Reginald Mhango entered Tanganyika in the early 60s from Malawi, where he was deported and granted political asylum in Tanzania. Malawi was plunged into chaos by post-independence political unrest. When Mhango entered Tanzania, he was a journalist, so he started working for the Tanganyika Standard Dar es Salaam newspaper. Journalists in Malawi lived like birds;...
As the oil price remains high for the second week consecutive since the 100 Tsh levy on oil imports reinstatement, the Minister of Energy, January Makamba, presented the government’s plan at the parliament today, April 13, 2022. Hon Makamba said the government is currently looking into ways to start a funding program that would effectively...
When the war ended, the country resembled a wasteland. Air raids had flattened almost all industrial structures, and infrastructure was rendered unusable and large cities bombed out. Russian-led forces occupied the east, with millions fleeing their brutality. But West Germany’s economy recovered strongly after 1945, in what would soon be coined the Wirtschaftswunder (economic miracle). Unlike Nazi...
The former Dar es Salaam regional commissioner, Mr Paul Makonda, has posted through his Instagram page that he is suspicious of five groups planning to Kill him. Makonda claimed those groups to be; Drug dealers Drug beneficiaries Gays There are those spending nights hunting to kill me for revenge because of Dr Magufuli and, Those who have...
The Chikumbi-1 well will target a potential 3bn ft3 of in-place gas in the Ntorya accumulation. In an April 8 operations update, London-listed Scirocco Energy said that preparations had begun on the Chikumbi-1 well at the Ruvuma production sharing contract in Tanzania. The well is expected to be spudded in November 2022, with all of...
If time is money, then Beitbridge must be the most expensive place. Late last year, lorries carrying, among other things, cobalt from Congo, copper from Zambia and tea from Malawi snaked for miles as they waited to cross the Limpopo River into South Africa. Many were there for days. Some drivers bribe to the front;...
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Deputy President William Ruto released a remix of the song Sipangwingwi hours after the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) termed the word hate speech. The DP dropped the song dubbed Hatupangwingwi on Friday, April 8, amid an outcry from the public, who demanded an explanation from NCIC on why the phrase was banned. Gengetone artist ExRay featured the DP...
Oil prices rose on Friday but remained on course for a second weekly fall after countries announced plans to release crude from their strategic stocks. Brent crude futures were up 71 cents, or 0.7%, to $101.29 a barrel at 1056 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures gained 85 cents, or 0.9%, to $96.88...
Ubungo MP and the former Minister of Industries and Trade, Prof. Kitila Mkumbo, called for an immediate intervention by the government on a rampant surge of commodities that hugely inflict the citizens. Speaking at the parliament today, April 8, 2022, Prof Mkumbo hailed the government’s explanation on the surge in oil prices, subsequently calling for...