By Anthony Muchoki : A time comes when one has to call it quits at the regular work place, or to use the language of the queen, the time to say goodbye to formal employment. Some only retire due to old age, others when they go to the grave while the bright chaps do it because they want to…
By Anthony Muchoki: Yes. God hears the voice of a woman more than a man’s. After all, women are mothers. Secondly, the sins that are committed by men in terms of magnitude, they reduce women’s sins into nothing. A man will go to church, even a priest – look up in the skies and say father forgive me. But…
*By John Ulanga* *Executive Director,* *The Foundation for Civil Society, Tanzania* *A paper presented at the Annual Meeting of MS Tanzania,* February 19, 2008, MS TCDC Arusha, Tanzania 1 INTRODUCTION Over the last couple of years there has been a lot of discussions on the importance of the role of civil society organizations in the development processes. Attempts have…
Bank M (Tanzania) Limited has reported a huge pre-tax profit increase of 75 per cent for the six month period ended June, 2011, growing to TZS 2.83 Bln., as compared to TZS 1.61 Bln. for the corresponding period ended June 2010. The bank mainly attributed the increase in profitability to the growth in loan assets from TZS 98.87 Bln….
The CcM member of parlament (special seats), Pindi Chane,witnesses the cutting of the tape to launch a water reserve tank in Lugarawa, Iringa recently. On her left is TBL’s public relation’s officer, Doris Malulu.
Zantel improves youth lifestyle at affordable costs Youth are likely to enjoy a certain higher standard of lifestyle at an affordable rates following one of the telecom operators move of forming a youth club. Zanzibar telecommunication – Zantel – is these weeks launching a youth preposition that will enable the youth celebrate a certain life like going to clubs,…
CONSUMERS in the country will continue to feel pain in their day to day activities as prices of petroleum products, especially kerosene, have been slightly reduced. Dar es Salaam Regiom seems to be enjoying the EWURA decision as the price of kerosene has plummeted from Tsh2,086 to Tsh1,940 per litre while that of petrol has now been set Tsh2,206…
Reasons for depreciation of the Tanzania shilling stated Written by Yakobe Chiwambo Friday, 08 July 2011 05:28 ECONOMISTS say there are many reasons why the Tanzania shilling has been depreciating relentlessly over the past four years as indicated in recent Delloitte&Touche report on the East African economies.According to economists who spoke to Business Times at the 35th Dar es…
Tanzania: experts question reliance on foreign investors for economic growth Written by YAKOBE CHIWAMBO Friday, 15 July 2011 05:16 TANZANIA’S economy is projected to see strong real growth in the next two years, growing at 6.5 per cent in 2011 – and 6.6 per cent in 2012. Apparently, the growth is driven by foreign investments. However, local economists have…
sexual child abuse still a major challenge AS it has several times been reported in the media especially at local level, it is evident that child sexual abuse is among the challenges that face children in Tanzania. Bearing in mind that last month, it was World’s Child Day, Business Times reporter YAKOBE CHIWAMBO, held an interview with Director for…