Lance Guma’s interview with Senator David Coltart on Question Time
SW RadioAfrica 24th November 2010 Part One of Question Time, where SW Radio Africa journalist Lance Guma speaks to the Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture, Senator David Coltart (pictured). Questions from the listeners centred on what his Ministry is doing to stop the harassment of teachers by ZANU PF youth militia, the alleged incompetence
Boxing – Ambunda faces Zim challenge
Southern Times 22 November 2010 Harare – Paulus Ambunda takes to the ring on November 25 in defence of his World Boxing Organisation Africa title which he has so far managed to hold onto since claiming it in October last year. With an impressive 13-0 record  (seven of his fights victories by KnockOut)  the 30
Schools to get more books
Zimbabwean 21st November 2010 By Mxolisi Ncube JOHANNESBURG – An American non-governmental organisation says it is shipping more books to Zimbabwe for distribution in poor public schools where large numbers of pupils still have to share a single textbook. The group known as Project Aspire: Textbooks for Zimbabwe and headed by Zimbabwean-born writer Bob Scott
A Golden Generation – Zimbabwean Football
Herald 20 November 2010 Column TIMES have certainly been hard in Zimbabwean football — the gloom brought by Asiagate, the chaos triggered by the abortive recruitment of Belgian coach Tom Saintfiet and a 2012 Nations Cup campaign that remains on the edge after four dropped points in two matches that ended in draws. We still
Muckraker: These people are very much with us
Zimbabwe Independent 19 November 2010 THE bigger the lie the more people are inclined to believe it, Nazi Propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels is reputed to have said. There are a number of “big lies†currently circulating. Muckraker drew attention recently to the claim that Roy Bennett was a Selous Scout. We noted last month that
Outside looking in – a letter from the diaspora
Zimbabwean 19 November 2010 By Pauline Henson ‘The dictator only lets go of what he can control’ I read that comment somewhere as I was studying the reports of Aung San Su Kyi’s release from house arrest last week and I wondered how the generals were going to ‘control’ this woman. Were there any conditions
Butt shines as Rocks triumph in Zim 20/20 competition
Herald 18 November 2010 All-STAR Southern Rocks – powered by explosive opener Sikandar Raza Butt and a half-century from Elton Chigumbura – finally posted their first win in the Stanbic Twenty20 series at Harare Sports Club yesterday to squeeze their way back into the race for a semi-final place. Butt, the diminutive batsman who was
Normalise relations with Zim, EU urged
Herald 16 November 2010 Bulawayo Bureau Ambassador Pilar Fvertes of Spain has urged the European Union to normalise its relations with Zimbabwe. In an interview at Nyandeni Pre-School in Gwanda at the weekend where she was donating toys and stationery, Ambassador Fvertes said Spain and the EU were not fully supporting development initiatives in Zimbabwe
Minister Coltart threatened by war vets
Swradioafrica By Alex Bell 15 November 2010 Education Minister and Senator David Coltart is facing threats by war vets, which he has said are equally a threat to the MDC and the entire unity government. Coltart has been on the receiving end of written threats by war vets, led by Joseph Chinotimba, since the start
A first for the Tonga
Standard By Lesley Moyo 14 November 2010 THIS year will turn out to be a memorable year for the Tonga people in Zimbabwe, following the writing of the first Grade Seven Tonga language paper under the Provincial Education Office. This is a pilot run to assess whether the pupils are ready to sit for a