Zimbabwe boost for Howard cause

Sydney Morning Herald 15 June 2010 By Jamie Pandaram John Howard’s nomination for the ICC vice-presidency has received a boost after Zimbabwe’s Minister for Sport, David Coltart, said suggestions his country would attempt to block the former Australian prime minister were ”groundless”. Coltart is on his way to Australia to smooth relations and discuss Howard’s

David Coltart Interviewed by Kathryn Ryan on Radio New Zealand

Radio New Zealand Interviewed by Kathryn Ryan Nine to Noon, 15 June 2010 KATHRYN RYAN: We welcome our feature guest, a Minister in Zimbabwe’s coalition Government of National Unity, who is in New Zealand to lobby New Zealand Cricket to reconsider its cancelled tour to Zimbabwe. David Coltart is a human rights lawyer, a white

Minister commends cricket team

NewsDay 10 June 2010 The Minister of Education, Sport and Culture David Coltart has hailed the senior national cricket team’s stunning run in the Micromax One Day International triangular series that ended yesterday at Harare Sports Club. Coltart was speaking before the start of the final between Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka on the sidelines of

Zimbabwe’s future still hanging by a thread

The Irish Times 10 June 2010 By Petroc Trelawny Despite its disparate membership, the MDC- Zanu-PF coalition seems to be working, writes PETROC TRELAWNY AT THE end of a gala concert at Bulawayo’s Academy of Music, the audience stand to sing the Zimbabwe national anthem. It’s a substantial work – three verses – sung in Shona,

Japan Finally Decides To Play Zimbabwe

Radio VOP 10 June 2010 Harare, June 10, 2010 – The locally based Zimbabwe Warriors will play at Japan in a hastily arranged international friendly in George, South Africa Thursday. The match will start at 1pm. The game, which was cancelled on Monday when it emerged that the Japanese preferred to play Mozambique. Zifa chief

Rateiwa Lands ZPGA Top Post

Herald 10 June 2010 By Takudzwa Chitsiga Harare — MARTIN RAPHAEL RATEIWA is the new president of the Zimbabwe Professional Golfers Association. He was ushered into the post at the ZPGA annual meeting at Nomads. Rateiwa was unopposed, showing the magnitude of the support and confidence that the constituency had in his leadership, and he

Shattered Dreams

Herald 10 June 2010 By Eddie Chikamhi ZIMBABWE’S dream run in the Micromax Cup came to an end yesterday when they crashed to a nine-wicket defeat to Sri Lanka in the final of this Tri-Series tournament at Harare Sports Club. Pre-match analysis of this final from experts had centred on the significance of winning the

Zim, Germany strike deal

Herald 10 June 2010 By Ellina Mhlanga ZIMBABWE and Germany have signed a Memo-randum of Understanding for the development of the country’s football as part of the European nation’s support for sport here. The pact was signed between the Germany Embassy here in Harare and the Ministry of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture. The Minister

Speech by David Coltart

Remarks by the Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture, Senator David Coltart, at the unveiling of the sponsorship programme of soccer development by the Federal Republic of Germany through the GTZ 9 June 2010 Colleagues and friends in the Sport and Media fraternity I am glad to have you here this morning

Remarks by the Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture, Senator David Coltart, at the unveiling of the sponsorship programme of soccer development by the Federal Republic of Germany through the GTZ

Remarks by Senator David Coltart Harare 9 June 2010 Your Excellency, Colleagues and friends in the Sport and Media fraternity I am glad to have you here this morning on the eve of the kick off of the FIFA 2010 World Cup in neighbouring South Africa. Sport in Zimbabwe is very diverse but ahead of