Official page of Senator David Coltart, former Zimbabwean Minister of Education, Sport, Arts & Culture, Christian, human rights lawyer, Mayor of Bulawayo
Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote: “Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.”
There's so much evil in
#Zimbabwe
at present. Many Christian leaders are silent. This thread is what the Bible says about it.
To all of my 310966 followers, excluding the ZANU PF trolls of course, I ask that you use
#ZimbabweanLivesMatter
in all your Zimbabwean related tweets. Our beloved Nation is being brutalised and we need international condemnation of what is going on. Please act!
Rest in peace Oliver Mtukudzi. If anyone ever made me proud to be
#Zimbabwean
it was you. Thank you for making us happy for so long, especially during the darkest days.
One thing I am sad to say - my son
@DougColtart
did not inherit his dancing skills from me. Morgan Tsvangirai once asked whether I had stiff knees because I was dancing so poorly! 😂😜
Happy heroes day. I personally am remembering Patrick Nabanyama, Paul Chizuze, Itai Dzamara, Gibson and Zodwa Sibanda, Fletcher Dulini, Roy and Heather Bennett and finally Morgan and Susan Tsvangirai today. We must never forget their brave and sacrificial struggle for democracy.
Thank you
#Bulawayo
for voting overwhelmingly for
@CCCZimbabwe
. I am delighted that we have won 28 out of the 29 Council seats. 1 seat was lost to a duplicate unauthorized candidate in Cowdray Park. Here is the winning team. We will soon commence work to clean up Bulawayo.
It was great meeting
@HEBobiwine
today at the
#MDC
Congress in Gweru. We had a pleasant evening discussing the education policies
#Africa
needs to progress. I am grateful he graced the opening as our Guest of Honour.
A little Saturday Soother for y’all. Last weekend one of our Sons
@DougColtart
attended a friend’s wedding & was called up for an impromptu dance by the MC. My only regret is that I can’t claim those genes come from my side of the family! 😂 Enjoy
#Zimbabwe
#yellowsocks
Today is Sunday, it feels like Sunday, it looks like Sunday, the calendar says it is Sunday. But in the absence of any primary evidence proving that it is Sunday, it cannot possibly be Sunday- so I will just treat it like any other day today.
We call for the removal of the Zimbabwean Embassy in SA until they restore the human rights in that country. Failure to do so, we will prevent any official from the Zimbabwean government from participating in any gathering in SA until they respect ordinary Zimbabweans.✊🏿🇿🇼
Statement by David Coltart, Mayor of Bulawayo
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 colleagues I have been considering my…
Brief comment on new
#Zim
Cabinet - good that is only 20, no Mpofu or Chinamasa, good Finance & Sports Ministers in Ncube &
@KirstyCoventry
. So overall an improvement on the last one. I am always happy to give credit where it is due.
I had a highly productive meeting this evening with His Worship the Mayor of Johannesburg Kabelo Gwamanda. We discussed how our two great Cities can cooperate better in future. I have invited the Mayor to visit Bulawayo soon.
Yesterday the record was set straight on many fronts and in many ways -
@CCCZimbabwe
is the most popular party, we are united under the leadership of
@nelsonchamisa
, we have the right policies, we will not be distracted and we are non violent . In essence
#CCC
is the new dawn.
After a series of meetings with McCormick Property Development (a SA company), which included a request made to them to redesign the Egodini vendors bays, we are pleased to report that substantial progress has been made and the project is now underway again.
The redesign was to…
My eldest son
@DougColtart
is currently being held at Harare Central police station on utterly spurious charges. He was arrested this afternoon at Harare Magistrates Court where he was defending
@daddyhope
. Senior lawyers Beatrice Mtetwa, David Drury & Chris Mhike are with him.
I am so grateful to The Smokehouse and its amazing staff who arranged & participated enthusiastically this morning in a clean up along Fairbridge Way & at the entrance to Hillside Dams. We took away 2 bakkie loads of rubbish in just 40 minutes. We need more companies to do this!
