Zimbabwe closer to Howard consensus

LadyBuzz News 18 June 2010 By Priya Kotappa Melbourne, June 17 (ANI): Though there is no guarantee that Zimbabwe Cricket will vote for former Australian Prime Minister John Howard’s vice-presidential candidacy in the International Cricket Council (ICC), the country’s Sports Minister, David Coltart, hopes common sense will prevail. Coltart was in Melbourne and Canberra this

Supporting Howard may supply Zimbabwe with cricket lifeline

Sydney Morning Herald 18 June 2010 By Jamie Pandaram ZIMBABWE’S Sports Minister David Coltart is desperately hoping his nation’s cricket board will endorse John Howard’s nomination as vice-president of the International Cricket Council, and will urge them to support the former Australian prime minister. Coltart fears that any move to block Howard’s ascension to the

Zimbabwe hints at Howard’s ICC chances

The Age 18 June 2010 ZIMBABWE’S Minister for Sport, David Coltart, hopes common sense will prevail when his country votes on John Howard’s International Cricket Council candidacy. Coltart has been in Melbourne and Canberra this week to meet Cricket Australia and the federal government, discussing plans to resume an exchange of cricket tours with Australia

Interview with David Coltart: Zimbabwe’s fragile coalition

ABC Radio Australia PM, 18 June 2010 With reporter Mark Colvin MARK COLVIN: Should Australian cricket thaw out its relations with Zimbabwe, two years on from the election that brought in a power-sharing agreement there? Robert Mugabe and his Zanu-PF Party lost the election of 2008, and after much negotiation were forced to share power

Australia to renew ties with Zimbabwe

AFP 17 June 2010 SYDNEY — Australia could renew cricketing ties with Zimbabwe next year starting with a series between the two countries’ A teams, the African country’s Sports Minister David Coltart has revealed. The Zimbabwe A team will likely tour Australia in mid-2011, the first step in an agreement that would also see an

Zimbabwe closer to Howard consensus

Sydney Morning Herald 17 June 2010 By Daniel Brettig AAP Zimbabwe’s Minister for Sport, David Coltart, hopes common sense will prevail in the case of his country’s vote for the John Howard ICC candidacy. But like everything else in the slow, precarious regeneration of his stricken nation, nothing is guaranteed. Coltart has been in Melbourne

Missing MDC activist’s wife wants husband declared dead

The Zim Diaspora 17 June 2010 From Our Special Correspondent in Bulawayo THE wife of missing MDC activist Patrick Nabanyama – abducted by Zanu PF thugs from Bulawayo during the night in the run up to the 2000 parliamentary elections has engaged lawyers to try and get a death certificate for her husband – now presumed

Boxing Probe Findings Expected Next Week

Herald 17 June 2010 By Fatima Bulla Harare — EDUCATION, Sport, Arts and Culture Minister David Coltart is next week expected to reveal findings of a probe into the operations of boxing in this country after a report, complete with recommendations, was submitted to him, a senior official said last week. The Principal Director responsible

Interview with David Coltart on ABC Grandstand Sport

ABC Radio Grandstand Sport, 17 June 2010 Interview with David Coltart http://www.abc.net.au/news/audio/2010/06/19/2931563.htm

Zimbabwe aim to resume ties with Australia

ESPN Cricinfo 17 June 2010 Australia could host a team from Zimbabwe, for the first time in over seven years, following a meeting between Cricket Australia and the Zimbabwe sports minister, David Coltart. If the tour, tentatively set for mid-2011 takes off, it could be the first step towards a reciprocal arrangement of A tours