette By Clemence Manyukwe 3 November 2011 Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai assembled a cabinet team that included banker Nigel Chanakira as finance minister in anticipation of an electoral victory in the run-up to the disputed presidential poll of2002. According to revelations contained in a United States diplomatic cable dated February 5, 2002, the
Coltart fumes at NZ tour reports
Newsday By Daniel Nhakaniso 3 November 2011 Education, Sport, Arts and Culture minister David Coltart has dismissed damning reports which surfaced in the New Zealand (NZ) media yesterday criticising the Black Caps’ current cricket tour of Zimbabwe. New Zealand are currently battling it out with Zimbabwe in a one-off Test match in a tour which
Government to launch US$10m textbook facility
The Herald By Felex Share 3 November 2011 Government will today launch a US$10 million secondary schools textbook facility under the Education Transition Fund.  ETF is a Government-initiated programme being co-ordinated by Unicef and the donor community and is aimed at mobilising resources for the education sector. Over eight million textbooks, to benefit secondary schools countrywide,
Education Transition Fund II
Speech delivered by Honourable Senator David Coltart, Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture on the occasion of the secondary textbook distribution and Education Transition Fund II BAK Storage Distribution Centre, Harare 3 November 2011 As Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture, I feel highly honoured by the presence at this occasion of high
Zimbabwe, UNICEF unveil $85m textbooks for secondary schools
NewZimbabwe.com 3 November 2011 The Zimbabwe government, the United Nations and other Western donors have launched an US$85 million education fund aimed at improving education in the country’s secondary schools. The donation will pay for seven million textbooks, and follows a similar project last year in which UNICEF and other agencies donated 13 million textbooks
Hands off teachers’ incentives: Zanu-PF
The Herald 2 November 2011 Zanu-PF says teachers’ incentives should be exempted from taxes to avert labour unrest from disenchanted educators. The call comes after the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority decided to tax incentives that school development committees have been paying to teachers to cushion them from the paltry salaries they are getting from Government. Zanu-PF’s
Zimbabwe Finance Minister Reverses Taxation of Teacher Incentives
VOA By Jonga Kandemiiri 2 November 2011 Zimbabwe Teachers Association Secretary General Richard Gundani said the decision was welcome as children are now writing examinations. Moving to end a controversy over the taxation of cash incentives to low-paid Zimbabwean teachers by parents and schools, Finance Minister Tendai Biti has promised to direct the Zimbabwe Revenue