With Elections Afoot, Zimbabwe Schools Again Become Political Battlegrounds
VOA 20 July 2011 By Sandra Nyaira Politically tinged soccer tournaments are said to have been organized by Manicaland Provincial Governor Christopher Mushohwe, Local Government Minister Ignatius Chombo and Information Minister Webster Shamu With national elections in the offing though not scheduled, Zimbabwe Education Minister David Coltart has denounced the politicization of schools by politicians,
Coltart investigates child abuse
Radio VOP 20 July 2011 Zimbabwe’s Education, Sport, Arts and Culture Minister David Coltart is investigating the abuse of school children that allegedly took place during political campaigns. In a telephone interview with Radio VOP on Monday, the Minister, David Coltart said: “We are going to take up the issue with provincial directors of schools
Match fixing scam not yet resolved
Zimbabwe Metro 20 July 2011 HARARE – Sports Minister David Coltart has applied further pressure on police to act on Zimbabwe’s match-fixing scam, saying only the law enforcement agents can bring the matter to finality. Sources have it that police had already launched an investigation well before the damning Zifa inquiry report leaked to the
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Chuffed that Ferrari won today at Silverstone but methinks it is too late for a resurgence # Dinner by the Atlantic in Casablanca – attending education finance conference for African Education Ministers # Zimbabwe's young Sables craven week rugby side thrashed Border country districts today 68-3. We need to keep these players for the future
Zimbabwe Schools Suffer As 15,000 Teaching Positions Remain Vacant
VOA 18 July 2011 By Sandra Nyaira Education Minister David Coltart said the lack of respect for teachers, poor housing and political intimidation of teachers have all contributed to high vacancies in schools across the country The Zimbabwean education system, formerly one of Africa’s best, is laboring under some 15,000 vacant teacher positions left unfilled due
Military men can also be political men!
Byo News 24 By Tendai Moyo 15 July 2011 Calls for security sector reforms in Zimbabwe by America and fronted here by the regime change functionaries betray unparalleled hypocrisy especially on the part of the US. While they are vociferously calling for our security structures to be neutered, their political and governance structures are replete
Senator David Coltart speech at African Ministers of Education Conference in Morocco
Senator David Coltart U Tube speech 12 July 2011
Gold panner’s American Dream
Zimbabwean By Paul Ndlovu 12 July 2011 With inflation spiralling out of control, formal employment and investing in education did not make sense for an ordinary Zimbabwean. For many youths who had finished their A level education, the next stage for someone wishing to go further up the academic ladder was enrolment at a university
Bulawayo schools to share hockey stadium turf
Newsday By Bridgette Bugalo 12 July 2011 The Bulawayo Provincial Education Director Dan Moyo on Friday said the turf removed from the Khumalo Hockey Stadium would be shared among several schools in the country’s second biggest city. He however did not give the number of schools to benefit from the turf to be replaced with
Inspectors drive education reform
Zimbabwean By Paul Ndlovu 11 July 2011 Education, Sports, Arts and Culture Minister David Coltart said his ministry had made strides towards reviving education standards and ethics among educators across the country. “We want to restore total sanity and curb lawlessness that has been the order of the day in many schools,†he said. “To that