ABC Radio
Grandstand Sport, 17 June 2010
Interview with David Coltart
http://www.abc.net.au/news/audio/2010/06/19/2931563.htm
Zimbabwe aim to resume ties with Australia
ESPN Cricinfo
17 June 2010
Australia could host a team from Zimbabwe, for the first time in over seven years, following a meeting between Cricket Australia and the Zimbabwe sports minister, David Coltart. If the tour, tentatively set for mid-2011 takes off, it could be the first step towards a reciprocal arrangement of A tours between the two countries.
“There is a spot in 2011, but the trouble is that slot was for two Tests in Australia and even though Zimbabwe wants to re-commence playing Test cricket next year, there’s a recognition that to throw this young team into the Test arena against Australia at this stage would be counter-productive,” Coltart told AAP.
“We’ve discussed other means of utilising that slot but with more appropriate opposition. It’s very much tentative at this stage. (An A series) is what the discussions are centering on, the exchange of A teams rather than at Test level.”
Coltart hopes to firm up the plan during his meeting with Australia’s foreign minister Stephen Smith on Thursday.
Australia have shunned bilateral cricketing ties with Zimbabwe since 2003, following the political turmoil in the African nation. There has been a thrust towards resumption of contact in recent times, with the Department of Foreign Affairs saying there will be no diplomatic opposition to the resumption of formal cricket contact.
“I’ve had a number of very constructive meetings with the Australian ambassador to Zimbabwe, John Courtney, and he’s certainly been very sympathetic to my arguments and I know his view reflects Canberra’s view, so I don’t anticipate difficult meetings tomorrow,” Coltart said.
Cricket in Zimbabwe has undergone a facelift in recent months, with an improvement in the basic facilities and domestic structure. That has translated itself into better performances in the field, with recent victories against India and West Indies. Resumption of ties with Australia could be a major shot in the arm as they look to return to the Test fold in 2011.
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Zimbabwe Claims Proteas anti-Howard
Herald Sun
17 June 2010
Zimbabwe has denied it was trying to block former Prime Minister John Howard becoming president of the International Cricket Council.
A Government minister stopped short yesterday of saying so, but claimed cricket officials were pointing the finger at powerful neighbour South Africa as the leader of the anti-Howard charge.
The troubled nation’s Sport Minister Senator David Coltart met Cricket Australia in Melbourne and will hold talks with the Government in Canberra today to plead for help in restoring Zimbabwe’s Test status and political and social reputation.
He was on tricky ground, given the international cricket media has been reporting for weeks that Zimbabwe was agitating to stymie Howard’s elevation to the game’s most senior administrative post.
Australia and New Zealand nominated him in March to become vice-president and then to succeed India’s Sharad Pawar, who is about to begin a two-year term.
The ICC meets in Singapore soon to vote on whether to endorse this accepted protocol or to ask Australia and NZ to choose again.
While South Africa and Sri Lanka have also expressed reluctance, Zimbabwe has been seen to be adopting most hard-line stance because of the Howard Government’s imposition of sanctions.
Senator Coltart, a human rights lawyer who is a founding member of the Movement for Democratic Change, now a partner with the despotic Robert Mugabe’s Zanu-PF in a power-sharing transitional Government, said he had asked Zimbabwe Cricket to explain its position.
He said president Peter Chingoka and general manager Ozias Bvute had assured him no vote had been taken, but admitted: “I honestly don’t know what discussions they might have had in private.
“I have to rely on what they’ve told me and they’ve been unequivocal and emphatic in that regard – they say this is being driven by South Africa and I’ve been shown a letter from the president of South African cricket which indicates (that).â€
He said the letter to the outgoing ICC chairman David Morgan “is clear evidence that they oppose this and the letter refers to opposition from other countries as wellâ€.
Senator Coltart said he could not legally dictate to the cricket board, but “they understand I play a pivotal role in seeking the full readmission of Zimbabwe to Test status and in normalising relations not just with Australian cricket but other unions that have had concerns. That is where we have a very clear consensus.
“They understand that if they take a decision that undermines that, it obviously affects relationships between me and them.â€
Sounds like pollie-speak for don’t rock the boat – or else.
Zimbabwe hoped to be back in Test cricket by next May after voluntarily dropping out four years ago, he said.
