Tanzania gender balance goal ‘on track’

In my opinion, gender should not be the only criteria. If we are trying to bring in gender equality, then candidates have to contest and not be given posts based on their gender.

>Demands for gender parity in the country took a new dimension in the ongoing Constituent Assembly (CA) Sitting here last week.

Consideration of gender equality in the formation of a new cabinet must be upheld, activists have urged.

Constituent Assembly proceedings turned chaotic yesterday as women members demanded a rule that would guarantee that one of them was elected either the chairperson or deputy.

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President Jakaya Kikwete’s visit to China, where he has signed investment deals worth billions of US dollars, speaks volumes about relations between the two countries.

>With just five months left before the start of the 2014 Commonwealth Games, hopes  for Tanzania minting medals at the quadrennial meet are increasingly fading.

Fish – that common delicacy in many parts of Tanzania – may go scarce if no efforts would be taken to end illegal fishing.

Mbwana Samatta has been voted as Goal Tanzania Player of the Year 2014, winning the award courtesy of overwhelming votes from readers of the website.