The people whose land is turning to dust

“For four years thousands of tons of coal has been washed up from my village of Ndumbi up in Lake Nyasa, citizens use this water for drinking”, says James Mbawala the chairperson of Ndumbi at Nyasa District in Ruvuma  region Southern part of Tanzania. He said that TANCOAL Company which is extracting coal at Ngaka in Mbinga district and using Ndumbi port at Lake Nyasa for coal transportation to various places within and outside the country. Mbawala said the village has no tape water service...

Wakati rapper Cassper Nyovest anakula bata Zanzibar na mpenzi wake , rapper AKA ameiamsha tena beef yao ambayo ilikuwa imemezwa na historia aliyoiweka Cassper ya kujaza ukumbi wa watu elfu 20 mwenyewe hadi kupongezwa na Rais Jacob Zuma siku chache zilizopita.

AKA ametweet na kusema kuwa hajawahi kusikiliza wimbo wa Cassper aliomdiss unaoitwa ‘Dust 2 Dust’.

Kwenye moja ya Tweet hizo AKA ameandika “kwanini nijidanganye kusikiliza wimbo uliojaa uongo kuhusu mimi?” (hapa sijui amejuaje umejaa...

Beef ya marapper wa Afrika Kusini, Cassper Nyovest na AKA imeingia kwenye hatua nyingine baada ya Cassper kuachia diss track nyingine mpya ‘Dust 2 Dust’. AKA ndiye aliyeanza kwa kumdiss Cassper kwenye wimbo wake ‘Compossure’. Hii ni baadhi ya mistari inayomlenga AKA katika wimbo huu ‘Dust 2 Dust’ -‘Are you mad cuz they never show […]

RC: Involve people in land surveys to settle disputes
Daily News
LAND conflicts and disputes can be minimised if people occupying the land are involved in the process of surveying and measuring it. “If people are informed about land surveying disputes will be minimised because all they want is transparency,” said Mr ...

Lawmakers urged to educate people on land laws
Daily News
MEMBERS of Parliament (MPs) have been urged to educate people in their areas the importance of obeying laws, orders and be ready to listen to government leaders on issues to do with land disputes. Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Office (Regional ...

TheSouthAfrican
Tanzania sells Masai people's land to Arab royals, who want to build a hunting ...
TheSouthAfrican
Because this is exactly what Africa needs; the eviction of native tribes from their ancestral land, to make way for the rich and famous to come and hunt elephants in their own personal reserve. Around 40 000 Masai have been given their marching orders and ...
Tanzania denies reports that it planned to evict Maasai herdersCoastweek
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>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.

IPPmedia
Land Ministry all out to evict land intruders, invaders.
IPPmedia
The Ministry for Lands, Housing and Human Settlements Development has announced a non-stop operation to evict land intruders in various localities in Dar es Salaam. The decision follows a series of report linking prominent people, leaders and financially ...

>From exorcism ceremonies to spirit houses and amulets claiming to make wearers bullet-proof, Thailand is a culture soaked in superstition -- an obsession critics say is holding the nation back.