Mudenge Should Slash Fees
The Standard 16 May 2009 I AM writing this letter to register my anger at the Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education, Dr Stan Mudenge, for misleading thousands of students at the University of Zimbabwe (UZ). The minister said six boreholes were to be drilled at UZ prior to the opening of the institution. The
In Bulawayo, too, they remembered the fallen
SA JEWISH REPORT 15 May 2009 BY DAVID SAKS ON MAY 3, nearly three-quarters of the Bulawayo Jewish community gathered at the Holocaust memorial in the Jewish cemetery for the annual Yom Hashoah ceremony. Among those who attended was MDC Senator David Coltart, the newly-appointed minister of education. The ceremony was conducted by African Jewish
EU Hosts Environment Conference in Zimbabwe
VOA By Peta Thornycroft Harare 14 May 2009 This week in Harare the European Union hosted an environmental conference in Zimbabwe which organizers hope would start a multi-party conversation about land ownership and use. The issue continues to be at the center of the country’s political conflict. EU ambassador Xavier Marchel, who has been the
A transitional travesty
Financial Gazette Thursday, 14 May 2009 PRIME Minister Morgan Tsvangirai told the nation on May 1 that the government was broke. What he did not say was that the government was so broke that it could not even raise the US$3,1 million that is needed to release the results of the students who sat national
Coltart to Co-Chair Parliamentary Constitutional Select Committee
The Herald 13 May 2009 Harare — EDUCATION, Arts, Sports and Culture Minister David Coltart has been selected to co-chair the constitution-making parliamentary select committee. This means all the parties to the Global Political Agreement have now seconded representatives to co-chair the committee. Zanu-PF recently appointed Chivi Central Member of the House of Assembly Cde
Civil servants give government 7 day ultimatum over salaries
SW Radio Africa By Lance Guma 11 May 2009 A week after the Ministry of Education averted a teachers strike by promising various incentives, civil service unions have issued a 7 day ultimatum to the government to also review their US$100 monthly allowances. Teachers were promised a review of their salaries, free education for their
Coltart drafted into constitutional committee
11 May 2009 The Zimbabwe Times HARARE – Parliament has drafted in the third legislator to become joint chairperson of a recently established select committee which will see through the drafting of the first home-grown Constitution over the next 17 months. Cabinet minister David Coltart was last week appointed to join Nyanga North legislator, Douglas
Government fails to pay exam markers
ZimEye.org By Moses Muchemwa May 10, 2009 Harare (ZimEye) – THE government of Zimbabwe has failed to raise US$4 million to pay 2008 public examination markers, the ZimEye has learnt. This has in turn plunged into doubt the completion of the marking process. Secretary for Education, Sports, Arts and Culture, Dr Steven Mahere confirmed that
US$ 4m needed for exam marking
Sunday News News Editor 10 May 2009 THE Ministry of Education Sports, Arts and Culture requires US$4 million to finalise the process of marking last year’s public examinations, a senior Government official revealed last Friday. The permanent secretary in the Ministry of Education, Sports, Arts and Culture, Dr Steven Mahere, disclosed in an interview with
Doubt Over Exam Results
The Standard BY CAIPHAS CHIMHETE AND GEORGE MADEGA 9 May 2009 THE Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) last week fired all its casual workers after they abandoned the processing of last year’s Grade VII examinations following an acrimonious dispute over pay. The labour dispute, the latest hurdle for the beleaguered examinations body, has reportedly put