These steel and glass temples of learning – some new-build, others lavish refurbishments of existing, run-down premises – are intended as proof positive of a determination to give youngsters a better start in life.
Privatisation of the jewel in the crown, Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines (ZCCM), has stalled.Copper still accounts for three-quarters of Zambia's exports and, though ZCCM's existing mines are run down, the potential remains huge.
Samsung iss in the middle of a costly transitional period," he wrote in a report Tuesday, with the company aiming "to run down existing phone inventory and introduce new mobile platforms".
It is not yet clear how much worse things will get as existing stocks run down.
The company has closed to new business and will run down its existing customer accounts before it closes, which will not be before 2014.
"Existing water infrastructure had been so run down that water supplies to the residents was limited to only three hours a day especially in the late hours of the evening.
And eventually, the amount of convenient derelict land on which to build more "luxury developments" without knocking existing stuff down will run out.What then?
"You seem really run down".
But they have been run down.
People are run down on horseback.
