Howard visits Zimbabwe, chases vote
New Zimbabwe.com by Nkanyiso Moyo 23 June 2010 FORMER Australian Prime Minister John Howard and the chairman of Cricket Australia, Jack Clarke, arrived in Harare on Wednesday for meetings with Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) officials. The visit by Howard and Clarke follows a recent charm offensive to New Zealand and Australia by Sports Minister David Coltart
No chance to prepare for the future
IRIN 23 June 2010 HARARE – Chenai Moyo, 18, is confident she would have passed the examinations at her school in Harare, Zimbabwe’s capital, but for two years in a row there was no money; now she has to fend for the family and depends on an older man for support. “I couldn’t register for
Former Australian PM John Howard in Zimbabwe to seek support for ICC bid
The Courier Mail By Ben Douries 23 June 2010 FORMER Australian Prime Minister John Howard is in Zimbabwe to try to shore up support for his nomination as the future boss of the International Cricket Council. Howard is in Harare today with Cricket Australia chairman Jack Clarke, meeting key figures from Zimbabwe Cricket. It comes
Has ZC struck a deal with ICC? – Pakistan set to vote with India on Howard issue
The Telegraph Calcutta 22 June 2010 By Lokendra Pratap Sahi Calcutta: The pro-John Howard lobby in the International Cricket Council (ICC) is convinced that Zimbabwe will break ranks and end its opposition to the former Australia Prime Minister’s nomination as the next vice-president of the world body. Sharad Pawar’s successor in the No.2 position will
Zim’s cricket charm offensive
Southern Times 21 June 2010 Harare – Zimbabwe sports minister David Coltart has been in Australia meeting government representatives with the hope of resuming cricket ties between the two countries. This follows a meeting with Cricket Australia (CA) officials earlier in the week, including chairman Jack Clarke and chief executive James Sutherland, where Coltart argued
Cricket sets its sights on glory
Newstime.co.za Sunday, June 20, 2010 By Nicholas Ndebele ZIMBABWE Cricket (ZC) is targeting Bangladesh, West Indies and New Zealand as the first batch of countries to play when they eventually return to Test cricket next year. ZC managing director Ozias Bvute has outlined an ambitious programme, driven by sports minister David Coltart’s drive to revive cricket
Critical teacher shortage hits Matabeleland North
The Zimbabwean Written by Leonard Ncube Sunday, 20 June 2010 Province needs 1400 teachers BULAWAYO – The Ministry of Education, Sports and Culture is battling to fill vacancies for teachers particularly for critical subjects such as science and mathematics with Matabeleland north alone in urgent need of 1 400 teachers. The Education minister David Coltart
The man pushing for change in Zimbabwe
The Australian June 19, 2010 By Malcolm Conn David Coltart is the acceptable face of Zimbabwe cricket. A human rights lawyer and now Education, Sport, Arts and Culture Minister in Zimbabwe’s fragile inclusive government, Coltart shares a cabinet room with the man who once apparently ordered his assassination, brutal dictator Robert Mugabe. Attempting to rebuild
When All is Not Black and White: Lessons from Zimbabwe
Croz Walsh’s Blog 19 June 2010 I was at Auckland airport, just having returned from Fiji last week (of that more later), when I picked up a discarded copy of The Dominion Post* opened at “Mugabe’s Uneasy Ally Pleads for Kiwi Cricket Tour.” Intrigued — and thinking there could be a lesson here for New Zealand
We are not anti-Howard for ICC: Zimbabwe Cricket
Zimbabwe Guardian By Nancy Pasipanodya 19 June 2010 ZIMBABWE cricket bosses have denied rumours that they are agitating to stymie former Australian Prime Minister John Howard's nomination as a future ICC president. Zimbabwe Cricket says it has not reached a decision on Australasia's elevation of Mr Howard to the game's most senior administrative post despite