There were many good photos taken during the
@CCCZimbabwe
rally in Bulawayo. I particularly like this one! It captures the new hope we have in
#Zimbabwe
So 5 years have gone on, with all those new young voters, hyperinflation has ravaged the nation and we are expected to believe that
@nelsonchamisa
‘s support has DROPPED from 2,1 million in 2018 to 1,9 million in 2023? This is an astonishingly crude fraud from
@ZECzim
.
Tendai Biti has just spoken to the press: “My position is that we as MDC A held our Congress in May 2019.
@nelsonchamisa
is our President and our next Congress is 2023. Full stop.” I agree
#WeStandWithChamisa
Adv Thabani Mpofu was Man of the Match by a mile. The referee & linesmen allowed the others 2 hand ball, foul & be offside most of the match (& still not score). Mpofu, who had the ref & linesmen continually on his back, scored goal after goal even with his team mates excluded.
This is what the pensioners at Garden Park were doing today - cleaning up on St Luke’s Way near UBH - it is heartwarming to see what the citizens of
#Bulawayo
are doing to clean up. I hope everyone will try to join in and do their bit.
I am deeply saddened to report that my dear friend Heath Streak died early this morning. He fought a courageous fight. Zimbabwe has lost a truly remarkable patriot. My deepest sympathy is extended to Nadine & their entire family. Attached is her announcement just posted on FB.
I am grateful for the amazing support shown to me this weekend by the
#MDC
. I am honoured - and let it be said somewhat daunted - by the trust placed in me in electing me Treasurer General. I salute Dr Mashakada for the principled campaign he fought. We have much work to do now!
Congratulations to Winky D and Gemma Griffiths on this wonderful collaboration which illustrates the amazing talent we have in Zimbabwe. But beyond their brilliance this speaks to me of the future - a future when all...
I had a useful discussion this afternoon with Michael Bloomberg on the sidelines of the Local Climate Action at
#Cop28Dubai
. I thanked him for the initiative to involve Cities in climate change programs & his Foundation’s AMALI (African Mayors Leadership Initiative) which seeks…
Congratulations are due to
@nelsonchamisa
who boldly led the formation of the
@CCCZimbabwe
so soon before by elections. He and a core team worked incredibly hard to get this result. This was also done without a cent of state funding unlike ZANUPF & its surrogate MDC T.
Just in case anyone questions my assertion that I get paid US$25 per month for the privilege of being Mayor here is my allowance slip for January. I omitted to mention that I am actually paid this in Z$ at the official rate - so last month my total allowance/remuneration was Z$…
Sometimes fathers are allowed to be proud. I appreciate the way that
@DougColtart
keeps his sense of humour and remains compassionate in his defence of the oppressed of
#Zimbabwe
. This coming generation holds out so much hope for our country.
@ARTUZ_teachers
This brutal Mnangagwa regime will not crush us or dim our vision of a new democratic, tolerant
#Zimbabwe
. I am grateful that as
@DougColtart
and his
@ARTUZ_teachers
clients went to court this morning their spirit is as strong as ever.
Tuesday:
“Good morning Mr Coltart, our sanitary lane hasn't been cleared and the water leak still not fixed, nothing can be done until the leak is fixed. This is in 2nd Ave Fife Street behind Bergville Place. My name is Mrs Y”
Thursday :
“Good morning Mr Coltart, very much…
This is an appeal to those of my 380,000 followers who live in Harare. If you want positive change in
#Zimbabwe
you have to do something about it. If you just sit back nothing will change. A small thing you can do is attend the
@CCCZimbabwe
rally at Zimbabwe Grounds tomorrow.
On Thursday I happened to meet up with one of our great refuse collection teams. These men work hard and diligently to keep our beloved
#Bulawayo
clean. I am trying to do whatever we can to improve the conditions of all the BCC staff. Please appreciate & encourage them whenever…
The contractors at Egodini are now working on weekends as well to expedite this project. I am delighted by the progress shown in this video taken today.
