The frequent premature closures of the University of Zambia, has compromised the quality of education at the country’s highest institution of learning.
President Mwanawasa also ssaid the violent protests by students have destroyed property worth millions of kwacha.
Mr. Mwanawasa who was concerned at the frequent closures, said the university calendar has now lagged behind.
He was speaking in Mbabane, Swaziland, when he addressed Zambians resident in that country.
This was in response to a concern raised by some Zambians living in Swaziland, over the situation at the university.
He said as a result of the delayed academic calendar, students graduating from high school have to wait for one year in order to be enrolled into university.
Mr. Mwanawasa said government wants to see students use peaceful ways of airing grievances as opposed to violence in order to curb the frequent premature closures.
Meanwhile, president Mwanawasa has called on Zambians living abroad to consider investing back home to help boost the economy.
Mr. Mwanawasa said Zambians living abroad should help improve the country’s foreign exchange earnings by sending financial capital resources into the national economy.
The President challenged the Zambians to emulate other foreign nationals living in Zambia who are
externalising resources, to their countries of origin for investment.
There are currently over 200 Zambian families living in Swaziland, most of whom are working in the medical, education and engineering sectors.
Mr. Mwanawasa said his administration has created an enabling environment which should be exploited by all Zambians, including those working abroad.
The President said government is implementing measures to attract investment that would help create employment and enhance the economy.
And Mr Mwanawasa says the economy has in the past six years grown by an average of 5 per cent per year.
He said unemployment which stood at 87 per cent when he took over as head of state, has reduced to about 75 per cent
What measures have you put in place to avoid the so called premature closures Mr. Chuchu? It is a sad fact that your govt has totally failed to run the two Institutions when other govts in the region are doing so. Something somewhere is wrong in our Mother Zed! Ukuci vivula govt responds fast, ba Monk naba moma what do you think? During our time ni zeee.!!!
If your son or daughter came up to you and said, Dad I am not going to school because I do not have books or pens or pencils,what should you, as a parent, do? Reasons for these closures are a well known fact. The problem is gov. does not prioritise the issues affecting Universities.If there is a lack of confidence on the part of University managements’ accountability, let gov. address this issue than to shy away from meeting it’s obligations.Charity begins at home so gov. must play a more pivotal role in ensuring that accountability is top notch.The quality of education in the country has highly been compromised by the lack of motivation in our teaching staff.We need a gov. that can set a foundation to assist Universities come up with their own sources of funding, depending on gov. has proved to be a very far-fetched approached.
We need more Universities and the issue of talking about UNZA all the time will end. It is clear that Chuchu and compony dont fund UNZA and UNZA right now owes its suppliers a lot Monies. But What is UNZA doing about research ? other Universities survive through such ventures. Universities elsewehere keep industries with innovations and thus able to make money even through patents. Chuchu and his group should revive the industry and Universities will tick. We need the Midlands University in Kabwe, Northern University in Kasama, Barotse University in Mongu and Livingstone University in Southern Province.
Between 1980 and now Zimbabwe already has 5 Universities. But for Zambia children with very good grade twelve results ( 10 points, 11 etc) are being turned into kaponyas because there are no plcaes for University education.
Regina is being flattered by internet based demagogues when the truth is there. She will never win any battle of the people she with her husband abused with impunity. She may be trolling this PF blog to gain fake courage against her impunity; the truth remains she will be a defeated casualty and these cowardly demagogues here will like always mutate or go mute.
Making a deal with Government is her only option. Chiluba should know better that any battle of arrogant crooks against a People mandated GRZ execution, the people’s Government wins. She may have succeeded her adultery games against Mr Mwanza, but a win against Zambians is her nightmare in the waiting.
COPS LOCK UP CHILUBA, REGINA
Police yesterday briefly locked up former president Frederick Chiluba and his wife Regina in a cell at Lusaka’s Woodlands Police Station before charging her with being in possession of property believed to have been stolen.
ZAMBIANS ABROAD CHALLENGED
President Mwanawasa has called on Zambians living abroad to consider investing back home to help boost the economy.
