Minister Calls On Striking Teachers To Resume Work
RadioVop 25 February 2009 HARARE, – Education Minister David Coltart has made a plea to teachers to go back to work amid reports that in Chimanimani a headman is turning away teachers who fled political violence as commercial banks are also failing to cash the USD 100 vouchers paid as allowances to all civil servants.
Summit could make or break fragile coalition
Business Day By Dumisani Muleya 25 February 2009 SOUTHERN African Development Community (SADC) finance ministers, including SA’s Finance Minister Trevor Manuel, will meet in Cape Town today to discuss Zimbabwe’s economic recovery plan amid news the country needs $1bn to pay vital obligations. The summit, which comes a day ahead of the SADC council of
Zimbabwe Teachers Agree to End Strike
The Standard Tuesday, 24 February 2009 HARARE — Zimbabwe’s teachers have agreed to end a strike that emptied classrooms for a year, after the government promised to review salaries and appealed for 458 million dollars’ aid for schools, according to officials. Schoolteachers have been on strike since early last year to demand payment in foreign
Embracing change in Zimbabwe
New Zimbabwe.com By Tafadzwa G. Gidi 24 February 2009 FOR all the rhetoric and promises we hear from our politicians, business leaders and even individuals on the street about how much we need to change the status quo, when it comes down to it, no one really likes change. Put simply, even when we know
NZ Prime Minister may halt tour of Zimbabwe
Sunday Herald Sun February 23, 2009 NEW Zealand Prime Minister John Key is prepared to intervene if needed to stop the country’s cricket team from touring Zimbabwe. The Black Caps are scheduled to play three one-day internationals in the strife-torn African nation in July under the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) future tours programme. The only
Editorial: Tough decision for government
Tinaro Herald South Canterbury Monday, 23 February 2009 IT’S a vexed question that has cropped up before, but this time an added variable is thrown in. Should the Black Caps, our national cricket team, tour Zimbabwe, ravaged by cholera, AIDS, unemployment, rampant inflation and other ills that started on the watch of internationally vilified president
Ageing Mugabe turns on the charm
Sunday Argus By Peta Thornycroft 22 February 2009 On the eve of Robert Mugabe’s 85th birthday he is still full of energy and cunning, a man whom profilers struggle to capture accurately, probably because he is much more shallow than most imagine. He is spiteful and, at 85, still feels he has to dye his
Teachers’ salaries: Government seeks funding
Sunday Mail 22 February 2009 By Itai Mazire and Phyllis Kachere GOVERNMENT will this week, through the Ministry of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture, engage UN development agencies and other international donors for funding to end the educational crisis in the country. In a telephone interview with The Sunday Mail from Bulawayo, the Minister of
Coltart Seeks US$80m for Teachers
The Standard 22nd February 2009 By Nqobani Ndlovu BULAWAYO – The government will this week ask donors to provide US$80 million in emergency funds to pay teachers amid indications schools might finally re-open after one of the longest job boycotts in the country’s history. Teachers have been on strike since last year demanding payment in
Zimbabwe want Ervine back again
The Post 21st February 2009 By Simon Walter The new power-sharing government in Zimbabwe wants Hampshire batsman Sean Ervine to represent his country again. Ervine was one of the rebels that fell out with the Zimbabwe Cricket Union in 2004. It is now five years since he left Zimbabwe, refusing to play for his country