Zimbabwe schools produce worst results

ZimEye.org By Thembani Gasela 29 April 2010 Harare (ZimEye) – Zimbabwe schools produced the worst results in the education history of the country with the November 2009 national percentage pass rate for Ordinary Level examinations standing at 19 percent. David Coltart, Education Minister revealed the Grade Seven results were equally pathetic having recorded 20 percent

Zimbabwe loses 45,000 teachers to brain drain

Daily Monitor Uganda www.monitor.co.ug By Kitsephile Nyathi 29 April 2010 More than 45, 000 teachers have left Zimbabwe to look for greener pastures abroad in the past decade, a new report indicates. An unprecedented economic decline blamed on the political squabbles and President Robert Mugabe’s questionable policies has seen millions of Zimbabweans, including sought-after professionals seek

Press Statement by the Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture on performance in the November 2009 Grade 7, `O’ And `A’ Level Zimsec Examinations

The Ministry of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture has been provided with an analysis of the November 2009 ZIMSEC examination results. The results were presented to Cabinet which has debated them. Given its national importance and the large amount of interest in the subject by the public, it is necessary that the public be appraised

“Saving Zimbabwe” Book release

Zimbabwean Written by Staff Reporter Monday, 26 April 2010 The book of a gripping story of a group of extra-ordinary black and white Zimbabweans who lived together for a period of reconciliation –Saving Zimbabwe- will be released in Harare, tomorrow. This follows a day of book signings and selling in Johannesburg South Africa, last week.

Gasela’s tragic accident shows breakdown of rule of law on roads

SW Radio Africa By Violet Gonda 26 April 2010 Zimbabwe’s roads claimed four senior politicians from both ZANU PF and the MDC-M, this weekend alone, raising more questions about the state of the roads, but more importantly, the way people drive in Zimbabwe. ZANU PF Central Committee member Alice Nkomo died in a car accident

Playing Bach to hippopotamuses

The Spectator by Petroc Trelawny 25 April 2010 For an extraordinary month in 1953, Bulawayo became the epicentre of culture in the southern hemisphere. In celebration of the centenary of the colonialist and diamond magnate Cecil Rhodes, the Royal Opera House and Sadlers Wells Ballet took up residence. Sir John Gielgud staged and starred in

Coltart on teachers’ incentives

Sunday News By Lulu Brenda Harris 25 April 2010 PARENTS are likely to be saddled with the burden of paying teacher incentives for some time now, as the Government has resolved to freeze civil servants’ salaries for an undisclosed period. Speaking at a residents’ consultative meeting between various stakeholders organised by the Bulawayo Progressive Residents

The Constitutional Process: The Status Quo, Requirements and Prospects

Transcript of a Speech given by Senator David Coltart Berlin 23 April 2010 I have been asked to speak on the topic  “Constitutional Process: The Status Quo, Requirements and Prospects”. The Global Political Agreement entered into in September 2008 has a detailed clause regarding the need for constitutional reform within Zimbabwe, and there are detailed

The Transitional Inclusive Government: Ailing or Failing?

Transcript of a speech given by Senator David Coltart Berlin 23 April 2010 It’s always such a pleasure to come back to Berlin and to meet some of you who are old friends. Berlin holds a very special place in my heart, because whenever I come here it is a reminder to me that tyranny

Launch of National Sign Language Poster

Www.zimbabwearts.org Thursday, 22 April 2010 The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands will host the official launch of the National Sign Language Poster on Wednesday 28 April. 2010 at 3:00 pm at the Mannenburg in Harare. Senator David Coltart, the Minister of Education, will launch the poster, with several diplomatic and local dignitaries and