Mr. Mwanawasa said Zambians living abroad
should help improve the country’s foreign exchange
earnings by sending financial capital resources into the national economy.
The President challenged the Zambians to emulate other foreign nationals living in Zambia who are
externalising resources, to their countries of
origin for investment.
There are currently over 200 Zambian families living in Swaziland, most of whom are working in the medical, education and engineering sectors.
Mr. Mwanawasa said his administration has created an enabling environment which should be
exploited by all Zambians, including those working
abroad.
The President said government is implementing measures to attract investment that would help create employment and enhance the economy.
And Mr Mwanawasa says the economy has in the
past six years grown by an average of 5 per cent per year.
He said unemployment which stood at 87 per cent when he took over as head of state, has reduced to about 75 per cent.
I am just astonished by the calture that is preveiling at Unza.For Some reason the student at Unza seems do enjoy paticipating in the vandalising ot her pipo’s property and primitive ways of communicating.Unza student are the ellite of the country.This is the brand from which we are going to get the best lawyers to protect pipo’s properties but while at unza they participate in damaging pipo’s properties.There suppose to be a radical caltural change about the student.They should move away from the notion of every little thing they go to the street just to keep that traditional which i expect them not to be proud of.Unza must give pipo direction on every important issue of the country.We have seen more demostration that we have seen them providing guidance.Lets talk to these precious youngmen and women so that we do not waste the investment that is going into them
In Zambia we are faced with a huge crisis. The entire country has got only 2 universities 43 years after independence. Yet the govt fails to solve the problems faced by these institutions. Even if I am willing to invest back home I will definately think twice.Half baked graduates are what we get from our universities. Seriously guys, how much can it cost to build a new stadium???. The govt keep on preaching about renovating the old structure called independence stadium, now we risk playing home matches in a foreign country. We have a big problem at hand, cry the beloved country……….
If only we had a caring government. The preisdent must not perpetuate his embarassment by commenting on matters that could have long been resolved had he shown a little bit of commitment to the Zambian cause not personal or family causes
I agree with #3 that we need more Universities in Zambia. The govt should create a policy where companies and investors work together with the Universities. At present most of the companies in Zambia are not willing even to sponsor a student at the only two Universities we have. They will rather reap where they did not sow. Concerning research at the two Universities, it is sad that there is not much research going on there. Reasons are (1) Colaboration with most companies is not there. (2) Zambian companies are interested in there profit and do not want to invest in Research and Development etc. There are main reasons to this.If you visit most of our companies, the operation are not that advanced according to the present day technology. The are still using the machines left by the colonial masters. In developed countries or some of our african countries companies do approach the Universities for research and improvement of their processes. E.g. Nokia phone was created by a University.
I am worried by the President’s concerns over UNZA. It seems UNZA is the only University we have in Zambia. When CBU closed I did not hear any concerns from the highest office. May be because he graduated from UNZA!!!!!!!!!!!
I subscribe to the doctrine that if ones does not have a solution or does not have a clue about a situation, they should just shut the damn f**k up as opposed belching stinking ignorance. This man has been president for nearly seven years now and only him as head of government can resolve the perpetual woes our highest institution of learning continues to face but he has deliberately failed to move it up his priority list. He should therefore not try to “kulimonesha ta” by pretending he is sorry about the closures, atase!
“He said unemployment which stood at 87 per cent when he took over as head of state, has reduced to about 75 per cent.”
Ba President shuwa, is this something to announce ati ‘I have reduced employment from 87% to 75%’ during your 6 years in office? That is bad ba mudala. It means that you have almost made NO impact on the lives of many Zambians during you time as the head of state. In fact the 75% is just a guess, perhaps the real figure is 80% unemployment rate bcoz the difference between 87% and the (guessed) 75% is not much bcoz it still means that 3/4 of Zambians have no jobs. How do you run a government with such a narrow tax base? Ba Presido, reduce employment to at least 10% then you can start using such stats in your political statements not ati
“I have reduced employment from 87% to 75% (Pres LPM…elected 2001, statement made 2nd September 2007)â€.
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Ba Presido, reduce unemployment to at least 10% then you can start using such stats in your political statements not ati “I have reduced employment from 87% to 75% (Pres LPM…elected 2001, statement made 2nd September 2007)â€.
