April 18, 2023
Tanzania: How Alternative Income Generating Activities Deter Harvest of Bush Meat
Alternative income generating activities is slowly but surely driving away communities residing along the Kwakuchinja Wildlife corridor from illegal harvest of bush meat. Read more »
Tanzania: Govt to Table Bill to Raise Women's Marriage Age
THE Government will table the proposed new marriage bill to increase the minimum legal age of marriage for women from 14 to 18, people familiar with the developments say the… Read more »
April 12, 2023
Tanzania: Latra Suspends 27 Passenger Buses Licenses
THE Land Transport Regulatory Authority (LATRA) has suspended licenses of 27 passenger buses in a month of March this year. Read more »
April 13, 2023
Tanzania: VP Tells Judiciary to Check Costs of Managing Cases
VICE-PPRESIDENT Dr Philip Mpango on Wednesday directed the Judiciary to continue making more improvements to reduce bureaucracy and costs of managing cases, especially the civil… Read more »
Tanzania: Mwinyi Envisions Major Criminal Justice Reforms
ZANZIBAR President Hussein Mwinyi has expressed high expectations that recommendations to be made by the Presidential Commission on the improvement of criminal justice will propel… Read more »
April 12, 2023
Tanzania: VP Othman Takes Aim At Dishonest Leaders, Executives
ZANZIBAR First Vice-President Othman Masoud Othman has said that inefficiency and corruption reported in public offices are directly linked to immoral and unethical behaviors among… Read more »
April 11, 2023
Tanzania: Raise Your Voices Against Gender-Based Violence - Society Told
Community here has been asked to rebuke and raise their voices against various acts of gender based violence as one of the methods to end the vices. Read more »
East Africa: Fishermen Abduction Reduced By 80% in Lake Victoria
THE Commissioner of Operations and Training of the Tanzania Police Force, Mr Awadhi Haji has said incidents of abduction, theft, vandalism, robbery and extortion to fishermen in… Read more »
April 07, 2023
Tanzania: High Court Rejects Additional Award Ordering Becco to Pay 849.76m/-
THE High Court's Commercial Division has ruled against an additional award given by the Tanzania Institute of Arbitrators (TIArb) to the Joint Venture of the Arab Contractors and… Read more »
April 06, 2023
Tanzania: Defiant Business Persons Using Banned Plastic Bags
THE government has issued a strong warning over defiant people and business persons using banned packaging plastic bags, saying it will not hesitate to take stern measures against… Read more »
East Africa: East African States Incur Huge Losses On Counterfeits
East African Business Council (EABC) has said East African states lose between 500 million US dollars and 1 billion USD dollars from counterfeit products most of which are… Read more »
April 02, 2023
Tanzania: Judges, Magistrates Reminded to Embrace Professionalism, Integrity
JUDGES and Magistrates have been asked to uphold professionalism, ethics and integrity in justice dispensation in order to maintain trust in the country. Read more »
March 23, 2023
Tanzania: Suluhu Hassan Pushes for Improvement of Justice System
PRESIDENT Samia Suluhu Hassan has provided 150 laptops to the office of the Attorney General (AG)-fulfilling a promise she issued in September last year during the State Attorneys… Read more »
March 18, 2023
Tanzania: Govt to Embark On Improving Primary and District Courts
THE government has planned to start improving infrastructure of primary and district courts from June this year, in order to improve dispensation of justice. Read more »
March 08, 2023
Tanzania: 'Engaging Communities to Prevent Violence Against Women'
THE Minister of Social Development, Elders, Gender and Children Ms Riziki Pembe Juma has said that in celebrating this year's International Women's Day, concerted efforts are… Read more »
March 06, 2023
Tanzania: Judiciary Warns Employees Who Obstruct Reforms
THE leadership of the Judiciary of Tanzania will act tough and hold accountable any employee who will be an obstacle to the changes that are being made by the arm of the… Read more »
March 05, 2023
Tanzania: Govt to Drop Lema Cases
President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Sunday hinted that the government was willing to drop all cases facing former Arusha urban Member of Parliament, Godbless Lema. Read more »
March 01, 2023
Tanzania: Court Rejects to Alter Bail Conditions On Ex Jatu Boss
THE Kisutu Resident Magistrate's Court in Dar es Salaam refused to alter the bail conditions in the case facing the former JATU PLC Chief Executive Director, Peter Gasaya, on… Read more »
February 28, 2023
Tanzania: High Court Sentences 'Drug Dealer' to Life Imprisonment
THE High Court's Corruption and Economic Crime Division (Mbeya Sub-Registry) has sentenced drug dealer Keneth Mwamwaja to life imprisonment for trafficking in Heroin Hydrochloride,… Read more »
February 14, 2023
Tanzania: Mwinyi Orders Judicial Institutions to Embrace Digital Justice
ZANZIBAR President Dr Hussein Mwinyi on Monday ordered swift transformations in judicial institutions to embrace digital justice for speedy provision of legal rights to wananchi. Read more »
February 08, 2023
Tanzania: GBV Fight Requires No Mercy, Police Must Be Tough
GLOBALLY, gender-based violence is a phenomenon deeply rooted in gender inequality and continues to be one of the most notable human rights violations within all societies. Read more »
February 06, 2023
Tanzania: Police Intercept SGR's 850 Litres of Diesel
MWANZA Regional police have rescued 850 litres of stolen diesel linked to the ongoing construction of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR)'s Lot Five from Mwanza to Isaka. Read more »
February 02, 2023
Tanzania: Civil Cases for Mandatory Arbitration
PLANS are underway to make it compulsory for all civil cases to go for arbitration before being filed in courts, with the move expected to address delays and backlog of cases in… Read more »
Tanzania: President Calls for Timely Justice
PRESIDENT Samia Suluhu Hassan has stressed the importance of timely dispensation of justice through arbitration of disputes in order to preserve the prevailing peace as well as… Read more »
January 31, 2023
Tanzania: Samia Launches Commission for Accessing Criminal Justice System
President Samia Suluhu Hassan has launched a Commission for accessing and coming up with recommendations that will help to improve the Criminal Justice system in the country. Read more »