He had asked Australia to send an A-team or youth team to play four-day matches.
Recognising the delicacy of the Howard issue, he said: “One cannot exactly come to Australia and ask for Australia’s help if we are going to frustrate their clear intent.â€
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Interview with David Coltart: Zimbabwe’s Transitional Inclusive Government
ABC Radio Australia
Late Night Live, 17 June 2010
Philip Adams interviews David Coltart on Zimbabwe’s Transitional Inclusive Government
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/latenightlive/stories/2010/2929838.htm
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Zimbabwe claim South Africa is anti-John Howard for ICC
Herald Sun
17 June 2010
Ron Reed
ZIMBABWE has denied it was trying to block former Prime Minister John Howard becoming president of the International Cricket Council.
A Government minister stopped short yesterday of saying so, but claimed cricket officials were pointing the finger at powerful neighbour South Africa as the leader of the anti-Howard charge.
The troubled nation’s Sport Minister Senator David Coltart met Cricket Australia in Melbourne and will hold talks with the Government in Canberra today to plead for help in restoring Zimbabwe’s Test status and political and social reputation.
He was on tricky ground, given the international cricket media has been reporting for weeks that Zimbabwe was agitating to stymie Howard’s elevation to the game’s most senior administrative post.
Australia and New Zealand nominated him in March to become vice-president and then to succeed India’s Sharad Pawar, who is about to begin a two-year term.
The ICC meets in Singapore soon to vote on whether to endorse this accepted protocol or to ask Australia and NZ to choose again.
While South Africa and Sri Lanka have also expressed reluctance, Zimbabwe has been seen to be adopting the most hard-line stance because of the Howard Government’s imposition of sanctions.
Senator Coltart, a human rights lawyer who is a founding member of the Movement for Democratic Change, now a partner with the despotic Robert Mugabe’s Zanu-PF in a power-sharing transitional Government, said he had asked Zimbabwe Cricket to explain its position.
He said president Peter Chingoka and general manager Ozias Bvute had assured him no vote had been taken, but admitted: “I honestly don’t know what discussions they might have had in private. I have to rely on what they’ve told me and they’ve been unequivocal and emphatic in that regard – they say this is being driven by South Africa and I’ve been shown a letter from the president of South African cricket which indicates (that).”
He said the letter to the outgoing ICC chairman David Morgan “is clear evidence that they oppose this and the letter refers to opposition from other countries as well”.
Senator Coltart said he could not legally dictate to the cricket board, but “they understand I play a pivotal role in seeking the full readmission of Zimbabwe to Test status and in normalising relations not just with Australian cricket but other unions that have had concerns. That is where we have a very clear consensus.
“They understand that if they take a decision that undermines that, it obviously affects relationships between me and them.”
Sounds like pollie-speak for don’t rock the boat – or else.
Zimbabwe hoped to be back in Test cricket by next May after voluntarily dropping out four years ago, he said.
He has asked Australia to send an A-team or youth team to play four-day matches.
Recognising the delicacy of the Howard issue, he said: “One cannot exactly come to Australia and ask for Australia’s help if we are going to frustrate their clear intent.”
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Zimbabwe begins peace talks
The Australian
17 June 2010
By Malcolm Conn
ZIMBABWE sports minister David Coltart will meet Australian government representatives today with the hope of resuming cricket ties between the two countries.
It follows a meeting with Cricket Australia officials yesterday, including chairman Jack Clarke and chief executive James Sutherland, pleading Zimbabwe’s case.
“Senator Coltart briefed the chairman and chief executive on his view that cricket is starting to be restored in Zimbabwe,” a CA spokesman said. “His view is that it would be helpful if world cricket was able to engage with Zimbabwe cricket to help with the further restoration of the game in that country.”
Coltart requested that Australia resume cricket contact with Zimbabwe at under-19 and Australia A level, a proposal that CA will consider.
A human rights lawyer and long-time critic of Mugabe’s brutal regime, Coltart is now a minister in the country’s tenuous inclusive government.
His desire to have Australia help Zimbabwe cricket is at odds with the Zimbabwe Cricket Union’s pernicious behind-the-scenes campaign to oppose former prime minister John Howard’s nomination as future International Cricket Council president.
