BY RUPAL KOHLI (October 10-16,2026) Match your horoscope with your Sun, Moon, or Rising Sign! *Personality & Profession – Check by your Sun Sign (By Date of birth). * Relationships & Emotions – Check by your Moon Sign (By Name or starting letter of your name). * Overall Health, Growth & Development – Check by…
Vice-President Deogratius Ndejembi’s call for public institutions to cut unnecessary expenditure and support internships for 10,000 young Tanzanians deserves backing. Opening the conference of public board chairpersons and chief executives in Arusha a fortnight ago, he placed an urgent national priority before those entrusted with public resources: Investing in young people. His message should now…
BY DANFORD MPUMILWA I vividly remember how, sometime in 1976, while I was a student at the University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM), we student activists decided to march from the university’s Mlimani campus to State House. Stirred by the revolutionary theories drilled into our young minds by our many Marxist-Leninist lecturers from around the…
BY ELLY MANJALE Tanzania possesses a strategic geographical advantage that few African countries can match. Its 1,424 kilometres coastline and three operational ports give it direct access to international shipping routes, while its location makes it a gateway to several landlocked countries in East and Central Africa. Tanzania’s port system serves Zambia, the Democratic Republic…
Welcoming our lovely readers to our weekly health diaries column where we delve into various disease-related topics simplifying complex concepts for our readers. Seeing blood in the stool can be frightening and should never be ignored. It can be a sign of a more serious problem that needs medical attention. Blood may appear as bright…
I followed with keen interest the deliberations of the chairmen and chief executive officers of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) at last week’s forum in Arusha. The forum’s underlying theme was to visualise how SOEs could advance Dira 2050. The central idea was that SOEs should move beyond their mandates and become high-performing contributors to national economic…
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common digestive disorder diagnosed mainly on the basis of symptoms, after other important causes have been excluded. There is usually no single laboratory test that confirms IBS. IBS is increasingly understood as a disorder of gut-brain interaction. The brain and intestines communicate continuously through nerves, hormones, immune signals and…
The writer of this article, Mr Sukhdev Chhatbar (right), with world-renowned conservationist Dr Jane Goodall (left) at the Cultural Heritage Centre in Arusha in February 2025. At the centre is Mr Saifuddin Khanbhai, the Centre’s Managing Director, who is overseeing the construction of the Jane Goodall Museum at the Centre. BY SUKHDEV CHHATBAR One year…
I am grateful that I can talk on ethical issues in this column and as I continue to do so every week, I become more convinced that what Philosopher Albert Einstein says is perennial wisdom that we must embrace in our everydayness. Einstein (1879-1955) says: there is one best way of teaching or showing the…
These phones! These phones we love and cannot ignore- even while eating. I was rushing out of a morning train (to work) and in front – a young dude, trousers hanging, revealing underpants, watched a film, walking as if injured; blocking my way and others behind. Gently, tapped the chap- he turned abruptly-with an expression…