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“He said unemployment which stood at 87 per cent when he took over as head of state, has reduced to about 75 per cent.”
Ba President shuwa, is this something to announce ati ‘I have reduced unemployment from 87% to 75%’ during your 6 years in office? That is bad ba mudala. It means that you have almost made NO impact on the lives of many Zambians during you time as the head of state. In fact the 75% is just a guess, perhaps the real figure is 80% unemployment rate bcoz the difference between 87% and the (guessed) 75% is not much bcoz it still means that 3/4 of Zambians have no jobs. How do you run a government with such a narrow tax base? Ba Presido, reduce unemployment to at least 10% then you can start using such stats in your political statements not ati “I have reduced unemployment from 87% to 75% (Pres LPM…elected 2001, statement made 2nd September 2007)â€.
MWANAWASA WOOS SWAZI INVESTORS
From AMOS CHANDA and WALLEN SIMWAKA in Mbabane
PRESIDENT Mwanawasa has reiterated his call to investors from Swaziland to set up businesses in Zambia because the
country’s constitution and subsidiary legislation
protects private property and prohibits any form of
nationalisation.
The President said this when he addressed a business luncheon hosted by top Swazi businesses in Matsapha, the industrial hub of the kingdom.
President Mwanawasa who celebrated his 59th birthday at the lunch, decided to rename the conference room where the lunch took place from S&B to Zambia Conference Room and directed that with immediate effect, the artworks in the room be
changed to reflect the Zambian environment.
He assured them that like any other international investors, their businesses in Zambia would be protected against State seizure or any form of violation because of the Zambian government’s strict adherence to respect for private property.
“The law of private ownership is there.
We do not encourage nationalisation, in fact, our constitution prohibits nationalisation,†he said.
Mr Mwanawasa said his Government encouraged the Zambian private sector to interact with others across the borders
because the business world had become a global
village.
“This is why whenever I travel abroad I make it a
point that I take time to speak to the private sector so that
I can persuade them to come to Zambia and invest,†he
said.
“Today is not an exception, I am inviting all of you
Swazi businessmen to come to Zambia and do business.
We have special incentives tailored to suit your needs.
Some of these are spelt out by statute others can be
negotiated.â€
He also said the MMD government had transformed the
economy from a command type to a liberalised
market-driven system which had delivered good results
since the change of government in 1991.
The President said when the MMD took over government in 1991 it changed the economy from a top-heavy command system
whose profits were largely used to pay ruling party cadres employed under the parastatal system.
“When the MMD, my party took over some 15 years ago, we
decided to do away with nationalisation, except for
very few strategic industries,†he said.
He defended the privatisation programme although he
admitted that it caused serious socio-economic dislocations
through job losses and other negative effects.
And Mr Mwanawasa urged Swazis to preserve their
cherished culture by resisting foreign criticisms that
it was a primitive one.
He said some people from Europe would want to
persuade the Swazis to abandon their culture at the
pretext that it was primitive yet they wanted to
impose theirs.
“This culture that you have is yours. Keep it,†he
said.
#10, you sound like a graduate from CBU hence your worries.Statistically, there have been more UNZA closures than CBU. May be that is why LPM is much concerned about UNZA.
I would also like to hear Levy encouraging Zambian business people to go and put up shops in other coutries like Zimbambwe, Swaziland & RSA.How will Levy treat these Swazi business people if he finds out that they have some business ties with the Taiwanese whom he boycotted? As for the closures of Unza,Levy & his MMD should heed some of the sugestions which have been offered above. No institution will survive only on the hand out from gov’t. The schools should have diffrent sources of funding(both gov’t & private). Our schools should also learn to invent things & not just be consumers. Unza and CBU should indeen be on the cutting edge of research aimed at developing equipment & medicine that lifts our people from poverty. It is a shame too that Zim has 5 unis while we only have 2 gov’t unis. NOTEC should have been upgraded into a uni as Nortec University.