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Phillip Adams interviews David Coltart on ABC Radio National, Late Night Live
ABC Radio
Late Night Live
Interviewed by Phillip Adama
17 June 2010
PHILLIP ADAMS: The last time I spoke to David on this programme was in 2005 when his country was in free fall. Stories of extraordinary political and social upheaval, of famine, the collapse of the rule of law, the descent into political violence, the hyperinflation, etc – and it only got worse during the elections of 2008. Now David is a Senator in what is known as the Unity Government and he is Minister for Education, Sport, Arts and Culture. He’s in Australia to discuss sporting relations between Australia and Zimbabwe, especially in relation to the upcoming cricket tours, but I want to talk to David about how the Unity Government is faring, and has it managed to effect a transformation.
David, how unified is the Unity Government?
DAVID COLTART: Well first of all, hello Phillip. It’s good to speak to you again after five years.
How is it performing? Well it’s a fragile arrangement. All of us who went into this in September 2008 from the MDC perspective knew that it would be problematic. This is an amalgamation of protagonists. We’ve gone into bed with people who have spent a good decade trying to kill us and bury us, and they are clearly – or at least elements of them are clearly – determined to remain in power at any cost and they see this arrangement as an opportunity to prolong their power and perhaps work out some scheme of arrangement which will keep them in power.
ADAMS: But David you also identify within your erstwhile enemies the moderates who support more rational economic policies and are prepared to contemplate a loss of power, and those who don’t like power sharing but will endure it.
COLTART: Yes, absolutely. There are three clear factions within ZANU-PF in Cabinet which you’ve spelt out correctly. There’s a group under one of the Vice Presidents who like this Agreement and are prepared to implement it fully. There’s a group under Mugabe himself – who funnily enough I don’t put under the hardliners – who don’t like the Agreement but recognise it provides them with a political soft landing. They interpret the Agreement subjectively, push the envelope as far as they can, but ultimately they don’t want to break it. And then of course there are hardliners. They tend to be 20 years younger than Mugabe, they’ve committed acts of corruption, some crimes against humanity, and they are deeply fearful about what will happen in a post-Mugabe situation. They know that ultimately if this Agreement stays on track it’s going to yield a transition to democracy, or at least more democracy than we have at present, and they fear that.
ADAMS: David, let’s look at the things we were talking about before and see where there have been improvements. I have in my possession a few trillion dollars of Zimbabwean currency. What’s happened to inflation? What’s happened to the economy in total?
COLTART: Well the economy is the one relative success story. Of course, you’ve got to put it in the context of hyperinflation and one of the fastest declining economies the world has ever seen, but in the 15 months since what we call not a Unity Government but a Transitional Inclusive Government was formed, inflation has been tackled. In fact it was tackled within a week of us abolishing the Zimbabwe currency and adopting the US currency as our currency. The economy off a very small and low base increased 13% in 2009.
ADAMS: That’s a figure which would have most governments around the world green with envy.
COLTART: It’s not 13% growth of the Australian economy. As I said, it’s 13% growth off a tiny, tiny base.
ADAMS: But it’s a real growth, isn’t it?
COLTART: Yes, it’s a real growth, and we see many green shoots coming through. Shops which were empty 15 months ago are now stocked with food. A number of companies, in fact most companies, say that they are starting to stabilise. Some sectors – mining, tourism – are seeing quite significant growth. One of the sectors that I control, Education, in the private sector of Education we’ve seen a lot of growth – private schools stabilising, building. So there are positive signs. There are other positive signs regarding human rights, for example. Whilst there are ongoing human rights abuses, the number of disappearances and the incidence of torture have all dropped pretty dramatically in the last 15 months.
ADAMS: I understand there’s been no know incidents of torture in that time period, and those that were disappeared were subsequently found.
COLTART: Well yes, in the last 15 months. Prior to that of course many 10s disappeared and have never been found again. But that is the case in the last 15 months.
ADAMS: David, forgive me for saying this, but while you’re telling me good news there seems to be a sadness in your voice.
COLTART: Probably my sadness is that I’ve been on the road for six days and I’m completely jet-lagged. I’m a lot more optimistic than my voice may suggest.
ADAMS: Ok, I just wanted to make sure you were ok. Now, there’s news lately about abuses being perpetrated by the military at one of the diamond mines in Zimbabwe. How do you deal with something like this in the coalition?
