Schools to remain shut as teachers’ strike goes ahead
SW Radio Africa By Alex Bell 01 September 2009 Many schools across the country are expected to remain shut at the start of the new term this week, because of a nationwide teachers’ strike that is set to go ahead on Wednesday. The start of the new school term has been in doubt after the
Ministers Meet With Teacher Representatives, But Strike Appears in Offing
VOA 1 September 2009 By Jonga Kandemiiri Many of Zimbabwe’s teachers seemed likely to be absent from classrooms on Wednesday as the country’s largest association representing instructors failed to show up for a meeting called Tuesday by Education Minister David Coltart and Finance Minister Tendai Biti. The two ministers were hoping to stave off a
Zim teachers’ union calls for strike
Eyewitness News 1 September 2009 Zimbabwe’s school term starts on Wednesday but the main teacher’s union has called for a strike over low pay. Finance Minister Tendai Biti pleaded with teachers to be patient until the country’s economy improved. The strike was called by the Zimbabwe Teachers’ Association (ZIMTA). ZIMTA was reluctant to strike under
Speech : Christian Education in Zimbabwe
Speech given at the opening of a conference on Christian Education at Gateway School, Harare Monday 31st August 2009 By Senator David Coltart Introduction I am grateful for the invitation to open this conference. Although I am a lawyer, not an educationalist, I have been involved in Christian education in Zimbabwe since 1986 when the
Govt Preference for Foreign Companies Raises Eyebrows
The Standard 29 August 2009 By Jennifer Dube PLANS by government to give a contract to print textbooks worth US$25 million to foreign companies have raised eyebrows. Sources said the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) and other donors pledged the money for the One- Child-One-Text-Book campaign to benefit Zimbabwe’s school children. The campaign is meant
Zim teachers call for strike
Zimonline 29 August 2009 By Patricia Mpofu HARARE – Zimbabwe’s teachers on Friday called for a nationwide strike starting next Tuesday until government meets their demands for improved salaries and allowances, throwing into disarray efforts by the country’s power-sharing government to revive public education. Tendai Chikowore – president of the largest of two unions representing
Constitution-making under threat
The Herald 28 August 2009 By Hebert Zharare THE country’s constitution-making process is under threat as it emerged yesterday that major donors are pumping millions of dollars into operations of civic organisations running parallel programmes, while shunning Parliament’s Select Committee — a bona fide body mandated to carry out the task. Highly placed sources disclosed
Zimbabwe needs $1bln to ‘stabilise’ education: minister
New Zimbabwe.Com 26th August 2009 ZIMBABWE needs US$1 billion to “stabilise†the education sector, according to Education Minister David Coltart. “By stabilising, what I mean by that is just establishing a basic education for our children,†Coltart said in an interview. The minister, who assumed his post in February, has been praised for his efforts
Soccer Supporters Association Hail Government
The Herald Collin Matiza 26 August 2009 Harare — THE Zimbabwe National Soccer Supporters Association have given their thumbs up to the Government following its decision to bankroll the staging of the 2009 Cosafa Senior Challenge Cup later this year. The Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture, David Coltart, revealed on Monday that the
Zifa to Set Up Cosafa Committee
The Herald Collin Matiza 26 August 2009 Harare — ZIFA will soon put in place a local organising committee that will help in the running of the 2009 Cosafa Senior Challenge Cup to be staged in this country in October. Wellington Nyatanga, the Zifa president, told The Herald yesterday that they were now looking at