@CityofBulawayo
is going forward!
Please - patriotic Zimbabweans right across Zimbabwe this afternoon, evening and early tomorrow morning - go to your nearest polling station, particularly in rural areas, and take a photo of the V11 form which should still be posted outside. Then send it to +263 784134070
I note that
@daddyhope
has tweeted the following “The opposition failed to deploy election agents who would have collected the V11s in all polling stations.” This is false. For the record
@CCCZimbabwe
deployed over 29000 polling agents. Most had to work in dangerous conditions.
I am on my way home from
#COP28
and will be back in the office tomorrow. By way of an update to the residents of
@CityofBulawayo
, aside from a brief meeting with Michael Bloomberg, I had a variety of exceptionally useful meetings and interactions.
Mainly I have applied for…
I am holding my head up high this morning and am proud to have been on the side of the young, the poor, the oppressed and democratic compatriots. I feel for poor rural folk who were intimidated into voting for a regime which threatened their land, food & lives. God bless 🇿🇼
As a former Minister of Art to the current one - Minister
@KirstyCoventry
what are you going to do to protect freedom of artistic expression as enshrined in our Constitution?
@winkydonline
last night was illegally stopped from singing a song which condemns corruption. Please act
"President Mnangagwa said he instructed security agencies to let the protest to go ahead" reports the Herald this morning. It is not within the President's gift to instruct the police to allow a demonstration to go ahead. It is a Constitutional right & the President has no say.
Having been in the role of Mayor of
#Bukawayo
for just over 2 weeks it is clear to me that a major cause of the malaise facing the City is the continued use of the Z$. Budgeting in such a volatile currency is almost impossible & paying staff in Z$ has caused morale to plummet.
Whilst I applaud the journalism which led to VP Mohadi’s resignation let us not get ahead of ourselves. This only happened, the tapes only leaked, because it was in the interest of some to do so. There’s a political power play at hand & we need to learn the lessons of November 17
ZANUPF has seriously miscalculated in calling by elections. They thought that they had eliminated the real opposition & could manipulate the result. The combination of the
@CCCZimbabwe
‘s remarkable surge &
@PacheduZW
‘s expose of
@ZECzim
‘s fraud has ruined their nefarious plans
I was worried that
#Mugabe
’s endorsement of
@nelsonchamisa
yesterday would be damaging.But the cheers by young
#Zimbabweans
for him when he voted reminded me of the incredible capacity Zimbabweans have to forgive those who have seen the error of their ways & now want to do right.
I have just spent an hour with
@JobSikhala1
at Chikurubi Maximum Prison having him sign a new Sikhala Family Trust Deed which is designed to help his family raise funds for his legal defence and his children’s education fees. Job is in good spirits. More news to follow tomorrow.
Nelson Chamisa spoke at a massive rally in Chiredzi today demonstrating the growing national support for the
#MDC
. But the thing I appreciated most about the occasion was that he chose to sit on a plastic chair.
#servantleadership
I am intrigued by all sorts of Zimbabweans and Zimbabwean institutions who have posted tweets condemning the violence in South Africa but who have remained dead quiet about violence within
#Zimbabwe
. A bit of introspection is required.
I am gutted by the news that Alex
#Magaisa
@Wamagaisa
has died suddenly. He was an intellectual giant, a superb patriot & a great democrat. Alex’s sober analysis explained the truth of
#Zimbabwe
in a way few have been able to do. Alex was also a good friend & colleague. RIP Alex.
Robert Gabriel Mugabe has died. My condolences are extended to his family and friends. He was a colossus on the Zimbabwean stage & his enduring positive legacy will be his role in ending white minority rule & expanding a quality education to all Zimbabweans.
