* * * * *Dar es Salaam: *IN concerted efforts to promote exports, the Export Processing Zones Authority (EPZA), working in collaboration with other relevant institutions and stakeholders in Tanzania, has earmarked thousands of hectares of land in14 Regions countrywide for the main purpose of boosting industrial processing for export. With the exception of the Bagamoyo Zone in the…
by Elizabeth Bennett – Anna came home from school with a note. It said: Dear Parents, A child in our class has come down with chickenpox. Please watch your children for symptoms and keep them home if they get sick. Thanks! Mrs. Cheng “Uh-oh,” said her mom. “One of your friends has chickenpox. I wonder if you will catch…
Special correspondent: Bagamoyo – LIFE here is similar to Hell, no fish, since yesterday, no credit, my family depend on me, life is becoming harder day after day. That is what Mr. Mgunda Rashid, thinks during an interview with Panos team. He says, the lives of many fishermen here around Bagamoyo are miserable, as for those who are using…
LAND ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT LAUNCHES WEB PORTAL TO MONITOR LAND GRABS (Dar es Salaam, 4 August 2011) ActionAid Tanzania in collaboration with the Tanzania Land Alliance (TALA) under the Land Accountability Project (LAP) launches a web-based land portal to aid in accessing information and discussion of land related issues in Tanzania. The project will also establish a system for women…
Dar es Salaam: More than 100 people including the Guest of Honour, the Honourable Prof. Jumanne Maghembe, Minister of Agriculture, Food and Cooperatives will be present at the launch of the Partnership for Nutrition in Tanzania (PANITA), a coalition of 90 civil society organisations across Tanzania. On the 4th of August Partnership for Nutrition in Tanzania will be formally…
Na John Kimbute BADO mjadala unaendelea kuhusu hatua ya wakuu wa majeshi ya ulinzi na usalama kutoa tamko rasmi kuwa hakuna atakayeruhusiwa kukataa matokeo, tamko ambalo limepata upinzani mkubwa kutoka kwa vikundi tofauti vya jamii, na kupelekwa malalamiko balozi mbalimbali. Inavyoelekea mabalozi au ofisi za kibalozi zilizopelekwa malalamiko hayo walipendelea kuwatuliza waliolalamika, wakiainisha matazamio yao kuwa uchaguzi ujao utakuwa…
Mkataeni kabisa Dk. Slaa, mwambieni JK aanze kurekebisha uchumi Na Anil Kija KUFANYIKA kwa kongamano la kutoa mwelekeo wa uchaguzi mkuu lililopangwa wiki ya kuelekea uchaguzi mkuu wenyewe wiki inayofuata, linakumbusha usemi wa Kiingereza kuwa ‘he who laughs last laughs best,’ hivyo itakuwa ni siku ya kura ya turufu nani mshindi wa uchaguzi mkuu. Tayari maelekezo na ishara zote…
Sikika, Dar es SalaamTanzania : The electricity shortage pushes domestic production below its potential causing the loss of numerous jobs. This could lead to social unrest if the situation is not addressed soon. As the government struggles to cut down unnecessary expenditures and seeks for ways to re-allocate its budget to address the ongoing electricity crisis, Sikika provides an…
*****Dar es Salaam******, 1 August 2011.* Seeds of local crop varieties must be included in relief-seed packages distributed to small-scale farmers after natural calamities if indigenous agricultural diversity is to rebound faster. Agricultural relief efforts should also capitalize on existing social networks to distribute seeds more effectively and efficiently. These are among the findings of a recent study looking…
MJADALA umezuka kuhusu uwezekano wa kuapishwa kwa mgombea urais wa Chadema Dk. Wilibrod Slaa endapo anashinda katika uchaguzi mkuu hivi karibuni, wakati anaishi kinyumba na mwanamke mwenye ndoa halali. Tatizo lilianza pale makuhani waandamizi wa makanisa tofauti (na hata imamu mwandamizi wa jiji la Dar es Salaam) walipofika ofisini kwake, makao makuu ya Chadema, wakatoa rai ya kusafisha –…