Coltart’s anger understandable
Herald 22 April 2011 By Farirai Chubvu ‘‘THESE are makers of carrion,” the wary ones said, “do not shelter them. See their eyes, their noses, such are the beaks of all the desert’s predatory birds. We laughed at the fearful ones, gave the askers shelter and watched them unsuspicious, watched them turn in the fecundity
Widow of Patrick Nabanyama suing AG
Daily News By Chengetai Zvauya, Staff Writer 20 April 2011 The wife of murdered MDC activist Patrick Nabanyama is suing the Attorney-General Johannes Tomana for refusing to prosecute the six war veterans and Zanu PF members who allegedly kidnapped and killed her husband 11 years ago. Nabanyama’s widow, Patricia wants the attorney-general to immediately start
Independence Day a “farceâ€: Coltart
New Zimbabwe.com 18 April 2011 INDEPENDENCE Day celebrations in the midst of a crackdown on President Robert Mugabe’s opponents are a “farceâ€, Education Minister David Coltart said on Sunday. Coltart spoke after National Healing Minister Moses Mzila-Ndlovu spent the weekend in jail, charged with undermining the authority of the police. Mzila-Ndlovu was arrested along with
Zimbabwe Rising: With Great Opportunity Comes Great Responsibility
The Arcadia Foundation http://arcadiafoundation.org/ 18 April 2011 We as an international community have a duty in newfound opportunity: we must pay close attention to the booms in present-day Zimbabwe in order for them to respectively blossom in to sustainable pillars of development. We must also accept and address certain realities hindering our ‘getting on-board’. The
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Coltart’s pronouncements on education good but . . .
Newsday Comment 16 April 2011 Pronouncements by David Coltart, Minister of Education, Arts, Sport and Culture that the Government is putting in place measures to ensure gifted but disadvantaged children are given the chance to complete their education is welcome news. Coltart told members of the House of Assembly this week that every province was
Coltart backs Aussie cricket tour
Newsday 16 April 2011 Education, Sport, Arts, and Culture minister David Coltart has backed the upcoming cricket tour of Zimbabwe by the Australia A team, arguing that the game has improved vastly in the country. This was in response to efforts by members of the cricket fraternity in Australia who are opposed to the tour.
Missing activist Nabanyama, widow sues Attorney General
RadioVop 15 April 2011 A Zimbabwe widow, Patrica Nabanyama, is suing the Attorney General for refusing to prosecute suspected killers of his husband who was abducted 11 years ago under mysterious circumstances from his Nketa home here for his involvement with the mainstream Movement for Democratic Change (MDC). Patrick Nabanyama wants the AG, Johannes Tomana
Australia’s cricket tour a sign of hope for ordinary Zimbabweans
The Sydney Morning Herald By David Coltart April 14, 2011 While no one would argue that the situation in Zimbabwe is perfect, it is unrecognisably better than when Stuart MacGill chose not to tour. As we have seen with the recent cricket World Cup, cricket may be just a game, but it has an enormous
Zim to miss 2015 MDGs deadline
Financial Gazette By Tabitha Mutenga 14 April 2011 WHEN world leaders gathered in New York at the United Nations Millennium Summit in September 2000, they all shared the same vision to eradicate world poverty by 2015. However, as the years passed world poverty has increased with over 2,5 billion people living on less than US$2 per