COLTART: Well, it’s been a fascinating experience to be in this Cabinet in the last 15 months. I’m certainly taking notes for some book in future. But one thing that has emerged from this is that there was clearly an unwritten rule prior to the Inclusive Government that ZANU-PF Ministers would not speak about each other’s corruption. What has now happened is that we get these reports of corruption and we are raising them in Cabinet; they’re generally aghast when they hear an issue discussed. But of course, as is the case in most acts of corruption the world over, the person bribing can only bribe a few people at a time. And so what has happened is that we will raise an issue, those that have been bribed attempt to defend the indefensible but the rest of their colleagues, having not been bribed, can see the ridiculous nature of their defence and they have tended to back us. And so in at least two corruption scandals that have come to the attention of Cabinet we’ve managed to kill the issue with support from Robert Mugabe and many ZANU-PF Cabinet Ministers. There are some issues that we are still confronting where, because of the particular wealth of perhaps a mineral find, a lot more people have been bribed and so it’s a harder issue to tackle.
ADAMS: I’m talking to Senator David Coltart, Minister for Education, Sport, Arts and Culture – a terrific portfolio, or series of portfolios, David – In the Zimbabwe Transitional Inclusive Government. How has Mugabe behaving these days as a person, as a human being?
COLTART: Well he came into this Inclusive Government very tense. My personal dealings with him for the first 6-8 months were problematic, as were the relations between him and most of my MDC colleagues. I have to say though that he appears to have mellowed. I think that the reason Mugabe supports this is because he does now recognise that he’s not going to end up in the Hague, he’s not going to end up in exile – and to that extent he supports this arrangement.
I think regarding me personally, the one aspect of Mugabe that I have admired is that in the 1980s he was responsible for the expansion of Education in Zimbabwe and he’s clearly a person, despite his other faults, who has this deep rooted desire to educate Zimbabweans. I think that he recognises that perhaps I’m trying to do the right thing, and he has, funnily enough, supported me in a range of different education policies that I’m trying to promote. But he remains a very wily politician. It’s quite disconcerting in fact to see how bright and alert an 86 year old can be. But he thankfully at least personally is trying to make the thing work, even if some of his colleagues are not.
ADAMS: David, how does he feel about the constitutional reform process? I know that in a sense he knows it’s all over for him, but how is his response to the notion of limiting presidential terms for example?
COLTART: There’s an intriguing thing going on in this constitutional process, because I think many in ZANU understand that if we have a vaguely free and fair election they’re going to be out of power. And so we’ve even had advertisements placed by ZANU-PF recently now claiming for limited presidential terms. I mean it’s highly ironic to hear that coming from ZANU, and clearly it’s done with Mugabe’s authorisation. He realises he’s in the twilight of his political career and now he’s agreeing to controls he was never prepared to subject himself to.
ADAMS: That’s one of the advantages of being 86. Now David there’s meant to be a process of countrywide consultation. Is it proceeding? And if so, is it working?
COLTART: Well the constitutional reform process was meant to take 18 months in total, starting in February last year, and we haven’t even begun the consultation process in earnest. One of the tactics employed by those who are worried about where this Agreement is going to lead is to delay the whole process. Anyway, to cut a long story short, the consultation process only began yesterday so it hasn’t been tested yet and we’ll have to wait and see.
Having said that though, there’s a fairly remarkable thing going on in Zimbabwe. You know we’ve had a constitutional debate in our country, an intense constitutional debate, going on for some 12 years. So many of these issues have been widely discussed from urban centres to rural villages and there’s broad consensus, even in ZANU-PF strongholds, that we need a new democratic constitution. And so I’m fairly optimistic about the consultation process and I think it might yield some very interesting results.
ADAMS: David our next story is with a namesake of yours, David James Smith, on young Nelson Mandela, which of course reminds me of the splendid constitution that South Africa have put together. Will Zimbabwe’s be as aspirational in expression?
