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Copperbelt University In INDEFINITE Closure
The Copperbelt University in Kitwe will not open for classes next week following damage caused to parts of the institution by a hailstorm.
OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR
Rescheduling of the 2012 Academic Year
The Copperbelt University Senate regrets to inform both new and returning students as well as the general public that, due to the damage caused to the School of Business Administration block and the new female hostel, following a storm that took place on Friday 24th February, 2012, the opening of the University for the 2012 Academic Year has been rescheduled to a later date to be announced. The postponement is to facilitate for repair works to the two structures whose roofs were blown off.
The inconvenience caused is deeply regretted
Issued by the Office of the Registrar
Copperbelt University
Jambo Drive, Riverside
P.O. Box 21692
KITWE.
Issued on 28th February, 2012.
Heavy rains last Friday damaged some female hostels and the newly built school of business.
Copperbelt Students Union- COBUSU President Thomson Luzendi has confirmed this to ZNBC news.
The country’s second highest institution of learning was scheduled for opening next week.
Mr Luzendi says the decision not to open the institution was arrived at following a meeting this morning.
The COBUSU leader says the development has nothing to do with the recent hike in tution fees by CBU management.
He also says the bad sanitary conditions at the university had also necessitated the closure.
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D B Joshua
February 28, 2012 at 4:43 pm
And you have to wonder why we have half-baked Engineers?
Lozi Bull
February 28, 2012 at 4:43 pm
Where are we heading?
why why
February 28, 2012 at 4:49 pm
Shoddy Works of MMD. In senga we say, ‘Volyera munfinzi vuonekera kumalusi.
PM
February 28, 2012 at 4:53 pm
Thank God no life was lost, mgt clean the mess and open the institution pliz…
demba ba
February 28, 2012 at 5:00 pm
zambian engineers are very lazy..they spend most of their time speaking english in drinking places instead constructing strong lasting structures…SHAME ON YOU so called “Zambian Engineers”!!!!!
msanzala
February 28, 2012 at 5:05 pm
this sad indeed
msanzala
February 28, 2012 at 5:06 pm
this is very sad indeed
ppm
February 28, 2012 at 5:12 pm
Poor scope and detailing of works to blame.
Poor thinking habits.
Octopus
February 28, 2012 at 5:13 pm
Who was tasked with the responsibility of supervising these chinese engineers kansi??? Or were they left to supervise themselves??
Over 9 billion kwacha thrown in the water like that! We surely need another commission of inquiry into such nonsense! Now the students have to suffer the inconvinience caused by such recklessness! How could only newly constructed structures be affected when the UNIP-old structures still stand???
Namutekenya
February 28, 2012 at 5:15 pm
Poseniko amano guys! as a university we expect u being the scholars around to resolve the matter in the shortest possible time!! Chaba shani kanshi?
shik m
February 28, 2012 at 5:40 pm
its a shame for sure to all engineers who are in zambia.look at the roads being constracted in our communities. And there is a board called ecz( engineering and constraction of zambia. what are they doing
Tonga Bull
February 28, 2012 at 5:49 pm
Both CBU and UNZA need serious renovations and the government should treat this as an urgent issue. the current state of both institutions is totally unacceptable.
Mwiche
February 28, 2012 at 6:04 pm
These places were built by the Chinese….and the admin just misused the money how can such infrastructure cost 6bn???hmmmm awe sure
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Mo taim
February 28, 2012 at 6:09 pm
Poor Engineering indeed.How can a new structure also sacumb to the elements ?
mwisho kaps
February 28, 2012 at 6:09 pm
TONGA bullY u are now maturing. Sense there, than always dreaming of the cattle u inherited.
Fault Finder
February 28, 2012 at 6:33 pm
Problem must have been caused by cheap brick layers and carpenters. Bamambala baliibile imisomali na cement ifyali no kukosha ifikulwa.
charming
February 28, 2012 at 6:34 pm
am nt surprised…wat do u xpect of chinese contractors.hop the damage is repaired asap.
Sando
February 28, 2012 at 6:41 pm
This must be considerd as a national disaster and all pipo involved in the construction,inspection must be brought to book. Operating liecence for the construction company must be withdrewn with immediate effect.
Aba bafikala kuti batwipaya.
wise ruler
February 28, 2012 at 6:55 pm
this is the result of corruption , how can a new build collapse , those engineers who worked on it should be investigated . if were u , i was going to hung myself , u thieve may God punish u .
Macky11
February 28, 2012 at 7:32 pm
Tonga atleast I ve tokd sense tday nt amafi ulunda yemo.a big clap to u chikala
Macky11
February 28, 2012 at 7:32 pm
Tonga bull atleast I ve tokd sense tday nt amafi ulunda yemo.a big clap to u chikala
mwisho kaps
February 28, 2012 at 7:32 pm
Ba TumFweKo o anyone else PLSE can u shade more light on th speculating issue in kafue area, that thieves stole two carton boxes from a truck bliving there was money. But when they went in th bush only to discover that ther were anakonda typ of snakes whch were in transit to congo DR from Brazil via South Africa. And its blivd that thy ar very DANGERFULL snakes if multply and grow up…… Is it true imwe bantu..
Mendez
February 28, 2012 at 8:24 pm
Hw is it indefite closure wen thy wr still clozed enwa thz wat rsults frm corrption not all engneers ar half bked jst an advce 4 engneers if gvn a prjct wth lttle rsouces or forcd to cmpromze stds btter mtain yo dginty it wz goin 2 b waise if students wr prsnt coz csulties wud ve bin rcorded
CBU moma
February 28, 2012 at 8:48 pm
OK then deposit the meal allowances into our accounts as we wait for you to reopen the institution. Insala ya chila kung’anda we!
