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Bulawayo and Atlanta explore new strategic partnerships
Senator David Coltart, the Mayor of Bulawayo, held a pivotal meeting on Thursday with Nicholas Mulkey from the United State's Atlanta Mayor's Office of International and Immigrant Affairs. Mulkey is c...Published: 14 Dec 2024 at 13:46hrs | 340 | by Staff reporter
David Coltart rejects colonial Mayoral 'relic'
In a symbolic move to redefine Bulawayo's civic identity, Mayor Senator David Coltart has decided to forgo the traditional mayoral gown, which he described as a "colonial relic" that no longer aligns ...Published: 11 Nov 2024 at 14:29hrs | 2497 | by Staff reporter
Used pads cause major sewer blockages in Bulawayo
Bulawayo residents are frequently frustrated by burst sewer pipes, often blaming the local authority for failing to maintain infrastructure. However, a recent revelation from the city's environmental ...Published: 11 Oct 2024 at 15:53hrs | 302 | by Staff reporter
David Coltart; Councillors mourn Senator Sandi Moyo
The City of Bulawayo is in mourning following the passing of former Senator and Bulawayo Provincial Affairs Minister, Eunice Sandi Moyo. The news has been met with profound sadness across the city and...Published: 17 May 2024 at 20:52hrs | 20 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Glassblock Dam construction report by the end of April- Coltart
BULAWAYO Mayor Senator David Coltart, during a recent councillors' meeting, said there is progress in the construction of the Glassblock Dam.He announced that the Government had agreed to ente...Published: 04 Apr 2024 at 06:01hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
David Coltart must not resign for Chamisa
Since the resignation of Nelson Chamisa as President of the CCC, and from the party itself, on Thursday the 25th January, followed by the subsequent resignation from Parliament of some respected colle...Published: 05 Feb 2024 at 18:17hrs | 2 | by David Coltart,
Bulawayo Mayor to hold Christmas visits to hospitals
BULAWAYO MAYOR Senator David Coltart will be holding Christmas Visits to the Hospitals and a Mayor's Christmas Cheer fund lunch with Sandra Jones on Monday, 18 December 2023The council in a no...Published: 15 Dec 2023 at 21:40hrs | 17 | by Stephen Jakes
David coltart launches 2023 Mayor's Christmas Cheer Fund
The Town Clerk of the City of Bulawayo Christophe Dube, under the guidance of His Worship Senator David Coltart, the Mayor and Patron of the Mayor's Christmas Cheer Fund, has announced the comme...Published: 13 Dec 2023 at 12:46hrs | 14 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Coltart does not need a new Mayoral car
THE recently elected Bulawayo City Council Mayor Senator David Coltart said he does not need a new Mayoral car as the resources for the new cars can be used to improve service delivery in the city....Published: 19 Sep 2023 at 19:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
David Coltart apologises to Jonathan Moyo
Senator David Coltart of the Citizens Coalition for Change has apologised to exiled Zimbabwe Cabinet minister Jonathan Moyo for invoking Moyo's father in a political debate.Moyo announced Colt...Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 08:26hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
David Coltart mayoral dream up in smoke, says Jonathan Moyo
Exiled former Information Minister Jonathan Moyo has revealed that Citizens Coalition For Change bigwig Senator David Coltart has been rejected by CCC's 'Bulawayo Ward 5 selection caucus' where it is ...Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 20:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa accuses 'assassination target' Coltart of glory seeking
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) Senator David Coltart says he fears for life following an alleged assassination attempt.According to Coltart, his motor mechanic discovered that the front l...Published: 08 Mar 2023 at 05:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean 'Obama' turns down Chamisa party overtures
Democratic Union of Zimbabwe (DUZ) leader, Robert Chapman, the latest entrant in the race for the Zimbabwe presidential seat, has turned down overtures for him to join the Citizens Coalition for Chang...Published: 16 Jan 2023 at 18:36hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt votes against resolution to stop genocide
Zimbabwe inscribed its name on the "Wall of Shame" at the United Nations on Tuesday, voting against a U.N. General Assembly measure that seeks to protect vulnerable populations against "genocide, war ...Published: 20 May 2021 at 18:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Biti vows to continue exposing graft
TENDAI Biti has effectively been using his position as the chair of Zimbabwe's parliamentary public accounts committee and his legal and financial skills to expose billions of US dollars of taxpayers'...Published: 22 Mar 2021 at 15:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu PF has mastered art of rigging can't be removed with ballot' - rubbish, above all else, they are mortals
Albert Einstein defined insanity as "doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result." He was right! What he should have said too, is how easy it is to fall into this tra...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 08:10hrs | 1 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'Sham 2018 poll resulted in illegitimacy' CIZC finally admit - yet still can't resist urge to appease Zanu PF
