More than a decade ago, a student at the University of Zambia described the institution as “appalling.” Lecture rooms leaked when it rained. Hostels were overcrowded. Sewer systems were broken. Students lived, studied, and slept in conditions that raised a fundamental question: how have standards at Zambia’s premier university been allowed to fall so far?

More than a decade ago, a student at the University of Zambia described the institution as “appalling.” Lecture rooms leaked when it rained. Hostels were overcrowded. Sewer systems were broken. Students lived, studied, and slept in conditions that raised a fundamental question: how have standards at Zambia’s premier university been allowed to fall so far?

UNZA fails the grade Mired in debt estimated to be at least K1 trillion, Zambia’s bastion of higher education, UNZA, appears to be crumbling under the burden of poor funding, low staff numbers, inadequate facilities and an out-of-date curriculum. Charles Mafa...
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Chingola is shifting, and for many, the sense of safety is slipping. Traders speak of growing pressure. Residents describe a city on edge. At the centre of these tensions is a name now impossible to ignore: Jerabos. In the documentary, Bishop Joseph Kazhila of Life...