Tanzania shuts down newspaper over articles on mining row
DAR ES SALAAM – Tanzanian authorities on Thursday banned a newspaper for two years over articles it published linking two former Tanzanian presidents to alleged improprieties...
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Tanzania: JPM Fire Pulls Acacia Out of Hiding
JUST two days after President John Magufuli received the second report on the export of mineral concentrates that revealed how Acacia Mining evaded tax, occasioning...
Tanzania says 19 years of mining fraud cost 75 billion euros
By AFP NAIROBI – Fraud in the mining sector since 1998 has cost Tanzania 75 billion euros ($84 billion), an investigating commission said Monday, blaming...
Magufuli gets accolades for fixing mining sector scandals
THE nation came to a stand still for about three hours yesterday as the second presidential committee presented its report on mineral sand before President...
Tanzania signs $154 million contract with Chinese firm to expand main port
Tanzania’s government signed a $154 million contract with the state-run China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) to expand the main port in the commercial capital, Dar...
Tanzania: PM orders allocation of areas
PRIME Minister Kassim Majaliwa has directed regional authorities, municipal and district councils to allocate areas for public empowerment activities. The Premier issued the directive during...
Tanzania weighs options for gold mining contracts
Tanzania is at a crossroads as to which way to go in order to realise maximum gains from gold mining. The industry reportedly has the...
Tanzania: Govt bans pig importation, to curb swine disease
THE government has banned, for one year, importation of live swine and its products following an outbreak of Africa Swine Fever (ASF) which has hit...
Tanzania: Govt saves 54bn/- in anti-corruption drive
Such an amount is bigger compared to that saved during the 2015/2016 financial year, which amounted to 7bn/- only, Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa has said....
Tanzania introduces new mining tax in budget plan for 2017
ARUSHA – The Tanzanian government has introduced a clearing fee of one per cent of the value of minerals that will be paid in clearing...