It is heartening to see that organisation like Crisis In Zimbabwe Coalition (CIZC) are finally calling a spade a spade! "The sham 2018 polls resulted in a serious legitimacy crisis that c...Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 06:36hrs | | by Nomusa Garikai
'As long as Ramaphosa plays big brother to ED, I'm staying put' - see speck in his eye but not log in yours
"As long as Ramaphosa plays big brother to an illegal president (Emmerson Mnangagwa) then we (Zimbabweans in SA) are staying put and not going anywhere," twittered Kudakwashe KadenheThere is n...Published: 29 Aug 2019 at 14:30hrs | 2 | by Nomusa Garikai
'We reiterate, Chamisa is winner of 2018 elections' - not just obdurate but obstructive stupidity
"It is now a year since Zimbabweans voted in the last harmonized elections on 30th July 2018," read the MDC statement."We reiterate that the results of the Presidential election as announced b...Published: 31 Jul 2019 at 19:21hrs | | by Nomusa Garikai
'We ran economy well, figures speak for themselves' - economy is not half of it, mess speaks volume
"If you look at the Zimbabwean crisis in the last 20 years, the Central Bank has been at the epicentre of the distortions. Some of you might not know that during the GNU we didn't have the central ban...Published: 01 Jul 2019 at 07:39hrs | 1 | by Nomusa Garikai
Mnangagwa launch POLAD, arch - "African solution" to bad governance - bury our heads in the sand, insane
"We are grateful that the leadership of Zimbabwe has established the dialogue voluntarily," commented Mphakama Mbete, SA Ambassador to Zimbabwe, at the official launch of Political Actors Dialogue (PO...Published: 19 May 2019 at 09:48hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Fantasy that Mnangagwa would fix Zimbabwe now fully exposed
As of January 18, more than 12 people had died, no less than 78 had suffered gunshot injuries, and at least 240 had been beaten and tortured by the Zimbabwean state. More than 466 had been arbitrarily...Published: 26 Apr 2019 at 07:50hrs | 2 | by David B. Moore
MDC cry foul over Zanu PF vote buying - yet participating regardless, hypocrites
"MDC has cried foul over ZANU PF's alleged vote-buying ahead of the Cowdray Park local government by-election slated for this Saturday," reported Daily News."This comes when Vice President Kem...Published: 30 Mar 2019 at 08:07hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Mnangagwa's victory not free, not fair, not credible
When Zimbabwean soldiers shot civilians during riots against alleged election-rigging on August 1, 2018, many Zimbabweans were horrified - but they weren't surprised.The previous November, the...Published: 29 Mar 2019 at 12:11hrs | 2 | by Rahul Nagvekar
Zanu-PF trucks seen picking up Cyclone Idai donations
Zimbabweans reacted with anger on social media after a video and pictures emerged showing Zanu-PF vehicles and supporters handling aid donated to survivors of Cyclone Idai in Chimanimani, Manicaland P...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 15:45hrs | 1 | by ZimLive
The fantasy that Mnangagwa would fix Zimbabwe is now fully exposed
As of January 18, more than 12 people had died, no less than 78 had suffered gunshot injuries, and at least 240 had been beaten and tortured by the Zimbabwean state. More than 466 had been arbitrarily...Published: 23 Jan 2019 at 15:52hrs | 1 | by David B Moore I The Conversation
'Great leaders have vision!' twittered Chamisa - alas, you don't even have common sense!
"The SECRET to a GREAT NATION is VISION, LOVE and HUMILITY by its leadership. Arrogance is always ignorance disguised as invincibility. Weak leaders boast and divide. Strong leaders reach out to unify...Published: 14 Dec 2018 at 20:08hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'Behold the new!' empty MDC A slogan - as it too failed to demand verified voters' roll
"Anyone who means well for this country would agree that only dialogue can serve our people from the unpalatable suffering, preserve peace and avoid yet another elite implosion," argued MDC Alliance s...Published: 14 Dec 2018 at 08:52hrs | | by Nomusa Garikai
Munyeza, a discredited Chamisa will never make illegitimate ED legitimate - stay to your branch
Brazilians are some of the most artful football players, football is the nation’s greatest passion and it shows. There was one occasion, a few years ago, when the Brazil National team looked...Published: 13 Dec 2018 at 09:54hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Chamisa now ready to 'form transition authority' with ED - ED is illegitimate and must step down
"The only way forward is for a political dialogue with ZANU PF and it is not about the creation of another Government of National Unity (GNU), but we need to have a Transitional Authority which mechan...Published: 24 Oct 2018 at 06:46hrs | 9 | by Nomusa Garikai
MDC MPs walk out of parliament - another grand gesture comparable to Smith black MPs stooges
"Opposition legislators (Thursday) walked out of Parliament at 16:20 hours after the deputy speaker of Parliament Tsitsi Muzenda ejected Zengeza West legislator Job Sikhala over "unparliamentarily con...Published: 03 Oct 2018 at 20:41hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Mnangagwa govt exporting Matopos rhinos to China
MDC senator David Coltart has sensationally claimed that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government is exporting rhinos from Matopos to China. In a twitter post Coltart said"I've just been told...Published: 01 Sep 2018 at 19:57hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mnangagwa is 'mark 2 Mugabe and deserves no support!' says UK MP - Hallelujah! Amen!
