Tsvangirai sours on his abusive partner Mugabe
Earth Times By Deutche Press Agenncy 18 December 2009 Harare – A new power-sharing government formed in early 2009 between Zimbabwe’s chief political protagonists helped the country drag itself out of economic disaster, but a renewal of President Robert Mugabe’s political terror was never far away. The year began with inflation at a world second-worst
Eco-Schools Programme Hailed
The Herald 16 November 2009 Harare — Mukuvisi Woodlands’ eco-schools learning programme has been hailed for promoting environmental education. In a speech read on his behalf last Friday by the principal director in the Ministry of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture Dr Elizabeth Marunda in Harare, Minister David Coltart said the programme encouraged youths to
Leaders should put people first
Sunday News 15 November 2009 Comment Putting the interest of the people first is a key result area for any people’s representative. The generality of the population has reposed on their leaders, especially those in Government, the power to make sound decisions that improve their welfare and are occasionally left wondering what would have gone
Chief launches a bizarre and racist attack on Education Minister David Coltart
The Zimbabwean By Marcus Tawona Sunday, 15 November 2009 MUTARE- The Council of Chiefs says the names of Zanu (PF) candidates earmarked for Cabinet posts should be submitted to chiefs for vetting before final approval. Council of Chiefs President Fortune Charumbira said some of ministers who were appointed by President Robert Mugabe were crooks and
Most Zimbabweans read only if they have to
Zimbabwean 13 November 2009 By Elle Most Zimbabweans read only if they have to. This was what the librarian at the public library in Bulawayo suggested to me this week. If this is true the country’s future is surely in trouble. In my last column I wrote about the Wormery, the toddler book club we
Frenemies of the State
Atlantic Monthly December 2009 10 November 2009 By Joshua Hammer Once the most outspoken critic of Zimbabwe’s government, David Coltart is now on the inside. IN 1981, IN CAPE TOWN, David Coltart was a gangly university student from newly independent Zimbabwe, where Robert Mugabe had just become prime minister. Coltart believed that Mugabe’s government was
Child rape epidemic in Zimbabwe
Guardian.co.uk By David Smith in Johannesburg Monday 9 November 2009 Tens of thousands of children have been sexually abused in Zimbabwe in a growing epidemic that has shocked human rights activists. A single clinic in the capital, Harare, says it has treated nearly 30,000 girls and boys who were abused in the past four years
Cricket Australia must not be charmed into Chingoka’s snake pit
Sydney Morning Herald By Peter Roebuck November 9, 2009 Cricket Australia has found itself in the unenviable position of drawing high praise from Peter Chingoka, the longstanding and wealthy chairman of Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC). It’s a bit like being kissed by a snake. Interviewed last week, Chingoka described relations between the boards as ”fantastic” and
Zimbabwe schools begin fightback
CNN By Nkepile Mabuse, November 6, 2009 Harare, – Zimbabwe’s education system is beginning to battle back from years of neglect and an exodus of teachers. But many parents still find it impossible to pay the U.S. $24 a year fees and some resort to using chickens as payment. The country’s education minister in the
I Know My Sports — New Sports and Recreation Commission Boss
Zimbabwe Independent By Enock Muchinjo 5 November 2009 Harare — When the new Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) Board was announced this week, it was remarkably the first time the name Joseph James was heard to many sports journalists. Yet 53-year-old James, a Bulawayo lawyer and past president of the Law Society of Zimbabwe, was