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Coltart criticises govt over devolution

Bulawayo Mayor David Coltart has criticised the government for failing to fully implement devolution of power as outlined in the national constitution, saying the concept remains theoretical rather than practical.Speaking to city residents…

Published: 13 hrs ago | 272 | by Staff reporter

David Coltart takes on the Church of England

Bulawayo mayor David Coltart has revealed that his law firm, Webb, Low and Barry, is assisting in a civil claim on behalf of victims of the late British evangelical Christian barrister John Smyth, who ran abusive summer camps in Zimbabwe d…

Published: 05 Oct 2025 at 18:42hrs | 1252 | by Staff reporter

David Coltart is profoundly wrong on referendums

The Constitution and Binding Case Law Permit Term of Office Extensions Without Referendums: A Rebuttal to David ColtartThe bald claim by David Coltart - that giving effect to Zanu-PF's October 2024 Resolution Number 1 to extend President E…

Published: 30 Sep 2025 at 22:17hrs | 855 | by Prof Jonathan Moyo

Coltart appears opposed to slashing of parking charges

Bulawayo mayor David Coltart has voiced concern after the government ordered local authorities to cut parking, clamping and tow-away fees by half, a decision warmly received by residents but one he says will further strain municipal financ…

Published: 11 Sep 2025 at 15:42hrs | | by Staff reporter

Bryden School in Chegutu battles Chinese firm

Bryden Country School in Chegutu is embroiled in a heated legal battle with Chinese-owned Shuntai Holdings over the construction of a lime and cement factory just 497 metres from its boundary - a project parents, teachers, and education le…

Published: 18 Aug 2025 at 14:50hrs | 781 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe Cricket president Coltart

Zimbabwe Cricket president Tavengwa Mukuhlani has hit back at critics, defending his administration and accusing former Bulawayo mayor David Coltart of misleading the public in a heated war of words over allegations of racism, tribalism, a…

Published: 16 Aug 2025 at 13:29hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwean businessman launches soccer team in Botswana Premiership

Zimbabwean businessman Tendani Sebata has officially launched his new football club, Black Lions FC, which will compete in the Botswana Premiership.Sebata's latest venture into the football scene comes shortly after his departure from Bots…

Published: 15 Aug 2025 at 21:52hrs | 2003 | by Staff reporter

Racism accused Coltart fires back as Zimbabwe Cricket

Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) has found itself under intense public scrutiny after its attempt to dismiss Bulawayo Mayor David Coltart's criticisms as a â€œracially motivated smear campaignâ€ drew widespread rejection from cricket supporters acro…

Published: 15 Aug 2025 at 20:49hrs | 900 | by Staff reporter

'David Coltart targeting black administrators'

Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) has accused former Sports Minister David Coltart of targeting its black administrators with "baseless accusations" in a sharp rebuttal to his criticism of the board following the national team's humiliating Test serie…

Published: 13 Aug 2025 at 09:00hrs | 251 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe Cricket hits back at Coltart over racism claims

Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) has launched a strong rebuttal against what it describes as a long-running smear campaign by Bulawayo Mayor David Coltart, accusing him of targeting black administrators with unfounded allegations of racism.In a state…

Published: 12 Aug 2025 at 14:41hrs | 940 | by Staff reporter

Coltart decries lack of arrest powers for Municipal police

Bulawayo Mayor David Coltart has raised concerns over the city's inability to effectively enforce municipal by-laws due to the limited powers of municipal police, particularly their lack of authority to arrest offenders.Coltart told Southe…

Published: 24 May 2025 at 11:01hrs | 199 | by Staff reporter

Tribalism, fear, paranoia drive Zanu PF's response to Ndebele king

A seemingly innocuous picture of Bulawayo mayor David Coltart and Bulelani Khumalo, who claims to be the Ndebele king, seems to have caused panic in the corridors of power with a tempest in a coffee pot brewing.Daniel Garwe, the local gove…

Published: 13 May 2025 at 16:31hrs | 459 | by Nqaba Matshazi

Why Kingship in Zimbabwe is Constitutional

True to the proverb that a stitch in time saves nine, the controversy surrounding Local Government Minister Daniel Garwe's letter dated 22 April 2025, to Bulawayo Mayor David Coltart, in which he gratuitously insulted Bulelani Lobengula ka…

Published: 09 May 2025 at 11:32hrs | | by Prof Jonathan Moyo

Mutsvangwa blasted over attack on Coltart

Zanu-PF spokesperson Christopher Mutsvangwa has ignited a storm of criticism after accusing Bulawayo Mayor David Coltart of advancing tribal interests and allegedly supporting a separatist agenda, following Coltart's recent meeting with Ki…

Published: 04 May 2025 at 09:21hrs | 2533 | by Staff reporter

Foreigners turn Bulawayo sanitary lanes into 'toilets'

The Bulawayo City Council has appealed to residents to refrain from using sanitary lanes and shop alleyways in the central business district as makeshift toilets, warning that such behaviour could trigger serious public health risks.In a s…