Cops lock up Chiluba, Regina
By Brighton Phiri and Bivan Saluseki
Tuesday September 04, 2007
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Regina Chiluba with her lawyer Robert Simeza at Woodlands Police Station yesterday – Pictures by Eddie Mwanaleza
Police yesterday briefly locked up former president Frederick Chiluba and his wife Regina in a cell at Lusaka ‘s Woodlands Police Station before charging her with being in possession of property believed to have been stolen.
And Chiluba revealed that he had documentary evidence to show who the true thieves are.
Meanwhile, Regina showered Task Force officers with abusive language when they asked her to accompany them to Woodlands Police Station.
The Task Force officers, accompanied by eight armed paramilitary officers, went to Chiluba’s Kabulonga residence in Lusaka around 11:15 hours and requested Regina to accompany them to Woodlands Police Station. This was after Regina refused to avail herself for re-arrest following a Task Force call-out last Thursday.
Regina was recently discharged via a nolle prosequi on the same charges as she was arrested yesterday.
Task Force officers were met by Chiluba’s special assistant for presss Emmanuel Mwamba, who advised them that Regina would only be available around 14:00 hours because she had to prepare and inform her lawyer Robert Simeza. But the officers refused and insisted on Regina accompanying them to the police station.
“We expected her to report at our offices at 10:00 hours and this is after 11:00 hours,” said one of the officers.
After consultations, Mwamba later allowed five plainclothes officers inside Chiluba’s residence. Around 12:00 hours, Simeza arrived and went in to discuss with the Task Force officers.
According to Mwamba, Simeza advised the Chilubas to proceed with the Task Force’s plans to arrest Regina and that he would seek other means of addressing her concerns on the matter.
Mwamba explained that the Chilubas’ concern was that the Task Force had taken the case as licence to abuse and take away their rights without recourse to the law.
Around 12:30 hours, the Task Force officers came out of the house while Regina followed them behind, showering them with abusive language.
“You tell Max Nkole (Task Force chairman) that he must tell me what so sort of jail sentence he wants me to serve. I am not scared of jail sentence, I was born in Lubuto a compound in Ndola, I can’t fear Mwanawasa’s jail. Bushe elyo naupilwe kuli ba Chiluba, lisambi? M******mwe! (You dogs, is it a sin for me to have married Chiluba? Am I the only one who got married to Chiluba and has property?” Regina yelled at the Task Force officers as Chiluba chimed in: “Times change, time will change, do not take things for granted.”
At Woodlands Police Station, Chiluba and Regina were taken to the Criminal Investigations Officer (CIO)’s room where a warn and caution statement was recorded from Regina before she was formally arrested. The arresting officer then led Regina to the reception where her particulars were recorded in the Daily Occurrence Book.
The officer then told Regina that she would be ushered into a police cell while her lawyers negotiated for her police bond. The officer told Regina that she had to be detained in the cell because both the officer-in-charge and his deputy who should have authorised her police bond were out of the station.
It was at this stage that Chiluba openly protested and opted to join his wife in the cell. Regina was ushered into the cell at 13:25 hours. Chiluba followed her and the uncompromising police officer locked them up amid protests from Mwamba and Simeza.
“You cannot separate us,” said Chiluba as he joined Regina in the cell.
In a seemingly solidarity gesture, Kasama Central Patriotic Front member of parliament Xavier Chishimba joined Chiluba and Regina in the cell.
Police officers told Chiluba and Chishimba that they were in the cell illegally, and that if they did not get out, they would be charged with conduct likely to cause a breach of peace so they could legally remain in the cell. However, Chiluba and Chishamba were not moved by this threat.
After 15 minutes behind bars, Chiluba and Regina were released and escorted to the CIO’s office where Regina was granted a K300 million police bond with two sureties. Mwamba and Chishimba signed as Regina ‘s sureties.
Earlier, Chiluba protested when the police attempted to block journalists from taking pictures.
“Please forgive me, allow them to have a field day…this is good documentary,” said Chiluba before the police forced journalists out of the reception area.
“Times change, times have always changed…we have seen these things… kumulu lesa, panshi ni uyo wine…aliya. ..nabobene baleya nombaline [In heaven it’s God, and on earth it is that one who is now gone… the one who is there will soon go too,” said Chiluba in an apparent reference to Dr Kenneth Kaunda and President Levy Mwanawasa.
