Zimbabwe tour on cards for Black Caps
TVNZ 15 June 2010 The Black Caps are looking to resume cricketing ties with Zimbabwe next year following key talks today. New Zealand Cricket chief executive Justin Vaughan confirmed he has met with Zimbabwe sports minister David Coltart in Christchurch. Vaughan says they discussed a tour in May 2011 as well as the possibility of
New Zealand set to resume cricket tours of Zimbabwe next year
The Guardian 15 June 2010 Scheduled tour was postponed over security fears Officials held positive talks in Christchurch New Zealand plan to resume cricket tours of Zimbabwe next year after talks between officials over security. New Zealand Cricket postponed a scheduled tour to Zimbabwe this month for the second time over security fears, but a
Cricket-New Zealand looking to resume Zimbabwe tours – NZC
Reuters 15 June 2010 By Greg Stutchbury New Zealand could resume cricket tours to Zimbabwe next year after a high-level meeting between government officials, New Zealand Cricket (NZC) said on Tuesday. New Zealand postponed their July 2009 tour to the southern-African country on security grounds and after Prime Minister John Key had said his government
Mugabe’s uneasy ally pleads for Kiwi cricket tour
Dominion Post 15 June 2010 By Nick Venter DAVID COLTART, Zimbabwe’s minister of education, sports and culture, has no reason to love Robert Mugabe. As a lawyer he’s represented women widowed by Mr Mugabe’s troops, defended the president’s political foes against trumped-up charges and catalogued the government-ordered atrocities that claimed tens of thousands of lives
New Zealand Cricket look to resume tours to Zimbabwe
www.blackcaps.co.nz 15 June 2010 The Blackcaps are looking to resume cricketing ties with Zimbabwe next year following key talks today between the Zimbabwe sports minister David Coltart and New Zealand Cricket chief executive Justin Vaughan. Vaughan confirmed today he had held positive and meaningful bilateral talks with Coltart in Christchurch today. “The tour by the
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