‘Keep politics out of sport’
Daily News By Farayi Machamire 3rd February 2015 Former Sports minister David Coltart says the ongoing Zifa saga is an extension of the country’s national and intra-party politics. World football governing body Fifa at the weekend was forced to issue a statement warning that Zifa would be banned from international football if the government goes
Gallivanting Mugabe, ZANU PF Government taking people for granted
The Zimbabwe Independent 30th January 2015 By Owen Gagare UPON his return from his annual holiday in the Far East last Thursday — where he and his family underwent medical check-ups — President Robert Mugabe pleaded with restive civil servants to be patient with his government which is struggling to pay salaries on time. In
AN EXAMINATION OF THE PERFORMANCE OF THE ZIMBABWE ELECTORAL COMMISSION (ZEC) IN MANAGING THE 2013 ELECTIONS IN ZIMBABWE.
AN EXAMINATION OF THE PERFORMANCE OF THE ZIMBABWE ELECTORAL COMMISSION (ZEC) IN MANAGING THE 2013 ELECTIONS IN ZIMBABWE. Prepared by Derek Matyszak, Senior Researcher December 2014 1|Page EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The manner in which the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) conducted the 31st July, 2013 general election has been the subject of much discussion. The timeliness
Manase charms Coltart
The Herald By Robson Sharuko Senior Sports Editor 6th December 2015 Zimbabwe cricket Chairman Wilson Manase appears to have charmed one of the organisation’s biggest critics, former Sports Minister David Coltart. Manase, who replaced long serving chairman Peter Chingoka last year, has launched a massive restructuring of both the Zimbabwe Cricket and the national team
What next for Zimbabwean sport in 2015?
The Standard By Michael Madyira 4th January 2015 On the morning of June 2 last year, football followers woke up to read damning screaming local newspapers headlines that had beamed pictures of a stranded Ian Gorowa. The former Warriors coach Gorowa was seemingly trying to come to terms with the calamity that had hit the
Shape Up or Ship Out . . . Langa Warns Zifa
The Herald By Caroline Magenga 1st January 2015 SPORT, Arts and Culture Minister Andrew Langa is slowly losing patience with the manner in which football is being administered in the country and has warned misfiring Zifa to shape up or face drastic action this year. Despite a year that promised so much, with the Warriors
Zimbabwe: Reflections On National Unity Day
The Herald Editorial Comment 22nd December 2014 TODAY we join the nation in celebrating the 17th anniversary of National Unity Day, a public holiday gazetted through Statutory Instrument 156 of 1997, to mark the signing of the Unity Accord between the country’s two revolutionary parties, Zanu-PF and PF-Zapu on December 22, 1987 and the 27th
Zimbabwe Reportedly Plans to Export ‘a Hundred’ Baby Elephants to China
Newsweek By Amelia Smith 18th December 2014 Zimbabwe has allegedly captured dozens of baby elephants from the wild in order to export them to zoos and circuses in China, according to activist group the Zimbabwe Conservation Taskforce (ZCTF). Around 36 elephants have reportedly been captured by the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZPWMA) so
Zimbabwe’s Reported Plan to Export Baby Elephants Raises Outcry Against Animal Trade
National Geographic By Christina Russo 17th December 2014 For elephants, being held captive in a circus or in zoos is a fate worse than death, says renowned expert Joyce Poole. News that Zimbabwe has captured dozens of baby elephants from the wild and plans to export them overseas ignited a firestorm of alarm in conservation
Statement by David Coltart regarding Robert Mugabe’s call on corruption
Statement by Senator David Coltart Bulawayo 5th December 2014 President Mugabe made some strong statements yesterday at the ZANU PF Congress about dealing with the scourge of corruption in Zimbabwe. This is what he is reported in the Herald as having said: Corruption, President Mugabe said, had taken root in the country with some high-ranking