Chiluba later followed journalists outside where he briefly addressed them.
“These are very bad politics…you cannot continue to abuse the court process the way they are doing. This case had come to an end, this must come to an end,” Chiluba said.
He said he was shocked with the government’s shameless lies that he only travelled 11 times between 1991 and 2001 when he served as Republican president.
“As president of Zambia , I only travelled 11 times, therefore I had no allowances because I had only travelled 11 times? As chairman of the Congo peace process, Angola peace process, chairman of SADC, COMESA and AU, I travelled 11 times? Crazy! Crazy! And all of you including the police have television sets because we liberalised the economy.
Since 1991 when we liberalised the economy, everyone has managed to buy a television set. So the president can fail to buy a television set? Crazy!” Chiluba said. “This country will be very easy to tell the truth…to distinguish between the truth and lies because we have not been moving as blind men, we have documentary evidence to show the truth.
As former head of state, I know how to investigate these things. I have enough documentary evidence to show who the true thieves are. They have travelled all over in England to look for money and they found none. The FBI was involved and they went round and found nothing.”
But Task Force chairman Nkole reminded Regina that there was rampant abuse of the judicial process during Chiluba’s time. Nkole said there was no abuse of the court process this time.
“Perhaps the person saying that should be reminded that abuse of the judicial process was more rampant then,” he said.
Nkole said during Chiluba’s time, people were being detained for motor vehicle thefts indefinitely and without trial.
On Sunday, Regina said although she was summoned to appear before the Task Force for possible re-arrest, it was difficult for her to co-operate with the Task Force on the current matter as they were clearly abusing the constitutional powers of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) owing to the manner in which her case was withdrawn before court through a nolle prosequi.
But Nkole said there was no abuse on their part because the DPP exercised discretion of his office.
He said the Task Force could not force or coerce the DPP to enter a nolle prosequi. Nkole said Regina had been issued with a call-out and was supposed to have reported at 10:00 hours.
He said after she failed to appear, officers were dispatched to pick her up.
& CBU closed z indefinately
You would be very supprised that over 90% of student unrest at our two universities (UNZA & CBU) revolve around MEAL ALLOWANCES!!! They have completely nothing to do with infrastracture and the other issues that are of critical importance in an academic environment. As a matter of FACT students are the pepetrators of vandalism in these institutions. It is no wonder that theirs, is a fight NOT for good infrastracture and teaching material BUT for more Meal Allowances (70% of which they spend at their student centres in alcoholic beaverages for those who drink!!)
Granted, the state of our highest learning institutions leaves much to be desired and govt must play their part to bring sanity to our universities. However students must also not abrogate their responsibilities. Sometimes, these guys just ask for too much from govt. The free tax payer money that finances their studies in terms of tuition fees and the monies they get for the meal and project allowances is enough for now.
I agree with number 2. If one of thier children came up to them and said they were not learning they would do something. I am a student in Australia. To be honest I wish I was back home learning with my friends. The culture in foriegn countries and lifestlye is not something that is easy to adapt to. It is very difficult to adjust. Lonliness and the need to be with members of your family also come in. I wish the government could do something about our university so that Zambians would not have to make needless journeys to foreign countries. I wish I was at home.Govt do something and not just talk these closures are unfair.
The universities are run by incompetent personnel who have not seen the opportunities that are right in their faces !! UNZA,CBU/UNZANDO and Nortec have trained people for the entire sub-region for free !!When will someone realise that the varsities can be economically self sustaining with a REGIONAL market for potential students.LSE,Harvard,Cornell,Oxford,Cambridge all make 60-75% of their revenue from foreign students and as such do not look to govt. for handouts!!Kaunda built the damn things why can’t we use them and progress ??
3,9,17 you state Zim has 5 varsities !! What is the population of Zim….almost 3 times that of Zambia, that is why they have 5 !!Be careful when comparing..Zambia is a massive land mass but has a very small population of which less than 5% are in the formal employment sector!!5 varsities for Zambians is a waste but 5 for the sub-region in specialized fields like mining/geology/accounting etc is a viable option.
