Zanzibar airport operators decry job losses over Dubai deal

Tanzania air operators say over 600 workers are set to lose their jobs after the semi-autonomous government of Zanzibar awarded a Dubai-based company exclusive rights to handle ground services at a refurbished airport.

The Tanzania Air Operators Association (Taoa) said in a statement that the contract awarded to Dnata, which is registered at the London Stock Exchange, was in breach of the law banning any company from having exclusive rights to ground-handling services at major airports.Continue Reading

Billions down the drain in dubious Tanzania NSSF project

Billions down the drain in dubious Tanzania NSSF Dege Eco Village project. Marketed as the ultimate solution to the real estate woes in Dar es salaam. But, behind the scenes, Dege was an audacious scheme to defraud NSSF contributors out of hundreds of billions of shillings.Continue Reading

Protecting Water Sources – Tanzania State Directives

Tanzania Water Crisis: VICE-PRESIDENT Dr Philip Mpango has directed Regional Commissioners to supervise the countrywide campaign of planting water friendly trees along water sources, while ordering people who have built houses on mountainous sources of water to immediately vacate in order to protect the areas.Continue Reading