The Death of Newspapers?

Recently at Dar es Salaam’s Hyatt Hotel, January Makamba, the CCM member of parliament for Bumbuli and the Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Energy and Minerals was invited to speak at the monthly gathering of the influential CEO’s Roundtable. After thanking his hosts for the invitation – he called the forum’s Chairman Ali Mufuruki [...]

In the spirit of openness…

The Tanzania Standard Newspapers (TSN), publishers of Daily News and Habari Leo and their sister publications, Sunday News and Habari Leo Jumapili, has today announced the names of its new incoming board of directors which will be chaired by a former civil servant, Mr. William Mukama. One wonders whether other media houses will let us [...]

Things that make you go hmmmm…

The Minister for Energy and Minerals, Mr. William Ngeleja, got into an altercation with a security guard (Swahili needed) at the Standard Chartered ATM yesterday. According to Mr. Pascal Mnaku, an employee of Ultimate Security Ltd, Mr. Ngeleja was in the booth talking on his mobile phone and he was trying to alert the Minister to the fact [...]