International smugglers devise new way to transport ivory from Tanzania

Tanzania's Minister of Tourism and Natural Resources, Khamis Kagasheki A JOINT REPORT The government has unearthed a new modus operand by international smugglers transporting the ivory contraband from Tanzania. The African has been informed that this is first of its kind smuggling attempt by Chinese...

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Unmaking of the constitution

Retired Premier Judge Joseph Warioba pondering at a point on the constitutional debate By PRINCE BAGENDA Recent events within and without parliament provide enough indicators that political parties and their affiliated non-governmental organizations are trying to capture the constitutional making...

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Tanzanians tired of ‘toothless dogs’ like SSRA and others

By Tobias Nsungwe: The former Prime Minister, Edward Lowassa doubts whether our country has a committed and disciplined executives to implement the plan THE Presidential Delivery Bureau (PDB) must be given teeth that bite to be able to take action against government employees when they fail to reach...

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SA to lend $314m for Tanzania power plants

Southern African Development Community Headquarters in South Africa The Development Bank of Southern Africa is lending Tanzania $314 million for two power plants, South Africa's treasury said on Thursday, as the east African nation country looks to tap more of its abundant gas reserves. The state-owned...

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CPU’s and its role in increasing coffee farmer’s income

Coffee plantation in Rungwe, Mbeya LYAMUYA STANLEY: RECENT investigations carried out by The African in Mbozi district, Mbeya region has come to reveal that farmers processing their coffee through Central Pulpery Units (CPU’s) do realize more income when compared with those doing the same through...

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Tanzania needs to tackle subsidies, tax exemptions -IMF

Tanzania's economy is set to grow 7 percent in 2013 but the government needs to expand revenue by simplifying tax exemptions and curbing power subsidies to sustain growth and ease fiscal pressure, the IMF said on Wednesday.The International Monetary Fund said inflation was expected to slip back towards the government's target of 5 percent by mid-2014, after falling to 6.1 percent in the year to September.It...

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Human resource shortage undermine eye healthcare

By Justin Damian:Although evidence has shown that about 80 per cent of blindness is avoidable, in Tanzania, like other developing countries, it is severely hampered by shortage of trained eye health care professionals and poor eye care infrastructure. Eye diseases are among the top ten causes of morbidity in Tanzania. An estimated 400,000 Tanzanians are blind and an additional 800,000 people are visually...

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