Government to plug loopholes on misuse of school levies
Sunday News 25 October 2009 Sunday News reporter Government is working on legal instruments to plug loopholes that are causing misuse of school levies and the recently introduced teachers incentives, a Cabinet minister has announced. The Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture, Senator David Coltart was responding to enquiries last week from Sunday News
Sexual Abuse Scandal Hits Bulawayo Primary School
The Standard By Nqobani Ndlovu 25 October 2009 BULAWAYO — At least 106 orphans at a local primary school with 366 pupils have been sexually abused. And 15 of these children have tested positive for HIV after they were raped by close relatives, a yet to be released documentary has revealed. The pupils at Lockview
Thousands of Teachers cry foul over unpaid salaries
The Standard By Caiphas Chimhete 25 October 2009 THOUSANDS of school teachers who rejoined the profession following the dollarisation of the economy in February are still to receive their salaries, almost nine months after they were readmitted. Teachers who spoke to The Standard last week said they were living in poverty and were contemplating quitting
Dull Warriors Await Real Test
Zimbabwe Independent 23 October 2009 HAVING progressed to the quarter-finals of the Cosafa Senior Challenge competition via the backdoor, the Zimbabwe national football team will be first to admit that they still await their first real test of the campaign. Lesotho gave the Warriors a scare on Monday but could only eke out a two-all
Grade 7 examination preparations on course
The Herald 23 October 2009 Herald Reporter PREPARATIONS for this year’s Grade Seven examinations are well on course while thousands of Ordinary and Advanced Level students remain unregistered despite the Government’s offer to have them register on a loan basis. It has since been established that communication on how the loans could be accessed did
Zimsec fees lower
The Herald Herald Reporter 22 October 2009 EXAMINATION fees charged by the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council are much cheaper than what other boards such as Cambridge are demanding, a Cabinet Minister has said. Education, Sport, Arts and Culture Minister David Coltart said the fee structure was the best and competitive that one could get as
Teachers in Zimbabwe End Strike After Three Weeks
VOA By Scott Bobb Harare 20 October 2009 Teachers across Zimbabwe struck for three weeks last month over demands for higher pay, closing schools and causing parents to worry that their children might lose a second school year to Zimbabwe’s economic crisis. The country’s unity government is coming under increasing pressure as it struggles to
Marked reformation in the sporting realm
News from Ballantyne Park Cell Groups, Celebration Church Harare, Zimbabwe 20 October 2009 There has been a marked reformation in the sporting realm since David Coltart, a Christian MDC Senator, became Minister of Education, Sports, Arts & Culture. In recent years cricket had become politicized and racially polarized which, added to dubious financial arrangements, had
PTUZ says exam deadline extension did not help
SW Radioafrica.com By Lance Guma 20 October 2009 A decision by the Ministry of Education to extend the deadline for pupils who had failed to raise fees for this year’s exams did not help, because most schools did not get the relevant government circular. Education Minister David Coltart issued a statement saying parents and guardians
What Would Gandhi Do? Zimbabwe, Neo-imperialism and the Lessons of Nonviolence
Afrika Aphukira http://mlauzi.blogspot.com/2009/10/what-would-gandhi-do-zimbabwe-neo.html By Steve Sharra Monday, October 19, 2009 What Would Gandhi Do? Zimbabwe, Neo-imperialism and the Lessons of Nonviolence The theme for this year’s Peace and Justice Studies Association (PJSA) annual conference, held from October 8 to 10 at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, could not have been more apropos. Phrased as “The