THE economy experienced serious fuel shortages this week, especially in some remote regions of the country.
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TANZANIA and by extension Africa, is perennially threatened by famine. However, the problem of food shortages should not be as commonplace as it is reported, especially for a country like Tanzania which is tipped to become a model for African green revolution.
DURING the world conference on oil, gas and the media in Baku, Azerbaijan, mid last month, African countries were cautioned against rushing to sign agreements with multinational companies.
THE saying that behind every successful man there is a woman has been proven right many times before. The same can be said that behind every successful nation, there are women!
THE swift action by the peace and security organs to thwart planned demonstrations by youth in Dar es Salaam and Zanzibar streets is commendable. It came at the right time to prevent the country from plunging into chaos.
TANZANIA does not have any green grass soccer pitches left and this shows how the enthusiasm for this popular game has sunk. The situation spells out how the country’s football development has been cast aside.
THE cat has finally been let out of the bag. Obviously, some politicians have only been paying lip service to the fight against corruption. For obvious reasons, such politicians’ ‘support’ in the war against graft has always been insincere.
TANZANIA envisages creating a friendlier tourism climate that would see the number of arrivals climbing from the current 800,000 to 1.6 million visitors annually by the year 2015. This is welcome news indeed.
THE National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) announced that the annual inflation rate continued to slow down, attributing the trend largely to the drop in food prices.
THE Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA) contemplates switching off all fake mobile phones in a move to combat counterfeit and sub-standard handsets that have flooded the local market.
THE economy experienced serious fuel shortages this week, especially in some remote regions of the country.
