ZLHR files urgent application against SI that seeks to amend Constitution
The Zimbabwean 26th June 2023 Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) have filed an urgent appeal before the High Court on behalf of the Labour, Economists, and African Democrats (LEAD) political party, seeking to declare the government’s efforts to modify the country’s constitution through the use of a Statutory Instrument, unconstitutional. This development comes after
Educating Africa for the Future
A Policy Paper by Senator David Coltart – eight policy decisions to think about 7th June 2023 Publisher Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung für die Freiheit Truman-HausKarl-Marx-Straße 214482 Potsdam-Babelsberg /freiheit.org /FriedrichNaumannStiftungFreiheit /FNFreiheit Author Senator David ColtartMinister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture (Zimbabwe 2009 – 2013) Editor Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom East Africa OfficeNairobi / Kenya Contact Phone:
Silence in the face of evil is itself evil
By David Coltart Bulawayo 27th July 2022 Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote: “Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.” There is so much evil in #Zimbabwe at present. Innocent people are in prison and bail has been
Zimbabwe would not have been this chaotic if Nkomo had remained alive longer: Coltart
CITE By Brenda Lulu Harris 2nd July 2022 Senator David Coltart believes that if the late former Vice President, Dr Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo, had remained alive longer , Zimbabwe would have not degenerated to its current status, where political and socio-economic instability thrived. The former education minister said Dr Nkomo would have sought to put
The roots of Ukraine war: A rebuttal of Chando’s assertions
By David Coltart Zimbabwe Independent 24th June 2022 In last week’s Zimbabwe Independent a writer describing himself as Jonathan Chando, a lawyer, wrote an opinion piece justifying Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. His article cannot be left unanswered. Aside from anything else, lawyers are trained to argue on the facts and the law, and Chando does
Zimbabwe hints at sending genocide fugitive Mengistu home to Ethiopia to face justice – but critics aren’t buying it
Is it just more Zanu-PF smoke-and-mirrors and deception? Some suggest it’s meant to deflect criticism that Zimbabwe is harbouring genocidal killers Former Ethiopian dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam at a welcoming ceremony on the eve of a non-aligned summit in Harare, Zimbabwe, in September 1986. (Photo: Alexander Joe and Dominique Faget / AFP) By Peter Fabricius Follow 06
Reflections of the life of Noel Eric Boetie Mbokodo York
By David Coltart Bulawayo 28th May 2022 It is a great honour for me to be asked by the family to speak today. As we celebrate Boetie’s life and mourn his passing it is important that we reflect on his life and the principles he stood by so that we can learn from them and
Govt urged to address crisis in education sector
Newsday 25th January 2022 BY CATHERINE MUCHIRI STAKEHOLDERS in the education sector have called on government to address the multi-pronged crisis in the sector amid reports that 1,5 million learners have dropped out of school due to poverty and the COVID-19 pandemic-induced lockdown. The call came as the world yesterday commemorated International Day of Education.
The many silences of Heath Streak
His love for cricket and Zimbabwe drew him back to both time and again. It would also be his undoing BY FIRDOSE MOONDA www.thecricketmonthly.com JANUARY 12, 2022 Heath Streak had never heard a silence so loud. It was March 2018 and Zimbabwe had failed to qualify for the 2019 World Cup. Missing out was a matter of
Mnangagwa regime seeks to decimate Zimbabwe’s opposition
Daily Maverick 3rd October 2020 By Peter Fabricius Zimbabwe’s main opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change- Alliance (MDC-A), is under severe attack as the country’s ruling ZanuPF conspires with a tiny MDC splinter group, MDC-T, to help it seize the much bigger party’s parliamentary seats and other elected offices, headquarters and finances. ZanuPF has