Published: 02 May 2025 at 20:16hrs | 1280 | by Staff reporter

'Garwe must not bully the mayor'

Opposition party ZAPU has come out strongly in defence of Bulawayo mayor David Coltart, following a public rebuke by Local Government minister Daniel Garwe over the mayor's decision to host self-proclaimed Ndebele king Bulelani Khumalo.Gar…

Published: 02 May 2025 at 19:48hrs | 841 | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo requires US$38,000 for refuse trucks

Bulawayo Mayor David Coltart has disclosed that the local authority requires US$38,000 to fully restore its refuse collection fleet.Speaking at the Bulawayo Economic Development Conference on Thursday, Coltart emphasized the need to addres…

Published: 12 Apr 2025 at 09:09hrs | 60 | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo Mayor rules out quick fix for City's deteriorating roads

Bulawayo Mayor David Coltart has acknowledged that the city's worsening road network crisis will not be resolved anytime soon due to a severe financial shortfall. The municipality requires approximately US$700 million for road rehabilitati…

Published: 07 Feb 2025 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo has no control over Nyamandlovu aquifer

Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has acknowledged that the Nyamandlovu aquifer is operating below its capacity, largely due to non-functional boreholes, further exacerbating the city's ongoing water crisis.Mayor David Coltart confirmed to South…

Published: 06 Feb 2025 at 17:24hrs | 1910 | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo dams still low despite recent rainfall

Despite recent rains in and around Bulawayo, the city's water supply dams remain critically low, leaving residents to endure prolonged water rationing. The drought of the past two years has left dam levels far from recovery, with the curre…

Published: 11 Jan 2025 at 19:24hrs | 920 | by Staff reporter

Coltart courts police to enforce city laws

Bulawayo Mayor, David Coltart, has called on law enforcement agencies in the city to step up efforts in enforcing local bylaws, particularly concerning the illegal operations of pirate taxis in undesignated areas.In an interview with South…

Published: 04 Dec 2024 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter

Fears of water privatisation in Bulawayo as Dutch company is roped in

There are growing concerns among stakeholders in Bulawayo that the municipality might be attempting to privatise the city's water management services through the back door. Reports have surfaced indicating that the local authority has enga…

Published: 22 Nov 2024 at 08:26hrs | | 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 with the city's values and identity. An…

Published: 11 Nov 2024 at 14:29hrs | 2500 | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo to cut water supplies to just 36 hours per week for residents

The City of Bulawayo is set to introduce a more drastic water conservation regime which will see water coming out of the taps for just 36 hours in a week, or one-and-a-half days.The second city, with a population of over 650,000, is curren…

Published: 07 Oct 2024 at 17:04hrs | 2224 | by Staff reporter

Settler leads King Mzilikazi commemorations

Bulawayo Mayor David Coltart has criticized the state of the roads leading to King Mzilikazi's grave, comparing it unfavorably to the well-maintained roads to Cecil John Rhodes's grave. During the King Mzilikazi commemorations held at…

Published: 08 Sep 2024 at 09:59hrs | 696 | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo faces a catastrophe

Bulawayo Mayor David Coltart has highlighted the city's severe water crisis and urgently called for US$14 million to upgrade the Mtshabezi and Insiza pipelines. During a visit to Umzingwane Dam and Ncema pump stations, Coltart described th…

Published: 26 Jul 2024 at 17:33hrs | 3202 | by Staff reporter

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 enter into an agreement for the construction of the…

Published: 04 Apr 2024 at 06:01hrs | | by Staff reporter

Coltart hails Bulawayo water crisis 'consensus' meeting

Bulawayo mayor David Coltart said there was now a "broad consensus" to solve the city's perennial water problems after a meeting with water minister Anxious Masuka on Wednesday.Coltart has been pushing the government to declare Bulawayo a …

Published: 28 Feb 2024 at 18:45hrs | 26 | by Staff reporter

Coltart demands action on sewers

Bulawayo Mayor Cllr David Coltart has called for the speedy rehabilitation of burst sewer pipes to curb the potential spread of cholera around the city.Cllr Coltart, addressing the city fathers at the recently held Full Council Meeting, sp…

Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 14:22hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Egodini to be opened during the second week of February

THE first phase of the long-awaited Egodini mall project is ready for re-opening with at least 400 informal traders set to be allocated vending stalls, Bulawayo mayor David Coltart has said.Coltart said indications were that the facility w…

Published: 25 Jan 2024 at 04:17hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

David Coltart sees better days in 2024

Bulawayo mayor David Coltart says finding solutions to the city's multifaceted problems will not happen overnight as he laid out his council's priorities for 2024.Coltart, a former Education minister during the inclusive government under t…

Published: 31 Dec 2023 at 13:00hrs | 23 | by Staff reporter

David Coltart engages SA property firm

BULAWAYO mayor David Coltart is in discussions with South Africa-based company McCormick Property Development to speed up the construction of the multi-million-dollar Egodini Mall.The discussions come as another South African property deve…