If President Mnangagwa was beginning to feel that he had blatantly rigged the elections and going to get away with it he has just had a very rude wake-up call. British MP Kate Hoey has spelt it in pla...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 19:08hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'MDC frothing over rigged elections,' says Newsday - theatrical farce, Biti et al are gloriously happy!
I have read some good article and some bad articles, this is one of the best I have read in many moons!"The MDC Alliance has been frothing at the mouth before, during and after the polls, stating ...Published: 16 Aug 2018 at 13:27hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Chamisa missed Heroes 'mourning stolen election' - we mourn curse of 'indecisive' Chamisa and missed reforms
It was USA Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Chris Dell, who said, back in 2004, the late MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai "was a flawed and indecisive character". Events have proven that the Ambassador was right a...Published: 15 Aug 2018 at 16:43hrs | | by Nomusa Garikai
Biti relates epic capture by 'balaclava and gun-wielding soldiers' - who mourns povo, victims of his greed
Tendai Biti was hurried and haunted out of Zimbabwe and he almost escaped to Zambia only to be nabbed at the last minute and brought back to Zimbabwe. He has been telling us his adventure and we will,...Published: 11 Aug 2018 at 20:21hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zambia 'colluded' with Zimbabwe over Biti's arrest
Senior Zimbabwean opposition MDC Alliance official Tendai Biti was arrested after he reported to Zambian immigration officials at the Chirundu border post, about 350km north (217 miles) of the capital...Published: 08 Aug 2018 at 17:22hrs | | by BBC
Coltart blasts Mnangagwa party
Senator David Coltart castigated ZANU PF saying the party is using the law as a weapon rather than an instrument of justice after several MDC Alliance members are reportedly in hiding of security agen...Published: 07 Aug 2018 at 19:36hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Chamisa to interrupt Mnangagwa's inauguration
MDC-Alliance senior official Senator David Coltart says the Zimbabwe government's plans for Sunday, 12 August, as the date for president-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa's inauguration following a disputed el...Published: 07 Aug 2018 at 17:58hrs | 1 | by Ndou Paul
Mnangagwa's new dispensation just a sick joke, says Coltart
Senator David Coltart has mocked President Emmerson Mnangagwa's "new dispansation" saying the only new thing about him is his age.Coltart took it to micro blogging twitter...Published: 18 Jul 2018 at 09:09hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Coltart lashes out at ZEC
Senator David Coltart has expressed concerns over the manner how the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission has tried to argue over the legality of postal voting not being observed by both observers and politi...Published: 16 Jul 2018 at 07:43hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
'Free election pre-condition will NOT be fulfilled' - only rigged election death wish will still contest
Death wish is "a desire for self-destruction, often accompanied by feelings of depression, hopelessness, and self-reproach. A suicidal urge that presumably drives certain people to put themselves cons...Published: 03 Jul 2018 at 06:30hrs | 1 | by Nomusa Garikai
Chamisa plots Mnangagwa, Zec showdown
OPPOSITION MDC-T and MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa yesterday said he would today confront President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) chairperson Priscill...Published: 02 Jul 2018 at 08:01hrs | 2 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Coltart opts for Senate seat
MDC Bulawayo Senator David Coltart has disclosed that he turned down the offer to contest for a House of Assembly seat on an MDC Alliance ticket, preferring a less-demanding Senate seat.Coltar...Published: 20 Jun 2018 at 07:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa dump Coltart
Social media users have been questioning why Chamisa's MDC-Alliance made ‘life' impossible for a hardworking and useful cadre like David Coltart by placing him sixth on the senator list making it ve...Published: 17 Jun 2018 at 19:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
'ED wetting himself after demo,' says Muchaiwa - nonsense, MDC will ignore all 'red lines' reforms, as usual
"After the peaceful electoral reforms demonstrations in Harare on Tuesday the 5th of June 2018 and a statement on Mnangagwa's "no action" position by the American Senator Chris Coons, I bet Mnangagwa ...Published: 06 Jun 2018 at 16:08hrs | 1 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'Zimbabwe is a one-party state,' boast VP Mohadi - worse still, Zanu PF is blatantly rigging these elections
Addressing a poorly-attended campaign rally in Chiredzi, Mohadi said: "Zim in essence, is a one-party State. Yes, we have other parties, but even when the moon is rising, the jackals bark, but will th...Published: 04 Jun 2018 at 12:51hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
ZSD Press Statement - appeal to SADC observers to judge Zimbabwe elections truthfully and follow own advice
Executive Summary Our appeal to Zimbabwe election observers is simple: please judge whether these elections are free, fair and credible as you would wis...Published: 21 May 2018 at 21:56hrs | 2 | by Wilbert Mukori
Chamisa ideological and policy bankruptcy laid bare
OPPOSITION Movement for Democratic Change Alliance presidential candidate Advocate Nelson Chamisa comes across as a very energetic, exuberant and lively character given to bombastic pronouncements som...Published: 15 May 2018 at 07:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa has faults, says Coltart
Former Education Minister Senator David Coltart has admitted that MDC Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa misfired during his recent interview on BBC's Hardtalk and also that the opposition leader has m...Published: 14 May 2018 at 06:57hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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