Government tries to prevent strike
Zimbabwe BlackBook 26 January 2010 HARARE – Zimbabwe’s Public Service Minister Eliphas Mukonoweshuro is due to hold make-or-break talks with civil servants in a last-ditch bid to avert a general strike. Workers have set a strike date of next Tuesday unless their demands for higher salaries are met. Ministers are desperate to avert a general
10 000 teachers needed in schools
Sunday Mail 24 January 2010 From Bulawayo Bureau At least 10 000 teachers are needed nationwide as it emerged that there is a critical shortage of the educators in schools amid revelations that the re-engagement system that the Government embarked on to bring back to the fold tutors who had left is tedious and frustrating.
An exciting evening of cocktails and learning with Senator David Coltart, the Zimbabwe Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture will be in New York. February 10, 2010 at 6.30 pm in New York City
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We feel betrayed: teachers
Sunday News 24th January 2010 By Mugove Mudhadha THE recent pronouncement by the Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture, Senator David Coltart, that teachers should take their grievances regarding salaries to the Finance Minister Mr Tendai Biti made sad reading. It is with a deep sense of betrayal of the teaching fraternity by the
Education fund project commendable
Chronicle Editorial 23 January 2010 The country’s education system has produced some of the best minds that are leaders in their own right in various capacities around the globe. Many countries, especially those in southern Africa and the Anglo-Saxon world, poached a good number of skilled Zimbabweans as workers left the country in droves as
Education Transition Fund to produce textbooks
The Zimbabwe Telegraph By Getrude Gumede January 22, 2010 GWERU – The Ministry of Education and Culture working in conjunction with UNICEF and UNESCO which last year launched an Education Transition Fund is working on plans to improve the pupil text book ratio and help restore basic education for all to Zimbabweans, Education and Culture
Teachers unpaid and angry
The Zimbabwean By Themba Sibanda Friday, 22 January 2010 BULAWAYO – Hundreds of teachers re-employed by the government last year have not been paid since March, it has emerged. In an interview, Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) president, Takavafira Zhou said that the government, through the Public Service Commission (PSC), had not effected salary
Peter Ndlovu back in town
The Herald By Petros Kausiyo 22 January 2010 LEGENDARY former Zimbabwe captain Peter Ndlovu is set to revive his romance with youth football when he plays a key part in the launch of the inaugural Volks-wagen Junior Masters tournament in Harare today. Ndlovu — the most decorated Warriors captain with 100 caps for the senior
Zimbabwe’s inclusive Cabinet a total failure?!!
Zimbabwe Guardian Friday 22 January 2010 ONE year on, Zimbabwe’s inclusive Government Ministers are more interested in amassing wealth, perks and political posturing and have so far neglected their ministries to the detriment of ordinary Zimbabweans. More often than not, Ministers are traveling abroad on supposedly government business and yet results of all this shuttling
Decade on a sticky wicket – tale of Zimbabwe’s cricket
Zimbabwe Times January 21, 2010 By Warren Dennis The cloudless skies of Harare, with the sun shining brightly in the sky, especially at this time of the southern summer, brings out the best picture of a city pregnant with blessings – when it comes to its perfect climate – that charms its peaceful residents and