Dar residents say no to Sumatra fare hikes

Dar es salaam residents said yesterday they are not satisfied with the increased bus and train fares announced by the Surface and Marine Transport Authority on Tuesday pointing out that they would make the lives of low income-earners unbearable.

In a survey carried out by The Guardian yesterday advisor of the Association for Emancipation of Passengers in Tanzania Wilson Mashaka blamed Sumatra for taking a unilateral decision to hike the fares.

Tanzania: Lack of Investments Blamed for Recurring Power Shortages

The government and the Tanzania Electric Supply Company (TANESCO) should invest heavily in power generation and distribution to permanently end recurring power shortages.

The Parliamentary Committee on Energy and Minerals expressed concerns yesterday that lack of investments in the power sector, for ten years spanning

Tanzania: CRDB Bank to Hook China Unionpay Card

The CRDB Managing Director, Dr Charles Kimei

THE overgrowing business relationship between China and Tanzania has opened new prospects as CRDB Bank's ATMs would start accepting China UnionPay (CUP) cards. The CUP, which is like the US MasterCard and visa cards, are the only debit/credit card for the world's second largest economy, which is accepted by all Chinese banks.

Outreach Programe

SAVING A GENERATION
WRITER: Mpoki Thomson 

 

Africa, the begotten land of mischief (as most people have known it to be over the years), where etiquettes have eroded and humanity is fast disappearing. The land where potential of prosperity is being dispersed for want of personal gains is becoming all but a promising land. We who have matured and have the full mental capacity to discern, rationalize and undoubtedly rebuke inhumane conducts by our fellow Africans linger by the mere fact that we have been nurtured in an urban environment. 

Remembering the birthday of Africa’s first woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize: Wangari Maathai.

 

Wangari Maathai holding a trophy awarded to her by the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights.

Wangari Muta Maathai (1 April 1940 – 25 September 2011) was a Kenyan environmental and political activist. She was educated in the United States at Mount St. Scholastica and the University of Pittsburgh, as well as the University of Nairobi in Kenya.
 In the 1970s, Maathai founded the Green Belt Movement, an environmental non-governmental