Angered bus drivers strike over new tax

Passenger bus drivers abandon strike
Daily News
EMPLOYMENT contracts topped the items of the agenda as Labour and Employment Minister Gaudentia Kabaka met upcountry and bus drivers on Thursday and they agreed to halt their earlier planned strike. The minister also promised to convene the early ...

Commuter bus drivers strike in Mwanza
Daily News
COMMUTERS in Mwanza who ply the Igoma, Kitangiri and Airport route were stranded for seven hours as commuter bus drivers went on strike, allegedly after having been evicted from their parking lot. Commuters and bus drivers hold opposing opinions on ...

TABOA warns bus drivers against joining strike
Daily News
TANZANIA Bus Owners Association (TABOA) has cautioned bus drivers against taking part in a strike which has been announced to start on Sunday, this week, as the action is unlawful. TABOA Secretary General, Enea Mrutu told the 'Daily News' in Dar es ...

Strike notice: Bus, truck owners tell off drivers
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Cargo and commuter bus owners have told drivers refusing terms provided by their employers to return the vehicles instead of pushing for a strike. Speaking at a press conference in Dar es Salaam yesterday, the owners said that there is no cause for ...

>Kinondoni District Commissioner Paul Makonda yesterday managed to persuade bus drivers to resume working after assuring them that the government would have acted on their demands by today.

Passengers stranded across Tanzania as bus drivers go on strike
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DAR ES SALAAM Tanzania (Xinhua) -- Bus drivers across Tanzania on Friday went on strike, bringing the east African nation to a standstill as tens of hundreds of passengers were stranded at bus stations. Passengers who were expected to travel from the ...
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Bus drivers' strike derailed road safety plans - ministry
IPPmedia
The recent nationwide bus drivers strike had disrupted government plan and investigations on the cause of ever-increasing road accidents in the country, the Parliament heard yesterday. The plan was to conduct thorough investigations on road accidents that ...

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Darcoboa, upcountry drivers strike.
IPPmedia
The Dar es Salaam Commuter and upcountry bus drivers have threatened to strike today to pressure the government to change its new procedure of acquiring a driving licenses. The existing procedure should be retained because the proposed one is ...

Drivers threaten fresh strike
Daily News
TANZANIA Driver's Association has called on the government to immediately announce publicly the steps so far taken on reviewing the contracts, working conditions and other grievances as it was earlier promised. Short of this, the drivers will stage a ...