BY DR MURTAZA HAMEER In a previous article sometime ago, we saw how the first three habits of Steven Covey’s 7 habits could be relevant to the learner when it comes to being proactive, beginning with the end in mind, and putting first things first. Let us now see how the next four habits can…
BY FREDDY MACHA Seated next to a young boy in the bus-he could have easily been my grandson. He was crouching, unaware of the “dangerous” posture, totally absorbed -without an awareness of surroundings or space. Yes the back was bent in what the dictionary calls : “convex curvature of the upper -thoracic spine.” A 12-14…
BY RAPHAEL MBUNDA Early one morning, as I visited my ghost pepper farm on the slopes of Mount Meru, I was greeted by the forest’s hidden musicians. I could not see the cicadas, known as nyenze in Swahili but I could hardly miss their loud, persistent calls. The sound came from every direction, making it…
BY DR LULU C. Welcoming our lovely readers to our weekly health diaries column where we delve into various disease-related topics simplifying complex concepts for our readers. Have you ever experienced sudden, severe pain in your big toe, ankle or knee, sometimes accompanied by redness and swelling? One possible cause is gout, a form of…
BY SUKHDEV CHHATBAR Nursing mothers have a lower risk of getting breast cancer compared with those who shun suckling their babies, clinical oncologist, Dr Hellen Makwani, told a breast cancer awareness seminar in Arusha last weekend. Speaking at the event organised by Four Points by Sheraton Arusha, The Arusha Hotel, to mark October’s Breast Cancer…
BY THE ARUSHA NEWS REPORTER A Police-supported youth programme to learn driving has enabled 114 young people from disadvantaged backgrounds in Arusha to get licences so that they could gainfully and lawfully be self employed. The youths were given their driving licences free of charge recently after passing road tests coordinated by the Regional Traffic…
BY ADAMA DIENG On October 31,2026 Senegal offered Africa and the world a moment of pride. The spectacular opening ceremony of the Youth Olympic Games in Dakar was more than a celebration of sport. It was a declaration of confidence in Africa’s creativity, organisational capacity and, above all, its youth. For the first time in…
BY SAKINA S. DOSSAJI It peeped from the skies,A pearly hue,To glisten with dew. The buttery sun,Spreading its warmthThe clouds billowedAnd puffed. And the sky had aBeehive activity of its own,With an orchestra of bird twitter,Or the sound of an occasional chopper. The day wrapped its folds into a ruby-red knot of ribbons, And then…
BY THOMAS MHANDO I opened the fridge at half-past ten,Expecting food from heaven again,And found three tomatoes and a stubborn hen. The leftovers looked suspiciously old,The rice had developed courage and cold,While one small onion remained uncontrolled. I searched the shelves with diplomatic skill,Negotiating hunger against my will,And found some sauce beside a pill. I…
BY SARAH R Long ago, the clever Tortoise decided to gather all the wisdom in the world into a single clay pot so he could keep it all to himself. He sealed the pot tight and set out to climb the tallest baobab tree in the savannah, tying the heavy vessel right to his chest….
