We won’t bury Gukurahundi victims: Govt
Southern Eye By Southern Eye Reporter 13 October 2013 THE GOVERNMENT has no plans to give victims of Gukurahundi decent burials because it runs the risk of including people who do not deserve the privilege, Home Affairs deputy minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has said. The Zanu PF minister made the remarks during a question and answer
Zifa summons Gwindi
News Day By Tawanda Tafirenyika 10 October 2013 THE Zifa disciplinary Committee has set October 17, 2013 as the date for the hearing of Harare City Football Club chairman Leslie Gwindi over allegations of bringing the game into disrepute following utterances he allegedly made at a Bulawayo Press club in March this year. The charges
Coltart defends Mugabe
Daily News By Lloyd Mbiba 9 October 2013 HARARE - David Coltart, the former Education minister, has praised President Robert Mugabe for prioritising practical subjects in the education curriculum, saying it was long overdue. This comes as Mugabe has been forced to explain that his new controversial minister of State for Liaising on Psychomotor Activities in
Govt plays ‘sympathy card’ in Mumbengegwi diplomatic row
SW Radio Africa By Nomalanga Moyo 8 October 2013 ZANU PF has been accused of “playing the sympathy card†in the ongoing diplomatic tiff over the perceived humiliation of Foreign Affairs Minister Simbarashe Mumbengegwi in Washington last week. The ‘humiliation’ involved Mumbengegwi being forced to go through airport security like all other ordinary passengers, despite
‘Start corruption fight in schools’
The Standard By Caiphas Chimhete 6 October 2013 CORRUPTION involving teachers, school development associations (SDAs) and ministry officials has rocked the education sector, seriously compromising the quality of the country’s once revered education system. A report, Framing Corruption in Education — Global Trends, released recently by Transparency International (TI) — says corruption in education was
Teach Your Children Well
Huffington Post By David Coltart 5 October 2013 Zimbabwe is recognized as having one of the best education systems in Africa but when I took office as Minister of Education in February 2008 I found it in chaos. Nearly all schools were closed, 90000 teachers were on strike, public exams written the previous year hadn’t
Zimbabwe Elections – What If There Had Been No Rigging?
All Africa By Jos Martens 3 October 2013 It remains to be seen whether MDC would have won the 2013 elections if no rigging had taken place. What would you have voted if you had been that communal dweller who had received a fertile piece of land; if your small mine claim had just been
What do the people say?
The Zimbabwean 1 October 2013 More and more Zimbabweans, both at home and all over the world, are using social media to communicate. The Zimbabwean is committed to helping Zimbabweans everywhere to claim and access their right to give and receive information. So every week we stimulate debate on a number of issues affecting us. These are
Madhuku Party Shakes ZANU PF & MDC
Zim Eye By Carl Mhlanga 1 October 2013 University of Zimbabwe professor Lovemore Madhuku at the weekend sent thunderous shockwaves into ZANU PF and MDC parties after launching his party converted from the original NCA organisation. Madhuku’s actions caused ZANU PF and MDC parties to rally against the National Constitutional Assembly chair labeling him a
Is there any hope of life under Zanu (PF)
The Zimbabwean By Eddie Cross 29 September 2013 I came home this weekend to find our suburb in darkness – at about 20.00 hrs the lights came back on and when I got up at just after five this morning they were still on but went out at 07.00 hrs and we do not expect