Programme to address learning anomalies launched in Bulawayo
The Chronicle By Pamela Shumba 7 June 2013 THOUSANDS of pupils in Bulawayo cannot read or write and are performing far below their form levels in Mathematics, the Bulawayo provincial Education Director, Mr Dan Moyo, revealed yesterday. Addressing delegates at the official launch of the Performance Lag Address Programme (PLAP), for Bulawayo, at Coghlan Primary School
Zim Vote in July Would Violate Constitution – Coltart
Bloomberg Business Week By Brian Latham 6 June 2013 Zimbabwe can’t hold general elections by a July 31 deadline set by the Supreme Court without violating the constitution, according to Senator David Coltart. There isn’t enough time for the registration of voters that ends July 9 and the nomination of candidates 30 days before a
Zanu PF goes for broke
Southern Eye by Nduduzo Tshuma 6 June 2013 Zanu PF is going all out to entice voters ahead of the next election, with the party now sending text messages, even to political opponents, pleading for the endorsement of President Robert Mugabe. The party started dispatching messages on Monday, as it seeks to woe voters, particularly
Are we kings or kingmakers?
Southern Eye By Dumisani Nkomo 6 June 2013 BULAWAYO is famed as the City of Kings largely due to its rich epic regal history of King Mzilikazi and Lobengula Khumalo and the Mambos before them. Is Bulawayo, or more generally Matabeleland, or even more broadly the southern region of the country, able to produce an
Statement by the MDC regarding the Voter registration exercise
6 June 2013 Statement by the MDC regarding the announcement made by the Registrar of Voters that the Voter registration exercise mandated by the Section 6(3) of the Constitution will commence on Monday the 10th June 2013. Were it not for its desperately serious consequences the Constitutional crisis regarding the deadline of the 31st July
SADC summit on Zimbabwe delayed to Monday
SW Radio Africa By Tichaona Sibanda 6 June 2013 The SADC summit on Zimbabwe, which was due in Maputo, Mozambique on Sunday, will now be held in Pretoria, South Africa on Monday, according to sources. SW Radio Africa is reliably informed that the summit was postponed by a day to give all parties to the
$23 million for teacher training
The Zimbabwean By Sofia Mapuranga 5 June 2013 Teacher retraining initiatives are set to commence soon, after the government secured $23 million from the World Bank’s Partnership for Education. Zimbabwe is among the 12 beneficiaries of the $439 million grant awarded to developing countries to enhance the quality of education for all children. David Coltart,
President Mugabe manipulating electoral rules in his favour
SW Radio Africa By Nomalanga Moyo 04 June 2013 Confusion continued to reign this week over whether the country was ready to hold elections by the end of July, as directed by the Constitutional Court. Last week the country’s top court ruled in favour of Harare man Jealousy Mawarire, who had argued that the delay
July 31 Zimbabwe polls doubtful
Southern Eye By Pamela Mhlanga/NQABA Matshazi 3 June 2013 CONSTITUTIONAL law experts have expressed shock at the judgement passed by the Supreme Court last Friday ordering that elections be held at the end of next month. MDC secretary for legal affairs David Coltart, said the ruling all but undermined all efforts to hold credible elections,
When lawyers become pedestrian for political expediency
The Herald By Prof Jonathan Moyo, MP 3 June 2013 The over-debatable proposition that lawyers are safe from the threat of automation taking over their profession because no one would build a robot to do nothing has found curious confirmation from scandalous political comments made by some good for nothing lawyers whose reaction to last Friday’s historic