Teacher incentives to stay — Coltart
Chronicle 6 December 2010 By Prosper Ndlovu TEACHERS’ incentives will not be removed until there is an improvement in their welfare, the Minister of Education, Arts, Sports and Culture, Senator David Coltart said yesterday. “The issue of incentives is horrible and I know it is not popular with many, I also do not like incentives
Meet Cyber CEO’s
Herald 4 December 2010 By Catherine Murombedzi LOVE or hate it, the Facebook movement has taken over the social network like a hurricane Commanding a following of over 500 million members which is about an 1/8 of the world’s population, its far reaching effects can not be understated considering a large portion of the remaining
Sanctions bite education
Financial Gazette 2 December 2010 A 15 million Euro tranche recently approved by the Germany government to finance the recovery of Zimbabwe’s education sector has been stuck in Berlin since October after a key Germany ally rejected the release of the money though the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef). The Financial Gazette yesterday saw a
“Not Everything Sparkles” Journalism in Zimbabwe- A question of truth or betrayal?
http://emsworld-sparklecity.blogspot.com By Emily Batty 2 December 2010 Since Mugabe placed media restrictions in Zimbabwe, it has become almost impossible for Journalists to report there. Zimbabwe, is in total devastation, so reporting the truth is now needed more than ever. Correspondent, Emily Batty explores the dangers involved for Journalists and others, as well as the ethics
Transcript of part 2 of Question Time with Education Minister David Coltart
SW Radio Africa 1 December 2010 By Lance Guma This is a transcript of part 2 of the interview between SW Radio Africa journalist Lance Guma and the Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture, Senator David Coltart. It features listener’s questions on leaked confidential US diplomatic reports, friction between Coltart and war vets over
Textbook delivery intensifies
Zimbabwean By Paul Ndlovu 30 November 2010 HARARE – The Ministry of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture has intensified its textbook delivery by distributing the much-needed materials to 500 schools per week. Senator David Coltart said that although the programme had experienced a few false starts, it was now back on track. “The textbook programme
Government will use ETF fund for secondary school textbooks – Coltart
Newsday By Khanyile Mlotshwa 30 November 2010 Education, Sport, Arts and Culture Minister David Coltart says government has resolved to publish textbooks for secondary schools through the Education Transition Fund (ETF). Coltart told NewsDay the decision was made last week. “As the distribution of textbooks to primary schools rounded up, a decision was made last
Develop junior football — Chamisa
Newsday By Sports Reporter 29th November 2010 Kuwadzana Member of Parliament Nelson Chamisa over the weekend said football leaders should focus on developing junior football. Chamisa said football fosters unity among Zimbabweans. “In government we have realised how important sport is and I assure you that I will to speak to Sports minister David Coltart
The invisible line between trust and mistrust
Newsday By Conway Tutani 26 November 2010 Somebody had to say it, and Mutumwa Mawere did so this week. Jonathan Moyo has bounded and rebounded from one stance to another in his much-travelled but relatively short political career as to defy label for what he really stands for. He seems to constantly redefine and reinvent
Rural folk will decide next election – analysts
Zimbabwean By Gift Phiri 25 November 2010 HARARE – Next year’s general elections in troubled Zimbabwe will be decided largely by the country’s rural population, as both Zanu (PF) and MDC scale up their efforts to win over the local chiefs. Last week Prime Minister Tsvangirai met with Fortune Charumbira, the president of the Council