Zimbabwe Sports Minister defends re-entry to Test cricket
The Associated Press By Enock Muchinjo 21 March 2011 Zimbabwe Sports Minister David Coltart has defended the decision for the national team to return to test cricket this year amid criticism over its performance at the World Cup. Zimbabwe lost to Australia, New Zealand, Pakistan and Sri Lanka to crash out of the World Cup
Schools to get new textbooks
Standard http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ Sunday, 20 March 2011 By Jennifer Dube GOVERMENT will soon roll out a programme to restock secondary schools with textbooks after a similar initiative saw 13 million books being given to primary schools last year. Education, Sport, Arts and Culture minister David Coltart said funding had already been obtained for the programme to make sure that
Zimbabwe Cricket Team Proves Winning Isn’t Everything
http://sportales.com By Charles Ray, US Ambassador to Zimbabwe 19 March 2011 After a five-year voluntary absence from Test Cricket, Zimbabwe’s national team goes up against a seasoned line-up in the World Cup matches in Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka. Despite not winning, they still came away “winners†because of the spirit of their play and
If it doesn’t work, don’t fix it
www.kubatana.com By Tendai Huchu, Africa Report 18 March 2011 Last August I had the privilege of hearing David Coltart, Zimbabwe’s education minister from the opposition Movement for Democratic Change, speak at the Edinburgh Book Festival. Most of his talk focused on the problems Zimbabwe faced – which are already well known – but I was
Coltart to re-start night school programme
Zimbabwean Written by Fungi Kwaramba Friday, 18 March 2011 HARARE – The ministry of Education, Art, Sport and Culture will soon establish night schools to reduce the debilitating effects of more than a decade of decay in the education sector precipitated by President Robert Mugabe’s ruinous policies. Speaking last week at an electricity commissioning programme
Insufficent budget hinders education Ministry’s operations
www.mediacentrezim.com 18 March 2011 By Gilbert Munetsi THE education ministry is finding it difficult to sustain its operations, as it has to rely on US$63 million out  US$469 million it got from the treasury. The revelations were made by Education, Sport, Arts and Culture Minister, Senator David Coltart, while responding to a question raised by
Free night school for economic-decline-decade victims
ZimEye.org 17 March 2011 Education, Art, Sport and Culture Minister David Coltart said the government is going to reintroduce night school learning throughout the country in order to assist children who dropped out of school in the past decade of economic decline adding that he had raised the funds to be paid to the teachers
Interview with Zimbabwean Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture
www.globalconversation.org By Danielle Johnstone March 17th, 2011 Senator David Coltart is the current Minister of Education, Sports and Culture in Zimbabwe. In the 1980s, Coltart was keenly involved in campaigning against the colonial Rhodesian Front. He is currently part of the opposition party, MDC, in the Mutambara faction. At one stage, Zimbabwe’s education system was
Statement on Japan earthquake and tsunamis from the Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture, Senator David Coltart
Statement by Senator David Coltart 15 March 2011 On behalf of the Ministry of Education, Sports, Arts and Culture. I wish to extend our deepest sympathies to the people of Japan following the massive earthquake and tsunami that struck parts of Japan last week. The Ministry of  Education, Sport, Arts and Culture has a long
“Mutambara faces arrest”
Newsday By Nqobani Ndlovu 14 March 2011 The Welshman Ncube-led MDC is seeking the arrest of Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara on contempt of court charges for his continued representing of the party during the weekly inclusive government principals’ meeting. The party said it would seek Mutambara’s arrest. The MDC said it would also file