Cast the net wider to collect more revenue

>For a long time, athletics has been our main source of medals in major international competitions. But in the past ten or so years, our country’s performance in track events has not been impressive.

Social security saving is still an alien concept among the millions of Tanzanians in the informal sector, who could easily afford to put away a little of what they earn for a rainy day.

We recently heard the Zanzibar Controller and Auditor General (CAG) asking the government to take steps to change the unimpressive performance of its economy.

That behind every successful man there is a woman is a wise saying, but it also bears overtones of an inferiority complex, as women are reduced to a supportive role.

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THERE are a lot of other important things to discuss in the Constituent Assembly regarding the new constitution other than the structure of the Union, members have been told. The assembly's Vice-Chairperson, Ms Samia Suluhu Hassan, told a seminar for ...

A new political party has been born in Tanzania -- Alliance for Change and Transparency (ACT). It was introduced yesterday.

Those who have been reading this column will know that I have for some time been advocating a more thorough and independent evaluation of the United Nations and its various programmes and projects.

 For donkey’s years (pardon the metaphorical exaggeration, compliments of British writer Malcolm Lowry: 1909-57), tax revenues in Tanzania have been the subject of much controversy as a matter of course.

Tanzania has maintained a high level of economic stability over the past decade, making it the fastest growing economy in the East Africa. Although per capita income is near $950, the country’s low performance in tax collection threatens fiscal stability. A new tax reform strategy will provide higher revenue to support the government meet its ambitious development agenda and expand benefits to many more Tanzanians, according to a new World Bank Group report.