Published: 01 Dec 2023 at 04:58hrs | | by Staff reporter

Open defecation rife in Gwanda

RESIDENTS of Gwanda urban still practise open defecation, according to a latest Zimbabwe Vulnerability Assessment Committee (ZimVAC) 2023 exposing poor investment on sanitation services."Attention should be given to Matabeleland South prov…

Published: 15 Nov 2023 at 05:10hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter

David Coltart in talks with Aberdeen to revive Bulawayo

BULAWAYO mayor David Coltart says he recently met Lord Provost David Cameron of Aberdeen in Scotland to explore ways to strengthen the two cities' twinning arrangement.Coltart said he recently met Cameron while celebrating his 40th wedding…

Published: 15 Nov 2023 at 05:10hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo councillors sweat over water nightmare

The perpetual water challenges in Bulawayo have prompted the recently elected Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC)-led council to request the central government to declare the city's water crisis an emergency.Mayor David Coltart is advocati…

Published: 10 Nov 2023 at 06:36hrs | | by Staff reporter

David Coltart held up by Bulawayo's empty coffers?

Bulawayo Mayor, David Coltart, has expressed concerns regarding the US$20 million debt owed by the city's residents and ratepayers. It has been 45 days since Coltart was elected as the Mayor of Bulawayo.Coltart, a former Primary and Second…

Published: 25 Oct 2023 at 06:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Coltart summons Egodini project contractor

Bulawayo's Mayor, David Coltart, has called for a review of the contract with Terracotta Private Limited, the contractor for the Egodini Mall project. The project, which began in 2012, has faced significant delays, with the bus terminus an…

Published: 24 Sep 2023 at 09:03hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Coltart lays out vision for Bulawayo

Former Primary and Secondary Education minister David Coltart says his immediate task if elected as Bulawayo mayor this week is to clean-up the city that he says has become a cesspit.Coltart, a Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) senior of…

Published: 10 Sep 2023 at 08:58hrs | | by Staff reporter

CCC councillors jittery over Chamisa directive

THERE is a plot by in-coming Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) councillors to defy party leader, Nelson Chamisa, after he imposed former Education minister, David Coltart, as the party's chosen mayor for the city.Councillors will vote fo…

Published: 08 Sep 2023 at 20:14hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Why Zanu-PF must win at any cost!

Let me start with that intellectual prostitute, Professor Jonathan Moyo, who, from his hide-out somewhere in Kenya is breathing fire and brimstone on a poor white man, David Coltart.David wrote a tweet (now called an X) saying he sympathis…

Published: 06 Aug 2023 at 08:25hrs | 14 | 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 Coltart's apology on his Twitter account.Said Moyo,…

Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 08:26hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo needs urgent cleansing, says Coltart

FORMER Primary and Secondary Education minister David Coltart says Bulawayo is now a mess and needs urgent and serious cleansing by incoming councillors.Coltart, who is eyeing the city's ward 4 on a Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) tick…

Published: 23 Jul 2023 at 08:01hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF trying to win via the back door

Last night I was briefed by my law partner Josephat Tshuma who is part of the CCC legal team opposing the spurious application brought by Zanu-PF surrogates to set aside the nomination of the 12 CCC MP candidates for Bulawayo. Zanu-PF's in…

Published: 21 Jul 2023 at 16:35hrs | | by David Coltart

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 alleged that he came last.Moyo claims t…

Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 20:29hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Coltart nominated for a European award

Zimbabwean human rights lawyer Doug Coltart has been nominated for the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe's (CCBE) 2023 Human Rights Award. He was nominated by the Law Society of Ireland and the Bar of Ireland.He has represented n…

Published: 20 May 2023 at 20:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Mr Cross: Silence cannot be misquoted

In September 2019, Finance and Economic Development Minister, Professor Mthuli Ncube, appointed a nine-member Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) to influence the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ)'s monetary policy. Crucially, the MPC's wide-swee…

Published: 25 Jan 2021 at 08:28hrs | 2 | by Dr Tim Rainhard

Coltart raises red flag over education crisis

FORMER Education minister David Coltart has painted a gloomy picture of the country's education sector, saying lack of motivation among teachers will see schoolchildren paying a heavy price in future.Coltart (DC), who was credited with tur…

Published: 09 Jun 2019 at 09:38hrs | | by Staff reporter

Coltart's plot on judiciary outed?

A plot by some shadowy non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to rope in Harare-based lawyers to attack the judiciary through a demonstration today has been exposed. The Herald understands that the demonstration by lawyers is a political ma…

Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 10:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Chamisa, only candidate with chance of ending military rule

I AM back from the United Kingdom, having accompanied MDC Alliance presidential candidate, Nelson Chamisa and Tendai Biti.In the course of four days, we met the British Foreign secretary Boris Johnson, Africa minister Harriet Baldwin, the …

Published: 16 May 2018 at 06:54hrs | 3 | by David Coltart

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 made wrong pronouncements.In his stateme…

Published: 14 May 2018 at 06:57hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

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