05/11/2009 by rabia.

Betty Malaba fired two under par net 69 to claim the Ladies Monthly Mug title in the 18-hole golf event at Dar es Salaam Gymkhana Club on Tuesday.

Malaba, who inspired Tanzania’s golf team to an emphatic victory at the inaugural regional golf tourney that took place in Kampala, Uganda, beat his closest challenger by seven strokes. Read the rest of this entry »

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05/11/2009 by rabia.

Tanzania’s Under-17 soccer prodigy Murshid Ally is among the eight highly ranked players in the continent who will be profiled by the Reality Show.

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05/11/2009 by rabia.

For the first time in history, Tanzania will send its table tennis team to the Commonwealth Games slated for New Delhi, India next year.

Tanzania Olympic Committee’s (TOC) secretary general, Filbert Bayi confirmed it. Read the rest of this entry »

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05/11/2009 by rabia.

The Urambo District Council has realised Sh2.2 billion from tobacco cess this year, being Sh800 million above target.

Council chairman Adam Malunkwi said their target was Sh1.4 billion.
He told a councillors meeting that farmers harvested more tobacco than the target because they adhered to good agricultural practices.

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05/11/2009 by rabia.

The Government was asked to change the Constitution to allow presidential candidates who get at least three per cent of the vote to become MPs.

Ms Mhonga Said Ruhwanya (Special Seats-Chadema) made the suggestion in a question directed at the Prime Minister’s Office. Read the rest of this entry »

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05/11/2009 by rabia.

Workers of a Dar es Salaam garment factory are preparing to sue its management.

The over 190 workers of Camisuma garment company, owned jointly by Suma-JKT and a Bulgarian company called CAMI TEXTILE (T) LTD, are now in final stages of filing the lawsuit. Read the rest of this entry »

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05/11/2009 by rabia.

Refusal by the Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) Dodoma regional manager to accept directives from the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs has forced the Pensions Properties Limited (PPL) to pay double tax to the government.

The company paid the double tax amounting to more than Sh4 billion from its income accrued as payment for the construction of the ultra modern Bunge complex here.

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05/11/2009 by rabia.

Community policing, one of the pillars under the on-going reforms within the Tanzania police force, aims to increase the capacity of law enforcers to fight crime.

Inspector General of Police Saidi Mwema said this yesterday when opening community policing and customer care training here.

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05/11/2009 by rabia.

A national campaign to improve hygiene and sanitation in Tanzania was launched in Dar es Salaam.

It is the brainchild of the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) and the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare. The national toilet campaign is known as Fyatua choo ushinde (Kiswahili words literally meaning “Click a toilet and win”).

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