COLTART: No, unfortunately – well let me just digress for a moment. Some of my friends call me a pathological optimist and despite that pathological optimism, I regret to say that I don’t think that it will be as aspirational as the South African constitution, simply because we have different leaders. We don’t have a Nelson Mandela, we don’t have a Frederick de Klerk; we don’t have visionaries. Morgan Tsvangirai is a wonderful person, a courageous person, but I think even he would acknowledge he’s not in the same league as Nelson Mandela. And certainly Mugabe’s not in the same league as de Klerk. De Klerk had acknowledged that his time for ruling was up and he focused on trying to entrench human rights in the constitution, whereas I think Mugabe and his colleagues are more interested in manipulating the process as best they can to entrench their own position.
ADAMS: In the short time we’ve got left, a couple of other questions: Any improvements in regard to freedom of the press?
COLTART: Well there are a few. As regards the electronic media there are very few to boast about. Television and radio are still tightly controlled by ZANU-PF. There have been no independent stations opened up, and whilst those of us in the MDC have had much greater access than we’ve ever had before it’s still tightly controlled. In the print media though we have a new media commission that has some very good people – independent people – on it for the first time. They have recently granted two licences, which may seem unremarkable to your Australian listeners but it’s quite remarkable in the Zimbabwean context. Last week a new independent daily, News Day, started and another independent daily is just about to commence publication in a few weeks’ time.
ADAMS: Ok David, the last thing I want to raise with you is you’ve talked quite warmly about Mugabe in relation to education. I know you’re having an immense struggle in this part of your portfolio, but I very much like the notion you’ve come up with of Centres of Excellence where you address the needs of the very talented but disadvantaged children.
COLTART: Philip I’m astounded – you’ve done your homework this evening. Yes, this is something that I’m pursuing. My first objective as Minister for Education is to try to restore basic education for all Zimbabwean children. Education has been grossly underfunded and our once fine education system is in tatters. Anyway, I’m not going to speak about that first objective but suffice it to say that even if I achieve in restoring a basic education I’m deeply concerned about the plights of talented but disadvantaged children who may drown in the mediocrity of a basic education. And so what we are proposing is to identify certain Government schools that in the past have had superb facilities which have degenerated, and we will pour money into those schools. We will identify the most talented school heads and teachers, and create a scholarship fund, identify these talented but disadvantaged children and feed them into these schools so that we can nurture their talent. Let me stress that we’re not just looking at academically talented kids, but also athletically and also artistically talented.
ADAMS: David, to say to any politician in your country “break a leg†is probably insensitive, but you know what I’m saying. More power, and please travel safely. Congratulations on what you have achieved already and we’ll talk again I hope without waiting three years. Senator David Coltart, who’s a member of the Zimbabwe Transitional Inclusive Government, indeed he’s Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture. We’re staying in Africa to talk to David James Smith about young Nelson Mandela on LNL on ABC Radio National.
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World Cup Host South Africa Humbled by Uruguay; Bafana Bafana Keeper Red-Carded
VOA News
16 June 2010
By Marvellous Mhlanga-Nyahuye
The constant high-decibel blowing of vuvuzela horns in the Pretoria stadium died down as fans for the host team realized that South Africa would be ending the match with Uruguay with no goals to show
South African and Southern African soccer fans were bitterly disappointed Wednesday to see Bafana Bafana – “the boys, the boys” – humbled as Uruguay trounced the South African national team 3-0 in World Cup play.
The constant high-decibel blowing of vuvuzela horns in the Pretoria stadium died down as fans for the host team realized that South Africa would be ending the match with no goals to show for its efforts.
Tempers flared among fans and players alike when goalkeeper Itumeleng Khune received a red card and was sent off the pitch for tackling a Uruguayan striker near the end of the game, leaving the squad short one man.
Elsewhere in World Cup action, Chile defeated Honduras 1-0 in their opening group H game in Bbombela Stadium in Nelspruit. A goal in the 34th minute by Chile’s Jean Beausejour eventually decided the match. Favored Spain was edged out 1-0 by Switzerland with a goal by Gelson Fernandes in minute 52.
Meanwhile the controversy over the ever-present vuvuzela horn-blowing continued.
Some teams have complained that the continual drone breaks their concentration. But FIFA has said it will not succumb to pressure and ban the horns, which it says are a South African tradition.
Striker Norman Maroto of Zimbabwe’s Gunners Football Club told VOA Studio 7 reporter Marvellous Mhlanga-Nyahuye that vuvuzelas must remain as a way of life for African soccer fans.