The Original Pudint is right tht Harvad and other unies like Oxford etc do make 60-70% of their revenue from foreign students. Unza & CBU could have been making a lot of money from foreign students too. But how can we have many foreign students when they are not asured that the two unies will not be closed each year? Students have a right to protest peacefully, but we can’t accept the distructive spirit that we often witness at unza. Such students should be charged for the repairs of what they damage.
cho_australia. If you are studying in victoria, then email [email protected] or [email protected] to catch up with other Zambians in Victoria.
It’s true these students just want meal allowances and modern infrastructure is not even on their mind, but again who can blame them. They are only students and very myopic at that stage in their lives, excluding matures of course. Students need guidance on seeing the big picture. University life is not supposed to enrich you, but rather give you tools to enrich yourself later in the real world where there is no such thing as something for nothing. You earn in exchange of the services you give to your fellow human beings. I know this does not apply to Zambian politicians, but don’t use those as your standrard. They never go anywhere, anyway. Look at FTJ now.
Other issue is Unza should be creative in generating income. We are sorrounded by three fast growing economies, DRC, Mozambique & Angola. Natives in these countries yearn to do education in English and UNZA could exploit this market, if they just got off their govt give us money soap box. And there is reaserch as well.
Ba Visionary(23),i cannot understand any sympathies extended to the minority of students who continue to think destroying property will solve their problems.I remember one demonstration that resulted in one of their own lecturers losing any eye when he drove past the campus he lectured at !!Times have changed and students have to move with the times and be more intellectual in their approach.As a parent i would spank my child if he/she was involved in such savagery and i suppose that is why Zambia Police are so heavy handed when dealing with these rogues.Let us commercialize the operations of the varsities and the govt to merely provide full and partial scholarships to the deserving and the underprevileged.Its time to make money from Angolan and Mozambiquan students who will pay to get degrees in English as our economy has no use for the all the graduates UNZA produces every year.Angola needs civil/mining engineers and they have the money if the right varsity exists nearby!
Lets debate with facts. Original pundit your points are not based on factual data. Zimbabwean pop. is under 14 million. And Zambian employment isnot 5%. I think the relevant metric to use is population per University space/place. Further, the fee income at Harvard is not even 30% total income. Am not familiar with Oxford and others you mention but i will be surprised they are that much different from Harvard.
Tell me which University can run decently on a budget of K30 billion.
UNZA needs more funding to build capacity (skills, equipment, IT, literature, etc.) for research. So this capacity has to happen BEFORE people start castigating UNZA for being dormant.
On a genaral point, Zambians have to make a choice. If we retain UNZA as a public institution, which am in favour of, then public funds have to finance it much much muich better than they are doing today. IF we want economic fees, then privatize it and keep away the poor. This is a clear economic problem we have to face.
Ba Francis(27)
Zim’ s population is around or just about 21 million.
don’t follow the BBC website figures they are wrong as is alot of data they post !!!
i’ll get back to you on fee income!!
#28 TOP wrong Data Francis is almost right the actual population of ZIM stands at 13 Millions of which 5 million is outside ZIM. ZIM has instead 13 Universities instead of 5. If you dont know the truth please its better to keep quite than misleading others. Also comapering Harvard to UNZA is not right because Harvard is a priavte institution while UNZA is governmental one. Why not compare GRZ unis like Khartoum University, University of Nairobi with UNZA. Oxford and many others have a different setup this will unwise to do. UNZA as I have always said you be run by Lusaka Province not GRZ this will be very easy to partner with some private individuals. The only Fan this about UNZA is we have NIPA which also run by govt you will never hear that have striked or closed prematurly. NRDC is another institution is in the hands of GRZ but I have never heard of vandalism there. What is wrong with our UNZA/CBU?
LPM should stop worrying of closures at UNZA coz we know that his administration as well as FTJ’s think education is not investment but consuption. The best investment any country can have is invest in education for its people.
