Zim aim at India
Herald By Robson Sharuko in Bulawayo 28 May 2010 TO the casual observer the Micromax Trophy Tri-Series, which gets underway here at Queens this morning with Zimbabwe hosting India, is just another low-key cricket contest featuring a host nation trying to find a way back into the elite on the globe and two visiting opponents
Donor fatigue good for the media
Insiderzim 26 May 2010 I was baffled when I read the following headline on the internet:Â Donors Shun Zimbabwe Media Commission. The question that immediately came to my mind was: “Why would anyone expect donors to fund Zimbabwe’s Media Commission?” This was a government commission. Shouldn’t it be funded by the government? The fact that a
Zimbabwe students protest against high school fees
Zimbabwe Telegraph By Tapiwa Makore May 26, 2010 HARARE – The Zimbabwe National Students Union today joined the Zimbabwe High Schools Students Union (ZIHISSU)in protesting against the astronomically high fees being levied both in high schools and tertiary institutions. Addressing scores of students at the Ministry of Education Sports Arts and Culture head offices at
The movement for delayed change
New Zimbabwe.com By Dinizulu Macaphulana 25th May 2010 THE line can be very thin between an astute political observer and a conspiracy theorist. It can even be thinner in a slippery and tricky scenario like the Zimbabwean political situation where prospects of democracy are as much in danger from the ruling tyrannical regime as they
Nation Celebrates 47 Years of African Unity
Herald 25 May 2010 Harare — President Mugabe will today light a symbolic flame to commemorate the African Year of Peace and Sport as part of Africa Day celebrations. In a statement yesterday, the Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet Dr Micheck Sibanda invited Ministers, senior Government officials, Members of Parliament, commissioners of all
High expectations of Examination Body
Zimbabwean Written by The Student Solidarity Trust Friday, 21 May 2010 In just under a month from now, Zimbabwean students who are in the ordinary and advanced level classes will begin examination season as they sit for the June exams. Memories are still fresh of the traumatic experiences of students who had to sit for
“Government cannot mother disorganised parents”: Coltart
Herald 21 May 2010 By Herald Reporter There will be no reprieve for November 2010 public examinations candidates who fail to beat their schools’ registration deadlines, a Cabinet Minister has said. In an interview yesterday, Education, Sports, Art and Culture Minister David Coltart said schools had the right to set their own deadlines for administrative
Pupils might get own textbooks
IRIN 20 May 2010 BULAWAYO – Siphiso Nyoni, 15, races home when the final bell rings at Luveve High School in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe’s second city because she shares an accounts textbook with five other classmates and needs to get her homework done as soon as possible. “You are sometimes forced to rush through the assignment
Schools Unilaterally Hike Exam Fees
Herald By Felex Share 20 May 2010 Harare — Some schools have unilaterally increased fees for Ordinary and Advanced Levels public examinations. Parents with children attending mainly former Group A schools described the move as a form of fundraising by the school authorities. The Government had set US$10 as the fee for a single O-Level subject and
Message to the Bulawayo Music Festival
Bulawayo Music Festival Message By Senator David Coltart 19 May 2010 As Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture, I am delighted to write a few words about the Bulawayo Music Festival. It takes place at the Academy of Music located in my home city and constituency. Over the years I have spent many happy hours