INSIGHT: How land ownership still critical issue in Tanzania

Dar es Salaam. If problems were ranked by their weight basing on how widespread they are and how they affect people, land problems would be among the top issues on the list. Anywhere you go in the country you will hear problems related to land as one of the issues, which affects people.

TheCitizen

Habari Zinazoendana

11 years ago

Daily News

07 Mar

CUF scoffs land ownership by Mainlanders in Isles

Daily News
CUF scoffs land ownership by Mainlanders in Isles
Daily News
THE Civic United Front (CUF) has said it has received with dismay a statement by the Minister of State in Vice-President's Office (Union Affairs), Ms Samia Suluhu Hassan, that the constitution of Zanzibar will be amended to allow mainlanders to own land in ...

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

16 Feb

South African law to ban foreigners from land ownership

South African President Jacob Zuma has proposed a law barring foreigners from buying real estate in the country under sweeping land reforms, his office said Saturday.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

30 Aug

INSIGHT: UN: Extreme weather now poses critical health threat

>Climate change poses a growing health threat, the UN warned on Wednesday, August 27, saying extreme weather and rising temperatures could claim hundreds of thousands of lives and spread disease. “Climate change is no longer only an environmental issue,” said Diarmid Campbell-Lendrum, head of the climate change team at the World Health Organisation (WHO).

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

25 Mar

SPECIAL REPORT: Land grabbing in Tanzania: The truth and fallacies behind land acquisition

>For years now, the decision by the government to invite and accommodate investors in land has divided the nation into two main groups—those who views this move as legalizing land grabbing and the other group that sees this move as a modern way of introducing commercial farming in Tanzania.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

16 Mar

2014 critical as Tanzania draws up new Katiba

This year is critical for women in Tanzania. In just a few months, we’ll find out if the country is to have a new national constitution with the power to transform the lives and protect the rights of millions of women.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

03 Dec

Escrow to be major polls issue election issue

Finally, the puzzle on the IPTL, PAP and Tegeta escrow account has been solved in Parliament amid hot debates among MPs.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

23 Aug

INSIGHT: New markets now open up for Tanzania

>The future of Tanzanian business communities to have access to US markets through the African Growth Opportunity Act (Agoa) is brighter now, thanks to a decision by Agoa to extend time.

 

9 years ago

AllAfrica.Com

30 Nov

Tanzania: Insight - Need for Rethink of UN Involvement in Darfur

Tanzania: Insight - Need for Rethink of UN Involvement in Darfur
AllAfrica.com
El Fashir, Darfur — As others think for a need to reinforce the UN peacekeeping mission in Darfur (Unamid), its leaders have a different view. They think that the UN should refocus its involvement in Darfur crisis. Now that the situation is calm, the ...

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

05 Jul

INSIGHT: Lessons from South Korea that can help Tanzania

>A few years ago,  the government was up in arms with edible oil importers on one hand and local manufacturers of the same on the other. Among others, the bone of contention was the taxes and levies imposed on the imported oil.

 

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