Dar es Salaam – Mobile phones will soon be used in testing the fertility of soil at any given location, researchers say.Kenya-based, Capture Solutions, said last week that it will extend its business to Tanzania by introducing various mobile phone appl…
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Tanzania: Bill On Marriage Act Seeks to End Underage Marriages
The Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children has said it would table in the Parliament the Bill on Marriage Act that once endorsed and enforced would end underage marriages.The Minister for the docket, Ms Ummy Mwalimu, ga…
Read MoreTanzania: Clouds TV Ordered to Run Apologies On Gay Interview
The Content Committee of the Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA) has directed Clouds Television to apologise to viewers and Tanzanians in its bulletin for five consecutive days following airing of a programme that advocated gayism.Readi…
Read MoreTanzania: Battle Lines Drawn As Magufuli Nods to Ban
Dar es Salaam – The brewing rivalry between President John Magufuli and the Opposition took an unpleasant turn last week after he upheld a controversial ban on political activity in a speech at an event to launch a police surveillance system in Dar es …
Read MoreTanzania: We’ll Not Attend Magufuli Meetings, Vows Chadema
Leaders of the main opposition party Chadema in Coast Region have vowed to boycott all activities officiated by President John Magufuli in protest of his decision to ban political rallies.They have termed the decision “outright violation of freedom of …
Read MoreTanzania: Choppers – Made in Tanzania
Tanzania has started to build its own helicopters in a project that will see the first batch of such choppers taking into the sky sometimes in 2018.Already, the prototype model, a two-seater aircraft is in its final stages of completion at the Mechanic…
Read MoreTanzania: Magufuli’s Method in ‘Madness’
Dar es Salaam – Seven months after President John Magufuli ascended into the highest office of the land uncertainty persists over what his style portends for the Tanzania’s future.His efforts to sweep out wasteful government spending, root out corrupti…
Read MoreTanzania: Seven Opposition MPs Handed Lengthy Bans
Parliament yesterday voted to suspend seven outspoken opposition MPs for violating Standing orders during the January session.Chairperson of the Privileges, Ethics and Powers Committee George Mkuchika said five Chadema MPs – Ms Esther Bulaya (Bunda Urb…
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