BULAWAYO – Zimbabwe’s “exaggerated” literacy rate by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), has caused complacency leading to lower pass rates and standards in schools, minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture, David Coltart has said. Speaking during a book launch at the Bulawayo Art Gallery recently, Coltart said his ministry had been in denial…
BULWAYO – David Coltart, the minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture, has alleged that officials in President Robert Mugabe’s party want to cling to power to protect their ill-gotten wealth. The minister told an MDC rally in Bulawayo on Saturday that Zanu PF’s claims that it wants to cling to power “to protect the…
HARARE – There was pandemonium at St Peters Kubatana High School in Harare yesterday following a decision by authorities to bar pupils who had not paid their fees in full from writing Ordinary level final exams. Invigilators who spoke to the Daily News said the situation turned tense after a group of Zanu PF-aligned paramilitary…
HARARE – Finance minister Tendai Biti says Zimbabwe needs to develop economic clusters in every province to specialise in products where they have better comparative advantage. Speaking at a 2013 budget consultation meeting in Bulawayo on Thursday, Biti said provinces should engage in industrial specialisation to benefit from own resources. “We spoke about cluster economies…
HARARE – Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) secretary-general Tendai Biti says Zimbabweans must vote for his party next year so that they can revive the economy, which he says had been destroyed by Zanu PF. The lawyer-cum-politician chronicled the country’s history claiming that under Mugabe’s rule, education and health delivery ceased to be important as…
HARARE – Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC claims to have unearthed a plot by Zanu PF to assassinate its leadership ahead of watershed elections expected this year. The sensational claims were made yesterday by party secretary-general Tendai Biti while addressing over 2 000 supporters in Chitungwiza town, 30 km south east of the capital Harare….
HARARE – Zimbabweans have reacted angrily to government’s decision to hike excise duty on fuel to raise cash for the forthcoming referendum on Saturday and general elections thereafter. Finance minister Tendai Biti on Monday announced the hike on excise duty for diesel from $0,20 to $0,25 per litre while petrol was increased from $0,25 cents…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s three ruling parties are rolling out rallies ahead of a referendum on a draft constitution, all campaigning for a “yes” vote. The agreement by President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF — whose 2008 election win was disputed — Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC, Arthur Mutambara and Welshman Ncube’s parties follows gradual rapprochement between…
HARARE – A group of Southern African leaders on Friday called on Zimbabwean leaders to fully implement the power-sharing Global Political Agreement (GPA) before the country goes to a watershed election that is threatened by a chaotic mobile voter registration exercise. The resolution could effectively rule out President Robert Mugabe’s envisaged June poll timetable. The…
HARARE – A Zanu PF probe into alleged diamond money looting in Manicaland and President Robert Mugabe’s December confession that his ministers were demanding bribes of up to $10 million have certified the 50-year-old party as inherently corrupt. As first reported by our sister paper the Daily News on Wednesday, the investigation centres on the…
