Coltart to be VIP at Alliance Francaise tonight
Zimbabwean By Ngoni Chanakira 15 September 2011 Zimbabwe’s Minister of Education, Sport and Culture, Senator David Coltart, will tonight join several diplomats to celebrate Alliance Francaise’s 60th Anniversary. Coltart, a Senator from the Professor Welshman Ncube-led MDC political party, will be Guest of Honour at the event. A spokesman for Alliance Francaise said: “Yes I
‘Mnangagwa pleads with Tsvangirai for government post’
The Zimbabwe Mail By Patience Nyangove 12 September 2011 DEFENCE minister Emmerson Mnangagwa allegedly pleaded with Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai five years ago to include him in a future MDC government, a leaked United States embassy cable has revealed. According to the secret cable dated June 2006, made public by the whistleblower website WikiLeaks last
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-09-11
Zimbabwe 1 Liberia 0!! Katsande goal – thankfully although the cricket is disastrous the football is not # Zimbabwe Warriors 2 – Liberia 0 at half time!! Also nice to see Tatenda Taibu digging in and fighting back in Bulawayo. That's the spirit! # Things looking much better all round – Zim still 2/0 up
Breakaway Zimbabwe Bishop Evicts Orphaned Babies
VOA 9 September 2011 By Peta Thornycroft Zimbabwe’s breakaway Anglican bishop Nolbert Kunonga, a supporter of President Robert Mugabe’s Zimbabwe African National Union -Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) party, has seized a rural orphanage housing children as young as six months old. Kunonga, who has been excommunicated by the main Anglican Church of Central Africa and the
“Give your cars back”
Zimbabwean 8 September 2011 By Fungai Kwaramba Zimbabweans from all walks of life last week demanded that government officials who got luxury vehicles at a combined cost of US$20 million return them and use the money for poverty reduction. Through the People Charter, a petition was signed and submitted to the Minister of Finance Tendai
Government pins Zifa on Asiagate
Daily News By Enock Muchinjo 8 September 2011 Harare -Â Pressure has mounted on the Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) to wrap up investigation into the Asiagate match-fixing scam, the biggest scandal ever to rock Zimbabwean football. Concerned by the slow pace of action following the leakage of a damning Asiagate final report in July, the Daily
Life Under Challenging Regimes: Argentina and Zimbabwe
The Centre for Independent Studies 5th September 2011 Zimbabwe’s Minister for Education, Sports, Culture and the Arts Senator David Coltart and Argentina’s former minister and presidential candidate, economist Ricardo Lopez Murphy speak with The Australian’s Paul Kelly. View the interview on U tube at: http://www.cis.org.au/media-information/videos/233-life-under-challenging-regimes-argentina-and-zimbabwe-
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-09-04
ZANU PF's pathetic reaction to fall of Gaddafi shows how out of touch with reality they are – still don't understand the lifeline given them # Well done to Zim XI for great performance against Pakistan in cricket warm up match yesterday # Ngoni Makusha in World long jump finals today – go do it
Union accuses Zanu-PF of distorting history in schools
http://www.timeslive.co.za/ BY Vladimir Mzaca 4 September, 2011 School teachers say politicians are abusing the curriculum. The Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) said in a press statement this week that the history curriculum in particular had been militarised. The union blamed this situation on events over the years that have seen Zanu-PF lose its grip on politics. As
Coltart, Mahere clash over policy
Sunday Mail 4th September 2011 By Lincoln Towindo EDUCATION, Sport, Arts and Culture Minister Senator David Coltart has clashed with Permanent Secretary Dr Stephen Mahere over the former’s alleged plans to allow Trust schools to run their affairs without Government oversight. Sources revealed last week that Sen Coltart attempted to “smuggle” a clause granting the