Tanzania

East Africa Tightens Travel to Contain Yellow Fever Spread

It may soon be harder to cross the border into any East African country without a yellow fever certificate if a new policy to reintroduce the stringent measures of old is adopted.According to the new guidelines, East Africans planning to...

Joburg Post·almost 5 years ago

Unmissable Attractions in Tanzania

Here are some attractions you should see when you visit Tanzania: House of WondersAlso sometimes referred to as the Palace of Wonders, this remarkable structure overlooks the waterfront of Stone Town and features enormous, carved doors t...

Joburg Post·almost 5 years ago

Tanzania: What’s up with Wig Tax?

Last week Tanzania’s ministry of finance presented its proposed 2019-2020 budget. Philipo Mpango, who was tabling the budget in parliament was applauded by legislators when he made the proposals that are likely to be unpopular with ordin...

Neo Sithole·almost 5 years ago

Tanzania on “high alert” After Ebola Cases in Uganda

The Tanzanian Minister of Health issued an “alert” on Sunday following the outbreak of Ebola cases this week in Uganda, a country with which Tanzania shares a long border.“I would like to alert the public to the existence of a threat of ...

Neo Sithole·almost 5 years ago

The Top 10 Bars In Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Once a modest, sleepy fishing village on the coast of Tanzania, Dar es Salaam has transformed into a bustling metropolis with a variety of craft markets, restaurants, and beaches to explore. At night, travelers will be charmed by the tow...

Joburg Post·almost 5 years ago

The Maasai Legend Behind Ancient Hominin Footprints In Tanzania

In 1976 paleoanthropologist Mary Leakey and other scientists reported that they’d found ancient hominin footprints at a site in Laetoli, northeastern Tanzania. The footprints were frozen in volcanic deposits from the Pliocene, an epoch t...

Joburg Post·almost 5 years ago

Authorities in Tanzania Not Bothered by Oil-covered Rapists

Authorities in Western Tanzania are doing little to intervene in the spiking amounts of rapes by oil-covered men. Women in Western Tanzania have been forced to live in constant fear of being attacked and raped in their homes by grease-co...

Neo Sithole·almost 5 years ago

Tanzania’s new president faces a tough ‘to do’ list

A major political transition is under way in Tanzania after the laying to rest of former president John Pombe Magufuli. The East African nation’s new leader Samia Suluhu Hassan is the country’s sixth president and currently the only woma...

Rob Ahearne ·about 3 years ago

How Liquefied Natural Gas Could Change South Africa’s Fortunes

The development of liquefied natural gas (LNG) could help transform the South African economy, spur re-industrialisation, reduce the country’s over-reliance on coal-fired power stations, and contribute to increased regional trade. South ...

Marie Blanche Ting·over 4 years ago

Tanzania: Opposition Rallies are Finally Unbanned – But This Doesn’t Mean Democratic Reform is Coming

In Tanzania, the political rally is back. Chadema, Tanzania’s leading opposition party, held mass rallies outside the official election campaign for the first time in six and a half years on 21 January 2023.

Dan Paget Lecturer in Politics, University of Aberdeen·about 1 year ago

Tanzania Records Slow Economic Growth in First Quarter of 2019

Tanzania’s economic growth slowed to 6.6% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2019 from 7.5% in the same period a year earlier, official data showed on Sunday, weighed down by softer construction, agriculture and manufacturing activity....

Joburg Post·over 4 years ago

Tanzania’s Hassan faces her first political test: constitutional reform

After the death of Tanzania’s president John Pombe Magufuli in March 2021, his successor Samia Suluhu Hassan began her tenure by departing from his undemocratic style. President Hassan inherited a divided nation. But in her first days in...

Nicodemus Minde P·over 2 years ago

Tanzania set to be South Africa's solution to the electricity crisis

The state visit of Tanzanian President, Samia Hassan has proven to be quite successful, with a solution to South Africa's electricity crisis seemingly on the horizon. This is as both countries spoke about the Energy Action Plan, among ot...

Tshegofatso Makola·about 1 year ago

Amakhosi players reflect on their arrival at Tanzania ahead of their clash against Young Africans

Ahead of their friendly match against Young Africans on Saturday the 22nd of July 2023, Kaizer Chiefs captain Itumeleng Khune has highlighted the importance of their tour to Tanzania as part of their preparations for the upcoming 2023/24...

Neo Poho·9 months ago

"Actual evidence will be revealed in court" - Tanzania High Commissioner to SA

Following Dr. Nandipha Magudumana challenging her arrest in Tanzania and describing it as unlawful, Tanzania High Commissioner to South Africa, Gaudence Milanzi has revealed that further details around the contested incarceration will em...

Neo Poho·11 months ago