#Zimbabwe
- we may have a democracy deficit in our land but we sure dont have a love deficit - the response of Zimbabweans right across our land in response to
#CycloneIdai
has been truly heartwarming . This pic is of volunteers at Highlands Presbyterian Church this morning
Why is Dubai treating
@HEBobiwine
in this manner? Disgraceful. If the
@Economyae
wants to have a long term productive economic relationship with
#Africa
it had better embrace the rising tide of young democrats who will lead Africa in future.
Landed in Dubai at 8:30pm. It’s now 5am. I’ve been held & interrogated for 8hrs. They asked me about NUP, it's leaders, their phone numbers, my family members & their contacts! I have all necessary travel docs. They’ve confiscated my passport & my phone. Am literary under arrest.
Lawyers Beatice Mtetwa, Gift Mtisi, Moses Nkomo and
@DougColtart
are currently with
@daddyhope
who is fine. They are waiting for “charges” to be laid. No doubt they will be as spurious as ever.
#FreeHopewell
#Zimbabwe
Harare this evening after the rally - peaceful but determined people. Zanu PF could never get such a spontaneous peaceful gathering in a month of Sundays. I hope SADC & the world are going to respect the will of the Zimbabwean people.
@Sophie_Mokoena
@SADC_News
It’s important that the people of
#Bulawayo
turn out in their thousands on Saturday when
@CCCZimbabwe
launches its by election campaign in the City of Kings & Queens. Please spread the word by retweeting.
@nelsonchamisa
will be speaking so come hear about the exciting future.
I have just finished reading the very powerful Heads of Argument filed by Advocate Thabani Mpofu in the Constitutional Court. Outstanding work done by our legal team. Makorokoto. Amhlophe
#Zimbabwe
The MDC Alliance has been working on a new website since September last year and it will be launched tomorrow. Our members will now be able to join online, pay subs online and donate. Our goal is to become a
#millionmemberparty
!
#Zimbabwe
I’ve just spent a productive half hour with Brendan Dawson the Zimbabwean national rugby team coach. He has a dream to transform a barren disused bowling club on land owned by
@CityofBulawayo
near Hartsfield into rugby academy. It is a brilliant idea & I will back it to the full.
Heath Streak has issued a statement regarding the Chairman if
#Zimbabwe
#Cricket
allegations that he was racially motivated. Here it is. Please share far and wide.
While Botswana has its youngest MP speaking at a summit the Mnangagwa regime has locked up our youngest MP on spurious treason charges. No wonder Botswana is developing rapidly and Zimbabwe is wallowing in corruption and despair.
#MorganTsvangirai
will be remembered as one of
#Zimbabwe
’s greatest patriots. Although like all of us he made mistakes none of us ever doubted his commitment to transform Zimbabwe into a modern, democratic, tolerant State. If anyone deserves to be called a hero it is MT. RIP
I’m back in Morgan Richard Tsvangirai House for the first time since the fateful meeting which split the
#MDC
in October 2005 to attend the first caucus in the run up to the elections at the Congress soon. It is good to be back rebuilding the party we set up on 11 September 1999.
An appeal to the 80% of
#Bulawayo
voters who voted for the
@CCCZimbabwe
across the city. We need to clean up our posters across Bulawayo. Please help us by taking down & discarding all CCC posters. We'll let the less than 10% of citizens who voted for ZANU PF to take down theirs.
Happy Christmas everyone. May this celebration of the birth of Jesus inspire us all to strive towards a
#Zimbabwe
which reflects Him more. Jesus shunned violence, cared for children, the weak, the vulnerable and the poor. He treated women with special respect. He was humble. 🙏
I am very sad to hear that Morgan Tsvangirai has lost his brave final battle. He will remain one of the giants of the long struggle to bring democracy to
#Zimbabwe
. I will remember him for his courage, humility, humour and relentless determination to bring freedom to Zim. RIP MT
The ruining party’s hypocrisy is coming back to bite it. You cannot give yourself duty free Mercedes Benz cars, demand that the public pay duty for their Honda Fits in US$; get medical treatment yourself abroad using US$ and pay doctors in bond notes without people getting angry.