ZinCA
February 28, 2012 at 9:01 pm
I am Zambian living in the US and I recently went home to visit.
I’ll say I was shocked by the state of the roads, so no surprise here that a roof would be blown off an expensive building just by rain – rain which is not at all uncommon to our climate. Someone really ‘dropped the ball’. Why is it that as Zambians we just see to accept the status quo? Why do we not speak up and demand better infrastructure? How do we change our attitude?
Lumpheni
February 28, 2012 at 9:03 pm
2 bad 4 CBU.UNZA Z NW BAK ON TRACK.NO MORE BOYCOTT
GUN
February 28, 2012 at 9:06 pm
That is why our universities are ranked some of the least on standards in africa because of such.
eng su
February 28, 2012 at 9:38 pm
we need a commision of enquiry headed by the famous zaulu. meanwhile the hailstorm shall be called hurricane musonder. engineer calculate the velocity of musonder required to thrust a chinese roof. hence, by your knowledge of fracture mechanics, deduce the critical stress given a nomical stress of 200 mega pascals.note velocity in (m/s) and stress in psi
eng su
February 28, 2012 at 10:02 pm
ba vc, justify why a ka simple roof would spark an indefinite closure.failure to which u r summarily dismissed for jeopadising the student learning opportunity.u only have 3 working hrs to exculpate yourself.
tomas
February 28, 2012 at 10:40 pm
Please people, do not say engineers and something like that..the issue here is that they do not need some people to start the protesting of this gay thing..it is a hidden agenda..let us wake up !
ANGRY MASAD
February 29, 2012 at 12:16 am
TAKALEFUMA BA FI COLOUR!
kadyagugu
February 29, 2012 at 2:53 am
hey lets not generalise. Put gu up with the relevant engineers. I.e civil
Matata
February 29, 2012 at 7:09 am
Thats the benefit for cheap labour. We need to set up the comision of inquiry to investigate the use funds in that project.
MWINE MUSHI L-BLOCK
February 29, 2012 at 8:13 am
Aka mutenge kachita blow of ati indefinately close.if them serious kuti baka chitani……mend an recontruction in one weeks.
bungwe
February 29, 2012 at 8:31 am
The old UNIP structures can stand because the money was well spent. But our previous friends had to cut corners to cater for what they should bury in the ground for personal use!
STUCK!!!
February 29, 2012 at 8:37 am
a roof gets blown off and u close indefinately wen u still hav a week or so b4 opening…how long does it take 2 put up a roof or maybe u bringing down the whole building and strtin all ova again?
COBUSU
February 29, 2012 at 8:39 am
thieves,how do you say estimated renovation cost K9bilion yet the construction of the same building costed K4bilion.we can wait 4 1 more week bt nga twaponena (management) ukose.
Isa kuno
February 29, 2012 at 8:47 am
This is a very seriuos & life threating mess. What if students were present. CBU is just getting messed up. E.g they patch the campus road every year. What cant they just make a proper road. Besides they have to paint the buildings they look ugly.
mukuka
February 29, 2012 at 8:47 am
CBU
1.same on the management.
2.shame on the engineers.
3.shame on the government for lettting people who are not qualified enough to hundle such big projects,which involve human life…WHAT IF THIS HAPPEND WHEN THER WER PEOPLE AROUND…NGACHALI SHANI? TEMA DISASTER BEBA AYO!!!!
AWE BANE TUPOSEKO AMANO!!!TE KUBUTA UKU???
pierre
February 29, 2012 at 11:23 am
mukaya,he gets free money after 30 days imagine n he smokes alot
Monk waku vatican
February 29, 2012 at 11:45 am
abena doc C, wats tha purpose of changing tha academic yr 4 simple repirements, sessional during xmas en new period takafuma.
Bravo
February 29, 2012 at 12:34 pm
I wonder the materials they used.how come the old buildings made in times of smith and super ken are still outstanding despite the heavy storm?u shud constitute the commission of inquiry taxpayers money cant just be blown away like that.
bashi chalwe
February 29, 2012 at 2:07 pm
I knew it, why didnt they follow the architectural design of the old buildngs? They needed to construct roofs with parrapet walls coz thoz arent single storey buildings. were they thinkng its a house?? Shame on u chinese and the SBE staff team. UR lucky am a graduate pantu nganalishuta!!!! Momas,monks and mojos just be patient ZIT will be opened but i feel for u…. Freshers hold yo breath coz there are 5 or mo years ahead of u
or three yrs ngaulindipu…
BA SIR MED
February 29, 2012 at 7:01 pm
mgmnt take students 4 grantd, hw do they extend the re-opening for this nonsense caused by their masters’negregence when they did not extend the examination period? Monk ngaisa,mgmnt UKOSE SANA!!! Fresher naiwe tekanya ukayafye bwino,ukakumane na PRESSURE YAPA ZIT….
Nkana
February 29, 2012 at 8:18 pm
Y cnt thy engage th engineers thy taught to build to c hw qualified thy r?
Dee
March 1, 2012 at 1:29 am
Prof Mutale Musonda,ve U seen wats happening coz of ukutemwa ukulyamo…U nid to go…students,workers and lecturers dnt want U!!!
IMBULUBE
March 1, 2012 at 5:30 pm
takalefuma
Ellis
March 1, 2012 at 8:43 pm
what will happen to the student records in the buildings affected?