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Make Dar Port The Nation's Cash Cow

Many of those who have known Dar es Salaam port during better times, sometimes wonder what really killed one of the nation’s cash cows. For that is what the port was – one of the few key revenue earners that the country could count on, thanks to a concerted effort to ensure its operations ran efficiently Full Story

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YOUTH OF THE WEEK: Bus reservation made easy with 'Safari Yetu'

SOCIETY WATCH: Mount Meru Media Declaration and the future of journalists

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

Residents of Temeke in Dar es Salaam scramble for crude cooking oil oozing from a tanker that was involved in a collision with two other vehicles at Chang’ombe/Mandela road intersection in the city yesterday. (Photo: Selemani Mpochi)

Several feared dead in Mtwara mayhem

The National Assembly adjourned prematurely yesterday evening following mayhem in Mtwara in which people said to be protesting the government’s plan to construct a gas pipeline from the region to Dar es Salaam clashed with riot police Full Story

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Call Made To Make Dar Port Leading Natural Resource

Just like other natural resources that Tanzania is endowed with, a call has been made to categorize Dar es Salaam as one of them. Dar es Salaam Port should be looked at as a natural resource for it is undoubtedly a vital source of employment and revenue to the country Full Story

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TP Mazembe Duo To Miss Stars Trial

Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)-based football professionals Mbwana Samata and Thomas Ulimwengu have been ruled out of Taifa Stars friendly international against Sudan to be played in Ethiopia early next month Full Story

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