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Railway wagons await passengers near the Standard Gauge Railway project site at Gerezani in Dar es Salaam, as captured yesterday. Photo: Selemani Mpochi

17Apr 2019
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SGR trial run locomotives to arrive  from Turkey
Minister for Works, Transport and Communication Eng Isack Kamwelwe said this recently at the launch of the 30 kilometers SGR rail infrastructure held at Soga site in Coast Region.He said ...
17Apr 2019
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NEMC set to enforce  ban on plastic bags
Addressing journalists in Dar es Salaam yesterday, the   NEMC director general, Dr Samuel Gwamaka called on stakeholders to observe the deadline to stave off possible inconveniences...

Minister of State in the President's Office, Regional Administration and Local Government, Selemani Said Jafo

17Apr 2019
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Govt avails 33bn/- for implementation  of TARURA projects
Jafo noted that the additional budget allocation follows an outcry by Members of Parliament that most of the rural roads in the constituencies were not constructed. He said with the funds, TARURA is...

DEPUTY Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office (Parliamentary Affairs, Labour, Employment and Disabled) Antony Mavunde

17Apr 2019
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Retirees paid 888.4  bn/-so far -Mavunde
He was responding to a question frm Mbozi lawmaker Pascal Haonga (Chadema). The legislator had wanted to know when government would pay dues to the retirees, who were members of Public Service...
17Apr 2019
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African visionaries invited to MIT inclusive innovation challenge
A press statement issued by the telecom company yesterday said this year the challenge will take place on five continents: Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, and the US and Canada. Liquid Telecom...

Deputy Minister for Finance and Planning Dr Ashatu Kijaji

17Apr 2019
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Tanzanian shilling remains stable for two years-govt
Deputy Minister for Finance and Planning Dr Ashatu Kijaji told the National Assembly that control of inflation rates was also among the reason for Shilling stabilization.She was responding to a...
17Apr 2019
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The Belt, Road Initiative to address capacity in industies is crucial
 international organisations in Europe, Asia, Middle East, Latin America and Africa.  The paramount leader of the People's Republic of China, Xi Jinping, originally announced the...

TRA Director of Taxpayer Education, Richard Kayombo. File photo.

17Apr 2019
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TRA upbeat to collect targeted 18trn/- by June
Having already collected 11.96trn/- in the past nine months against the targeted 18.4trn/- for fiscal year 2018/19, Kayombo said they are confident of collecting the balance because many people...

Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) Commissioner General Charles Kichere

17Apr 2019
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E-tax stamps save 4bn/- cigarette, alcohol taxes
Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) Commissioner General Charles Kichere told reporters yesterday that last month TRA collected 42.8bn/- on the products compared to 39.3bn/- collected the same month...
17Apr 2019
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The climate strikes are what we've all been waiting for
And this is exactly what we've all been waiting forToday hundreds of thousands of young people will take to the streets worldwide to protest the continued inaction of adults to stop climate...

Youth activist Abraham M. Keita is the founder of the Liberia-based Giving Hope to Children Foundation and is among a growing movement of youth activists who are fighting for the defence of civil liberties and demanding that government act on important issues. Credit:/IPS

17Apr 2019
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When youth take on the fight to defend rights
The anger, outrage and sadness he felt would lead him to start advocating for children’s rights – participating in marches, organising protests and going up against the powerful, in a...

Jua Kali founder Laurah John. Jua Kali is a social enterprise tackling waste management and helping to reduce reliance on St. Lucia’s only landfill. File photo

17Apr 2019
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Building resilience through waste diversion and reduction
The company, with its slogan ‘Trashing the Idea of Waste,’ hosts waste collection drives through pop up depots that encourage residents to bring in glass, plastic and tin cans in exchange...

China’s Ambassador to Tanzania, Wang Ke

17Apr 2019
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Embassy of China says: What we’ve launched is just office for liaison
It said this in a clarification note to this newspaper yesterday following an earlier report in the media suggesting that what was opened was a full-fledged consulate.China’s Ambassador to...

CaptionOne week after discovery of the Ebola outbreak in North Kivu, frontline health workers begin vaccination at the Magina health center. Credit: WHO.

17Apr 2019
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Ebola resurgence tests global response
While expressing ´deep concern´ about the number of increasing cases in parts of Congo, and the potential risk of the disease spreading to neighboring countries, the W.H.O. said the...

Netball players participate in a recent international tournament in Dar es Salaam.

17Apr 2019
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Unpaid fees prevents Dar from participating in international tourneys
Chaneta chairperson, Devota Marwa said, they have yet to pay fees for more than five years and, due to this, they will remain out of the international games.She could not disclose the actual amount...

ACACIA BUZWAGI MINING

17Apr 2019
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Acacia in 13pct first quarter gold output decline
The company’s interim CEO Peter Geleta says in a statement accompanying a quarterly report that gold production stood at 104,889 ounces, with ounces sold for the quarter standing at 104,985 and...

Yanga

17Apr 2019
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Simba, Yanga step up title chase      
Simba who are currently occupying the third position in the league’s log with 57 points, will confront Coastal Union at Mkwakwani Stadium, Tanga and league leaders Yanga will face Mtibwa Sugar...
17Apr 2019
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Mbeya residents to pay water bills, others through e-govt platform
In addition, the Tigo Tanzania Limited mobile phone subscribers can also pay for bills, fees and commissions to over 300 government agencies, departments and regulatory bodies through GEPG QR code....
17Apr 2019
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MPs alarmed as three lakes face extinction
Tabling the committee’s report on the financial year 2019/20 budget estimates for the President’s Office (Environment) yesterday, the committee deputy chairman Col (rtd) Ali Khamis Masoud...

President John Maguful

17Apr 2019
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Magufuli wins hearts, minds of investors in southern regions
The chairman of the Wood Foundation, Sir Ian Wood, said President Magufuli’s public condemnation and abhorrence of the red tape was evidence that the president is determined to end bureaucracy...

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