‘Adopt affirmative action on education’
Newsday By Khulani Nkabinde 13 December 2010 The people of Matabeleland want government to have an affirmative action on education in the region, especially building new schools, because the region lost out on such educational development opportunities during the Gukurahundi era. This emerged at the recent Independent Dialogue session sponsored jointly by the Zimbabwe Independent
“NGOs bid to bar students’ fund”
Sunday Mail 12 December 2010 Sunday Mail Reporter A PRIVATE initiative aimed at assisting over 4 000 talented but underprivileged students through a 15 million euro grant from the German government is being blocked by several non-governmental organisations which are campaigning against the release of the funds on the basis that Zimbabwe is under European
Fired lecturers on the offensive
Sunday Times By Vladimir Mzaca 12 December 2010 Twelve academics who won a $55-million lawsuit against Solusi University after being fired for going on strike have taken a swipe at the vice-chancellor. The lecturers accuse Professor Norman Maphosa of the university, which is owned by the Seventh Day Adventist church, of fraud and nepotism. Maphosa,
Government to abolish teacher incentives
Sunday News 12 December 2010 By Vusumuzi Dube GOVERNMENT is considering abolishing teacher incentives after noting pleas and complaints from parents and guardians for policymakers to take a hard-line stance on the issue, a Cabinet Minister has said. Minister of Education, Sports, Arts and Culture, Senator David Coltart, said Government was fully aware on the
Donors refuse to supplement teachers’ salaries
Zimbabwe Independent By Nqobile Bhebhe 10 December 2010 THE international donor community has refused to supplement salaries of teachers because this does not fall under their humanitarian ambit, a cabinet minister said this week. Â Education, Sport, Arts and Culture minister David Coltart said this at the Zimbabwe Independent-run Independent Dialogue in Bulawayo on Wednesday whose
History: The good, the bad and the ugly
Newsday By Thembe Sachikonye 10 December 2010 The feeling is surreal. Smoky monogrammed glass doors with polished brass handles. An imposing grandfather clock; hand-carved, time-worn, heavy wooden furniture. You can tell just by looking at this stuff that it has never seen the inside of a factory assembly line, it is lovingly hand-wrought. Acres of
‘No rallies at schools’
Newsday 9 December 2010 By Khulani Nkabinda Political parties will be banned from holding rallies and setting up “bases†at schools in the run-up to the forthcoming elections, the Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture, David Coltart, has said. Coltart warned school heads and teachers from forcing schoolchildren to attend political rallies against their
No Political rallies at schools – Coltart
Radiovop 8 December 2010 The Ministry of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture has banned all political parties in the country from using school premises for political rallies and meetings , ahead of the forthcoming elections. Speaking about the state of education in Zimbabwe during a meeting jointly organized by Radio Dialogue and The Zimbabwe Independent
Cabinet Ministers account to residents
Zimbabwean By Bulawayo Progressive Residents Association 8 December 2010 FOUR cabinet ministers in Zimbabwe’s not so inclusive government were on Sunday held to account by Bulawayo residents at a Social Accountability Conference organised by Bulawayo Progressive Residents Association (BPRA) that took place at the large city hall. The aim of the conference, which ran under
US embassy cables: Mugabe, the ‘spider at the centre of the web’
Guardian.co.uk 8 December 2010 Wednesday, 02 December 2009, 14:01 C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 02 HARARE 000930 SIPDIS AF/S FOR BRIAN WALCH NSC FOR SENIOR AFRICA DIRECTOR MICHELLE GAVIN EO 12958 DECL: 12/02/2019 TAGS PREL, PGOV, ZI SUBJECT: AMBASSADOR RAY’S VISIT WITH GERMAN AMBASSADOR TO ZIM Classified