7 YEAR OLD WATCHING HATARI FILM…

Last week’s The Arusha News featured “When Hollywood Came to Arusha” by gifted photojournalist and colleague, Muhiddin Issa Michuzi. Michuzi has cemented himself as a chronicler of historical events in Tanzania. As a nation we are definitely feeble in this department. Few years ago, I was researching on a Swahili novel, I am working on….

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By Professor-Raymond Mosha

WHO IS YOUR MENTOR?

You may perhaps remember a school teacher who inspired you profoundly, so much so that at this time you can unequivocally state that without that teacher you would not have the success you have at this time. Many of us can make that statement. If it was not a teacher, it could have been a…

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Poetry Corner Thomas Mhando

WEEKEND PLANS VERSUS REALITY

By Thomas Mhando, I made big plans for Saturday,A hike, a jog, then books and chai.But morning came, and so did sleep,I snoozed through goals I meant to keep.By noon, my blanket hugged too tight.I said, “At 2, I’ll clean my room,”Instead I Googled “lounge perfume.”A Netflix doc just pulled me in—On snails that paint…

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Development Talk Elly Manjale

CALL FOR CLUSTER-BASED EXPORT PROCESSING ZONES

Industrial development, exports and foreign direct investment (FDI) are the cornerstones of modern statehood. Any country that lacks these components risks remaining a “banana republic” for years to come. To stay relevant and competitive, every nation needs robust industrialisation, a thriving export sector and steady inflows of FDI. Over the past decade, Export Processing Zones…

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African Perspective Mboneko Munyaga

RETURN MANGI MELI’S SKULL NOW

On March 2, 1900, something sombre, gloomy and painfully mournful took place at Tsudunyi village of what is now Old Moshi when the Germans hanged Mangi Meli and 18 other chiefs of the area, for the “crime of plotting to attack German Forces.” Granted. Eight years earlier, Mangi Meli had successfully defeated the Germans. However,…

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UPRIGHT THINKING Madaraka Nyerere

ESCAPABLE DANGERS OF ALCOHOLISM, ABUSE

Tanzanians suffer twice the average of the alcohol disorder rate experienced by other African countries. Alcohol disorder is defined as failure to control alcohol drinking despite negative consequences to aspects of life such as relationships, work and health. Data from 2019 estimates Tanzanians to have had a capita consumption of 7.81 litres of pure alcohol….

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