Heads roll at Zimsec
ZimEye.org By Moses Muchemwa December 13, 2009 Harare – The Minister of Education, Sports, Arts and Culture David Coltart is set to restructure the Zimsec Board to improve its functionality. Coltart said the move was aimed at improving the functional viability of the examination body characterised by numerous shortcomings and challenges that crippled the smooth
England move out of the fog for Test series
BBC 12 December 2009 So after eight days of preparation in East London, England’s cricketers head back to Johannesburg ready for Wednesday’s eagerly anticipated opening Test at nearby Centurion Park. Although the quality of practice in the warm-up games was debatable, playing a moderate South African Invitational side on a slow pitch, to be honest
Muckraker: Zanu PF milks World Cup visit dry
Zimbabwe Independent Muckraker 4 December 2009 SO, there are now 27 items to be adjudicated by the South African mediators, as distinct from the eight that dominated the agenda a few weeks ago in Mozambique. Muckraker doesn’t want to get bogged down here in all these issues. Suffice it to say many could be dealt
We are the MDC, not MDC-M – Ncube
SW Radio Africa By Violet Gonda November 30, 2009 TRANSCRIPT of interview conducted by Violet Gonda of SW Radio Africa with Welshman Ncube, secretary-general of the Arthur Mutambara-led MDC broadcast on November, 27 2009. Violet Gonda interviews MDC negotiator Welshman Ncube, on the SW RadioAfrica program, HotSeat. GONDA: My guest on the Hot Seat programme
Ministry of Education bid for US$ 1 billion allocation in 2010 budget
The Zimbabwean By Paul Ndlovu Monday, 30 November 2009 THE Ministry of Education Arts Sport and Culture is bidding for US $1 billion in next year’s national budget to improve the country’s education system which has been plagued by a myriad of problems. The budget will be presented to Parliament in Harare by the Minister
Zimsec’s Loss is Cambridge’s Gain
The Standard By Vusumuzi Sifile 29th November 2009 THOUSANDS of “O†Level and “A†Level students have found solace in the more expensive Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) system after frustration with the perennial bungling by the Zimbabwe Schools Examinations Council (Zimsec). Almost all trust schools and private colleges have for a while been using Cambridge
Will Zimbabwe be let back into Commonwealth?
Telegraph By Graham Boynton 28 November 2009 Today in Trinidad the Commonwealth leaders will for the first time in some years discuss whether or not they should allow their delinquent outcast – Robert Mugabe’s Zimbabwe – back into the 53-member club. That this debate is actually taking place while the 85-year-old Mugabe is still president
Biti’s moment in the sun / Coltart is what you get when we make BSAP men custodian of education and sport
The Herald Comment By Mabasa Sasa 28th November 2009 On December 2, 2009, Biti will present his first real budget as a Minister of Finance. While he did stand up in Parliament and announce allocations earlier this year, one can’t really say he presented his own budget. Chinamasa had done the hard bit and he
Mugabe: I’m tempted to keep World Cup trophy
New Zimbabwe.Com By Lebo Nkatazo 27th November 2009 ZIMBABWE hosted the World Cup with dance and celebration on Thursday. President Robert Mugabe joked he was tempted to keep the gold trophy which is being paraded in all 53 African countries before its final journey to South Africa, the first African hosts of the World Cup
Good Morning Brazil
The Herald By Augustine Hwata 27th November 2009 President Mugabe last night challenged the Warriors to qualify for the 2014 World Cup finals in Brazil as Zimbabwe celebrated the arrival of the iconic World Cup Trophy, on its soil, with a colourful function at the Harare International Airport. The World Cup Trophy is on a