Abolish death penalty-Amnesty International

Newsday By Feluna Nleya 11 October 2010 Amnesty International Zimbabwe (AI) will this week petition the legal secretaries from the three political parties in the inclusive government to help abolish the death sentence in Zimbabwe. AI wrote to Zanu PF secretary for legal affairs Emmerson Mnangagwa and the two Secretaries for legal Affairs from the

Teachers’ incentives to stay for now: Coltart

Herald 11 October 2010 GOVERNMENT will allow payment of teachers’ incentives by parents and guardians to stay while a permanent solution to improve their conditions of service is being sought, a Cabinet minister told Parliament on Wednesday. Education, Sport, Arts and Culture Minister David Coltart said while payment of incentives to teachers had a discriminatory

Teachers unhappy as they celebrate international teachers’ day

Daily News By Maxwell Sibanda 11 October 2010 HARARE – Zimbabwean teachers last Friday celebrated The World Teachers’ Day amid disgruntlement over  poor salaries and working conditions. Sifiso Ndlovu, a Zimbabwe Teachers Assciation (ZIMTA) official, said teachers’ struggles continued 44 years on since the signing of the 1966 UNESCO recommendation for teachers. “Teachers continue to

Sad Days in Rural Matabeleland

Zimbabwe Democracy Now.com 11 October 2010 Posted by Nxwala My sister at home in Zimbabwe died and I had to go back home for her burial. I do not have money for the border so I had to go under the fence. I travelled to Lupane using my thumb and rural buses. When I got

Revamping of Khumalo Stadium in Bulawayo to start soon

Sunday News 10 October 2010 Senior Sports Reporter THE revamping of Khumalo Hockey Stadium is set to start soon after the release of US$1 million for the project by the government. Education, Sport, Arts and Culture Minister David Coltart, said the money was now in the hands of his Ministry and the Ministry of Public

What A Terrible Week

Herald By Robson Sharuko 9 October 2010 FROM the very beginning it was so clear that there was something terribly wrong, that it was all certain to end in tears, controversy and accusations of betrayal, that it was all an insult to professionalism as we know it today and that it was all so shadowy

Nkomo mourns hero Welshman Mabhena

Chronicle 8 October 2010 By Nduduzo Tshuma VICE-PRESIDENT John Nkomo yesterday visited the Mabhena home in Bulawayo to pass his condolences following the death of former Matabeleland North Governor Welshman Mabhena on Tuesday. Mabhena (86) died at his Four Winds home on Tuesday morning at about 6am after a long struggle with diabetes and high

Zifa seeks Vice President’s help in Saintfiet saga

Zimbabwe Independent 8 October 2010 ZIFA is desperately seeking the intervention of Vice President John Nkomo to secure a work permit for national soccer team coach Tom Saintfiet who was ordered to leave the country on Tuesday by the immigration department. Saintfiet was ordered out of the country after starting his coaching duties without a

Textbooks printing for secondary schools faces further delays

Chronicle 7 Oct 2010 Chronicle Reporter THE printing of textbooks for secondary schools will face further delays because donors have not yet released funds, the Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture, David Coltart, said yesterday. Speaking in a telephone interview, Minister Coltart said there were outstanding finances from donors, a situation that is delaying

Minister wants coach deportation reversed

Zimonline By Sebastian Nyamhangambiri 7 October 2010 Zimbabwean Education and Sports Minister David Coltart has written to the country’s immigration authorities to reverse deportation of new national soccer coach Tom Saintfiet for working without a permit saying the decision to expel the Belgian coach was not in the interests of the country. “I have written