I’ve just been advised that vendors in Ward 4 along the Old Esigodini rd have had their vending sites destroyed. This was not done at my request - in fact goes against the very principle I’ve been advocating about vendors. We need to provide viable alternatives first.
Yesterday evening I continued my “bikepaigning” within Ward 4 of
#Bulawayo
with my wife. The response of people is deeply heartwarming. Yellow is everywhere! If we all now do our bit a new dawn will rise. But we ALL have to vote first. See you all at White City this afternoon!
It was a great pleasure meeting President Ian Khama this weekend at the Tswalu Dialogue. I also met a wide variety of African leaders including the former PM of Ethiopia Hailemariam Desalegn to discuss how we can turn African States around from poor ones to rich ones.
I’m delighted to hear that Mrs Thumisang Thabela has been appointed Perm Secretary of Primary & Secondary Education. She worked for me as PED Mat South & was 1 of the best PEDs in
#Zimbabwe
. This is an excellent appointment & once again I am happy to give credit where its due.
The Impala was running like mad in Mana Pools.
Elephant asked: Why are you running?
Impala: They are arresting all Goats.
Elephant: But you are not a goat.
Impala : Without primary evidence in
#Zimbabwe
I’ll never be able to prove it.
Elephant too started running.🤣🤣🤣🤣
Yesterday my wife, who is a dedicated proponent of planting indigenous trees in
#Zimbabwe
, met the project engineer at Egodini, Peter Wefelmeier, with Amos Maramba, who grows and supplies indigenous trees, to discuss the planting of indigenous trees at Egodini. Terracotta & their…
I am a person who has always held
@CyrilRamaphosa
in high regard . However the longer he remains silent in the face of overwhelming evidence of state sponsored torture in
#ZImbabwe
the more my faith in him is being shaken. Please act sir
#ZimbabweanLivesMatter
The only good thing about today's judgment is that it lays bare once and for all who had infiltrated the
#MDC
. Their identities are all now known, working as they are hand in glove with the Mnangagwa regime. History will judge them harshly.
#Zimbabwe
My son
@DougColtart
has just been detained by police Law & Order at a Harare hospital whilst representing the two torture victims Cllr Wombe & CCC member Sanele (below) who are recovering in hospital. I am told he is charged with obstructing justice.
@SADC_News
@Sophie_Mokoena
Recently elected CCC Cllr,
@Cde_Wombe
together with a fellow Champion Sanele were abducted by armed thugs in Belvedere next to Selbourne Rutledge School. The abductors used a Brown Toyota Fortuner & a Silver Toyota Belta.
Here are some images showing their state after the ordeal.
I see that Mr Modi Zanu PF candidate for Bulawayo South also only had his papers finalized by
@zec
at 16.20. Given the farcical judgment in the High Court his nomination should be nullified too. I’m told there are numerous other Zanu PF candidates in the same predicament.
A huge thank you is due to all our
#MDC
Alliance members & supporters the world over. Your subscriptions & donations are flowing in at an amazing rate. We have much work to do and this is just the beginning - but together we will usher in a new dawn for
#Zimbabwe
.
@mdczimbabwe
I have just visited the polling station at Burnside Garage in Ward 4 of Bulawayo and came across these 3 men manning a Zanu PF “exit survey” desk on Arnold Way. One had a camouflage cap on. I advised them their actions are illegal & reported them to ZRP immediately thereafter.
This heading in
@ChronicleZim
is a shameful distortion of what I said. I in fact said the direct opposite - that ZANUPF can’t fix the mess they’ve created. I wouldn’t have agreed to serve as TG under
@nelsonchamisa
if I didn’t have absolute faith in his capacity to lead
#Zimbabwe
So it seems the police raided the MDC Alliance headquarters today to try to seize our V11 forms. They failed because we have them elsewhere. But as I said last November we removed a tyrant but have yet to remove a tyranny.
#Zimbabwe
@P_VanDamme_EU
@UKSimonT
@KateHoeyMP