Zimbabwean Teachers sing the Blues
Financial Gazette By Tabitha Mutenga 24 September 2015 Teaching is one of those very noble professions that are, unfortunately, losing their prestige. Many of the country’s educators have gone for months without being paid their wages. Those who have had their salaries withdrawn, were victims of a spirited government witch hunt to flush out ghost
Bloated Cabinet weighs on Zim
Mail and Guardian By Herbert Moyo 18 September 2015 Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe’s latest Cabinet reshuffle, his fourth since December, has increased the size of his government to a staggering 66 ministers and their deputies. Analysts described the move as further proof of Mugabe’s preoccupation with costly patronage politics while Zimbabwe is groaning under a
ZIMBABWE’S 40% IMPORT DUTY ON BOOKS CONDEMNED
Eyewitness News 18 September 2015 Activists say the duty will put the price of books, including school text books, beyond the reach of most. JOHANNESBURG – The education sector and book lovers in Zimbabwe have condemned a decision by President Robert Mugabe’s government to slap a 40 percent import duty on books. Activists say the
Zimbabwean Whites Move on Despite Troubled Past
VOA Gibbs Dube 18 September WASHINGTON D.C.— Being white in Zimbabwe has for the past decade been a nightmare for some following an often-violent land reform program that began in 2000, dispossessing them of fertile farming land. Many white Zimbabweans told VOA they still feel like they belong, adding they have never known any other
Zimnbabwe Government violates Unesco statutes
Southern Eye By Nqobani Ndlovu 18 September 2015 FORMER Education minister David Coltart has accused the Zanu PF government of violating the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) statutes by charging customs and import duty on textbooks and other reading material. In a statement on Thursday, Coltart, who served as Education minister in
Political ‘Aggression’ Against Whites Not Hurting Zimbabwe Race Relations
VOA Gibbs Dube 17 September 2015 WASHINGTON DC— When Zimbabwe came out of a brutal war of liberation in 1980, then Prime Minister Robert Mugabe offered a hand of reconciliation to former white minority colonizers saying oppression by blacks or whites was despicable. Mr. Mugabe called for co-existence between the Rhodesian Front, then led by
Sikhanyiso Ndlovu Dies
The Herald 16 September 2015 ZANU-PF Politburo member Cde Sikhanyiso “Duke” Ndlovu, who died yesterday morning, has been described as a dedicated liberation icon, educationist and a champion for development. Cde Ndlovu (78), died at Mater Dei Hospital in Bulawayo after an asthma attack and subsequent stroke last week. Former Midlands governor and zanu-pf Politburo
Statement by Senator David Coltart regarding Zimbabwe’s breach of UNESCO’s Florence Agreement
Statement by Senator David Coltart regarding Zimbabwe’s breach of UNESCO’s Florence Agreement September 15 2015 On December 1 1998 Zimbabwe signed and ratified UNESCO’s “Florence Agreement” – the agreement “on the importation of Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Materials”. Proof of Zimbabwe’s ratification is found on the UNESCO web site at the following link: http://www.unesco.org/eri/la/convention.asp?KO=12074&language=E&order=alpha Article
Tsvangirai sings Mujuru praises
Newsday 11 September 2015 By Richard Chidza/ Moses Matenga OPPOSITION MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai has hailed former Vice-President Joice Mujuru’s “bold step†to re-enter the political fray, this time as an opposition politician. “For us, the fact that liberation struggle icons have joined the opposition in articulating what Zimbabweans have been hoping for all these
Kirsty Grabs Gold
The Herald 10 September 2015 ZIMBABWE’S swimming icon Kirsty Coventry reasserted her claim as the best female African swimmer of all time when she grabbed the first gold medal for her country at the on-going 2015 African Games in Congo Brazzaville on Tuesday night. The 2015 African Games continued with yet more wins for the