[Tanzania] Tanzanian, Australian surgeons perform muscle transfer

A TEAM of surgeons from the Muhimbili National Hospital (MNH) and Australia yesterday performed a special operation known as microvascular surgery for muscle transfer, or gracilis in medical jargon. According to experts, microvascular surgery is performed on very small blood vessels, typically 3 to 5 millimetres in diameter, using an operating microscope, specialised surgical instruments, and...

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[Africa] Africa 'needs mutual anti-aggression pact' - Museveni

Yoweri Museveni says allowing the removal of Muammar Gaddafi in Libya was a "betrayal" The Trump and Brexit votes are a "nationalist backlash against Western liberalism" triggered by the consequences of Western military adventurism - something Africans should not still be putting up with, Ugandan leader Yoweri Museveni says in a long article in the New Vision newspaper. The promoters...

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[South Africa] 'Rhino-horn smuggler' arrested in South Africa

South African police say they have arrested a Hong Kong-bound Chinese man with 18 rhino horns hidden in his luggage, the AFP news agency reports. He was detained on Wednesday at Johannesburg's OR Tambo International Airport after an anonymous tip-off, a statement today said: The 28-year-old male, who was in transit from Namibia to board a South African Airways flight to Hong Kong, was immediately...

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[Democratic Republic of Congo] Twenty six people 'freed from Uganda rebels in Congo'

Congolese troops have been conducting operations against ADF rebels The head of a Democratic Republic of Congo army operation tackling rebels in the country's east says it has freed 26 people held by a Uganda-based rebel group, AP news agency reports.  Cpt Mak Hazukay Mongba said the army had freed the hostages over the past several days.  Some of the freed hostages said the Allied...

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[Tanzania] TBL revenue drops as CTI seeks state redress

TANZANIA Breweries Limited Group of Companies (TBL), which is among the country’s largest taxpayers, yesterday announced poor business performance in the past six months ending September 30. The announcement came as the Confederation of Tanzania Industries (CTI) requested the government to seriously study the situation behind poor production among manufacturing concerns in the country. According...

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[Tanzania] Dar, Lusaka ponder ‘super pacts’ as Lungu due in Dar

TANZANIA and Zambia plan to sign several ambitious agreements that aim at strengthening bilateral diplomatic ties as well as trade and investment cooperation between the two countries during the visit by President Edgar Lungu. The envisaged agreements include the opening of a new route between Dar es Salaam and Lusaka by Air Tanzania. Mr Lungu is expected to arrive in the country on Sunday for...

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[Kenya]Raila and Uhuru face off over corruption

The war on corruption boiled over yesterday, after the President and the Opposition leader engaged in a war of words over its handling. Whereas CORD leader Raila Odinga piled more pressure on the Government over its inability to stem graft, President Kenyatta took the unprecedented step of personally attacking his political nemesis for his continued criticism of his administration. Raila brushed...

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[Tanzania] Mkapa urges varsity councils to discuss costs

THE Chancellor of the University of Dodoma (UDOM) former President Benjamin Mkapa has urged chairpersons of university councils and administrators of all public and private universities to meet immediately to discuss costs of running such institutions to improve the quality of education. He made the call during the seventh UDOM graduation ceremony where he awarded PhD, Masters and Bachelor degrees...

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[Tanzania] CUF supporters trade fists in court chamber

CIVIC United Front (CUF) supporters of the party’s Chairman Prof Ibrahim Lipumba and Secretary General Seif Shariff Hamad respectively, yesterday exchanged fists at the High Court in Dar es Salaam when the suit involving the leadership crisis within their political group came for mention. Prof Lipumba is alleged to be the source of the chaos. It all started when presiding Judge Sekiet Kihiyo ordered...

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[Tanzania] New power tariff to hit big customers only, says Tanesco

AMID the hue and cry by electricity customers on the recent announcement by the Tanzania Electric Supply Company (TANESCO) to hike tariffs, the utility firm’s Managing Director, Engineer Felchesmi Mramba, has said that the changes will not affect ordinary customers, citing the global trend in the rise of oil prices as a factor. Eng Mramba told reporters in Dar es Salaam yesterday that last year...

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[Tanzania] JPM: Why I dissolved TRA board

PRESIDENT John Magufuli revealed yesterday that he decided to sack the Board Chairman of the Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) and dissolved the entire board following its decision to deposit 26bn/- in fixed accounts in commercial banks. “There has been a tendency by some public officials to hoard in fixed accounts huge amounts of public funds in commercial banks and make away with profits accrued....

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[Tanzania] Government urged to review 1971 Marriage Act

THE government has been urged to ensure legislation is in place and 1971 Marriage Act that addresses family and gender based violence (GBV) and bring to an end child marriage is amended, it has been learnt. The hint was made yesterday in Dar es Salaam, just a day as Tanzania joins other world communities to mark 16 Days Against Gender Violence slated for tomorrow. Women in Law and Development...

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[Tanzania] Over 200 Tanzanians set for ‘Black Friday’ online shopping

FOR the first time Tanzanians can take part in the one day promotional sales in which they can purchase heavily marked down item online from American retailers through EasybuyAfrica. The day dubbed ‘Black Friday’ marked 25 November each year originally started in United States as a day of promotional sales after thanksgiving. It also signals the beginning of the Christmas shopping season. “Today...

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[Tanzania] Bishop Auxiliary Kilaini counsels parents on good child upbringing

BUKOBA Auxiliary Bishop Methodius Kilaini has appealed to parents to groom their children at an early age to enable them become good citizens. He made the call over the weekend at Kagodo Parish in Muleba District where over 220 children were given the Sacrament of Confirmation. “Parents and care takers have an obligation to ensure that children are given proper guidance at an early age to enable...

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[Tanzania] Varsities, colleges told to impart better skills to future workforce

AS Tanzania aspires to become an industrialised country, higher learning institutions have to deliver future generations with the right set of skills and knowledge to prepare the future workforce for the challenges ahead. The remarks were made in Dar es Salaam yesterday by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Works, Transport and Communications, Professor Faustine Kamuzora, during the 26th...

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[Tanzania] Precision now flies direct to Seregenti

PRECISION Air has introduced a direct flight between Dar es Salaam and Seronera in Serengeti National Park.  The first flight touched down at Seronera last Saturday using ATR 42 with a capacity of ferrying some 40 passengers. The airline flies three times a week between Dar es Salaam and Seronera. The route is, also, via Zanzibar archipelago. source-www.dailynews.co....

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[Tanzania] NSSF loses appeal over commercial building dispute

NATIONAL Social Security Fund (NSSF) has lost its appeal it had filed to challenge payment of about 20m/- to a businesswoman, Grace Lumelezi, over a dispute involving a commercial building situated in Tabora Municipality. This follows a decision by the Court of Appeal to ‘strike out with costs’ the appeal in question after allowing a ground of preliminary objection raised by Lumelezi, the respondent,...

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[Tanzania] Most land applicants fail to meet conditions

THE Ministry of Lands, Housing and Human Settlements Development has said that most of applications filed for investment land have not met required conditions. Speaking during a television programme aired live by Tanzania Broadcasting Corporation (TBC) ‘Tunatekeleza’, the Permanent Secretary (PS) in the ministry, Dr Yamungu Kayandabila, said that most of the applications were not containing business...

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