In cricket, meanwhile, New Zealand said it will resume Zimbabwe tours in 2011 after a Tuesday meeting between Sports Minister David Coltart and Kiwi Cricket Board Chief Executive Justin Vaughan in Christchurch.
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Black Caps prepare to pad up for tour of Zimbabwe
The Press
16 June 2010
By Hamish Bidwell
The New Zealand cricket team’s twice-postponed tour of Zimbabwe looks likely to finally go ahead in May next year.
New Zealand Cricket (NZC) chief executive Justin Vaughan met Zimbabwe Sports Minister David Coltart yesterday and confirmed that the way was now clear for the limited-overs matches to be played.
Political unrest in Zimbabwe, as well as health concerns, meant that the New Zealand Government had supported NZC in their decision to postpone the scheduled tours. But with Coltart able to convince Minister for Sport and Recreation Murray McCully that his country no longer poses a safety risk, the Black Caps will go.
“So, pending the usual security and safety checks, we would envisage that we will be touring Zimbabwe in May of 2011,” Vaughan said.
As a full member of the International Cricket Council, Zimbabwe has bilateral touring agreements with fellow member countries meaning “we don’t really have a decision to make,” he said.
“Obviously there are clauses around needing to ensure that it’s a safe environment and we can refuse to tour on the basis of safety and security, as we have with countries like Pakistan.
“At the moment, though, there doesn’t appear to be that level of concern around touring Zimbabwe. So, at the current time, we’re very comfortable about progressing along on that basis.”
Vaughan added that encouraging reports had emerged from Zimbabwe’s recent home tri- series with India and Sri Lanka.
Former New Zealand captain and manager Jeff Crowe, who was the international match referee for that series, reassured Vaughan that the safety and security of the teams and facilities had been carefully managed. “So that’s given us an extra layer of confidence.”
New Zealand tour Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and India in the coming months, with players’ association chief executive Heath Mills and Black Caps high performance manager Geoff Allott soon to join an independent security contractor on a visit to facilities in those countries. Vaughan said that was something NZC would “replicate” closer to the scheduled trip to Zimbabwe.
While he was confident the players’ association supported the tour to Zimbabwe, Vaughan did say individuals were free to declare themselves unavailable.
Mass player defections led Zimbabwe Cricket to relinquish their test status in 2006 and their national team has survived on a diet of limited-overs cricket since. But after meetings with the ICC, they will resume playing test cricket with a series against Bangladesh, also next May.
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Australia A set to play Zimbabwe A
Sydney Morning Herald
16 June 2010
By Daniel Brettig
AAP
Australia are set to host a Zimbabwean touring team next year for the first time since 2003, following a meeting between Cricket Australia and the strife-torn country’s sports minister, David Coltart.
In keeping with Zimbabwe’s plans for gradual re-engagement with the cricket community, any series will be played between “A” teams from the two countries. This still represents a major step for the African nation after years of sanctions and international condemnation.
The Zimbabwe tour, likely to take place in mid-2011 at a time once slated for Test matches between the two countries, would also be the first step in a reciprocal agreement that would also see an Australia A side play matches in Zimbabwe.
“There is a spot in 2011, but the trouble is that slot was for two Tests in Australia and even though Zimbabwe wants to re-commence playing Test cricket next year, there’s a recognition that to throw this young team into the Test arena against Australia at this stage would be counter-productive,” Coltart told AAP.
“We’ve discussed other means of utilising that slot but with more appropriate opposition.
“It’s very much tentative at this stage.
“(An A series) is what the discussions are centring on, the exchange of A teams rather than at Test level.
“We’ve discussed an exchange of tours, in other words (tours) both ways.”
Coltart is due to meet with Foreign Minister Stephen Smith in Canberra on Thursday, and expects a similarly fruitful dialogue.
Smith told Federal Parliament in March that he favoured further engagement with areas of Zimbabwe life that were showing progress, while the Department of Foreign Affairs has made it clear there will be no diplomatic opposition to the resumption of formal cricket contact.
“I’ve had a number of very constructive meetings with the Australian ambassador to Zimbabwe, John Courtney, and he’s certainly been very sympathetic to my arguments and I know his view reflects Canberra’s view, so I don’t anticipate difficult meetings tomorrow,” said Coltart.
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