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We Wish The Minister, Tanesco Well In Their New Adventure

On May 15th, this year, our sister Swahili tabloid, Nipashe, published a front page story in which the Minister for Energy and Minerals, Prof Sospeter Muhongo admitted that the state-owned power utility, Tanesco, had failed --in 49 years -- to produce and distribute reliable electricity Full Story

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YOUTH OF THE WEEK: Only teachers should handle academic matters, not politicians

EDUCATION: Has politics affected our education system?

YOUTH OF THE WEEK: Tanzanians should work hard to restore nation’s peace

President Jakaya Kikwete (L) listens to PPF Public Relations Manager Lulu Mengele (R) when the president visited the PPF pavilion at the climax of the pensions funds week at Nyerere Square in Dodoma yesterday. Centre is PPF director general William Erio.

Dar's secret poaching report implicates China

Investment relations between China and Tanzania have been cited in elephant poaching in Tanzania, calling for serious government intervention, a report on the elephant poaching crisis has revealed Full Story

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TBS Advised To Emulate Kenya In Curbing Fake Goods

The Parliamentary Economic Committee on Trade and Industries on has urged Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS) to open zonal offices to effectively limit the supply of counterfeit goods entering the country through porous border posts Full Story

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Poulsen Names Qualifier Squad

Taifa Stars head coach Kim Poulsen yesterday unveiled a provisional squad of 26 players who would join a training camp to gear up for the 2014 World Cup qualifier return leg tie against Morocco in Marrakech early next month Full Story

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Empowering communities to combat deforestation: Kibaha district authorities may not know exactly how much of their remaining indigenous forests are being illegally harvested
Remembering Mwalimu Nyerere through what he stood for: Remembrance of the father of the nation and the first President of the United Republic of Tanzania, Mwalimu Julius Kambarage
Bagamoyo NGO goes for restoration of ecological balance: A local organisation, Bagamoyo Non-Governmental Organisation Networking (BANGONET), has launched an ambitious project aimed
Single-room 'syndrome' has disastrous impact on children: A large percentage of Dar es Salaam families live in a single room. This means parents and their children, regardless of
Standardising Form Four examination results a big challenge: The government’s decision to standardise last year’s form four examination results has been received with different
University of Dar es Salaam seeks to become world-class institution: “You can if you think you can” Norma Vincent says in his book ‘The Power of Positive Thinking.’
Indigenous forests in Coast Region disappearing: Any sign of a forest that you see on either side of the road when you travel between Dar es Salaam and Chalinze merely covers
Tanzania not among best places to be a mother: Most of us know someone who lost their life giving birth, or who died from pregnancy-related complications. A friend