I agree with bloggers that there is little or no research at all at UNZA that can earn them revenue. Am in China studying and almost all Universities are run by the Gov with businessmen at the helm. The gont provides legislature as business people invest in infrastructure and research which is not only benefiting them interms of profits but also the nationals with cheap home grown technology. All universities have Hotels within campus or just outside campus for those who dont want to live in hostels. They always have a target of how many foreign students they need to enroll.
we Zambians dont know how to make money out of sweat. we love it easy. I wish i could invest in edu. Makarere Uni has been liberalized;No more closures; great admin
peace
The dept of economics at UNZA has received a $3 million grant to mount a strong masters program like at Makerere. They’ve been receiving substantial funding from Bank of Zambia, the African Economic Research Consortium and the Swedish development agency for applied research in economics. I think the sch of Vet and mines are also in a similar position. Some good things are coming out of these initiatives. But more needs to be done. The Makerere model is a good case to aopt and make our own changes. I dont believe that a graduate with 6 points from Rhodes park school, no disrespect, is necessarily better than a 14 points from Mukinge Girls.
Why don’t the unis develop some commercial arms or business units like what 30# moyo has suggested? UNZA can go into commercial tourism like hotels in lusaka and agribusiness and CBU can go into commercial mining business to boost revenue, develop skills and give students practical experience esp in running different types of businesses. A law should be passed to ensure that all public workers including politicians and the president should ALL send their children to local educational institutions within Zambia. This law would improve standards in our education sector. Gov’t should also stop sending people abroad for studying instead the should hire professionals to come and teach in Zambia instead or get pros online(e-learning). This would save alot in the long term and also improve standards. Those who want to send their kids abroad should do it privately. If I was the President that is what I would do.
UNZA already has a number of business entities around Lusaka. York farm, Zamnet, vast land and many other things. But we must apperciate running a University is in itself a big enough task. So you can imagine if the vice Chancellor has to attend to all these commercial entities as a full-time executive and at the same time direct academic functions in UNZA. Therefore most of companies are running under independent managament and in come cases as plcs. Easy, visit all areas of NRDC, NIPA and other places, and you will realize those folks are not better off than UNZA. They may lack a culture of standing up to GRZ (they certainly lack a stone throwing culture there) to demand whats due to them, but its wrong to interpret their silence as a sign of satisfaction on their part.
Lets learn to appreciate the little progress we’ve made, single digit inflation is no joke. Much as not much has changed, we have to support our country. The serious lack of patriotism and stupid arguments i see from this forum saddens me. twats.
Twat-buster(34),was your contribution the most intelligent thing you could come up with ?? Its unfortunate this forum makes you sad but at least we know who the real twat is !!
The Original Pundity. I think you misunderstood what I wrote. I don’t sympathise with those who throw stones & cause damange at Unza. I said those who do so should be charged for the damage they cause. However, I said that students have a right to protest peacefully (especially if they are unable to have enough money for their food & room rent). Otherwise, I agree with most what you wrote in 26. Twat-buster, we appreciate the little progress which the the govt has made. But we criticise the mistakes which are made & try to offer some constructive suggestions although we all don’t agree on certain issues. This is ok because we are not robbots but people with independent minds. Being patriotic has nothing to do with the fact that we should not criticise where criticism is needed. If you knew some of us & what we are doing in our nation, you will not question all of us all. Better govts are those with an effective opposition. today I’ll dissagree with you, tomorrow I’ll agree with you.
If diplomacy fails, the wisemen advise someone to use violence just like the Doctors advise chaps who can not abstain to use a condom. You see, condom or violence is no solution at all but it helps when what is seen to be the better way of doing things fails. Unza situation si not a secret to most senoir govt officials coz they trace their origin there though they ignore the problem. I ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO USE VIOLENCE FOR AS LONG AS PIPO WHO KNOW THE SOLUTION CHOSE NOT HELP WHEN HELP IS NEEDED MOST. Zambians need to be serious. It is not easy to have students who are well taken care of go the road and start making noise.
37, chola. You are seriously misguided, how can you advocate for violence and still call yourself civilised? You are most likely one of the mad unza students. Have you vever heard of demonstrations or boycotts or petitions? Only barbarians think that violence is the only way to solve a problem. HOW MIS-GUIDEDED YOU ARE!!!
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