Vol 39 No 20 | TANZANIA Gunning for prawns 9th October 1998 A row over a prawn farm and arms supply contract tests government accountability Pressure is mounting on President Benjamin Mkapa to reconsider cabinet approval for a 10,000-hectare prawn farm in East Africa’s biggest expanse of mangrove forest. Most controversially, the contract...
Vol 39 No 9 | TANZANIA The China syndrome 1st May 1998 President Mkapa has learned some new lessons from old Chinese masters When Tanzania's founding President, Julius Nyerere, went to China in 1965, he came home and tried to build his country on Chairman Mao Tse Tung's model. The result...
Vol 38 No 25 | TANZANIA Back to the party 19th December 1997 As in Kenya, the ruling party has strengthened its grip despite multi-partyism The ruling parties in East Africa's former one-party states are thriving. As President Daniel arap Moi's Kenya African National Union looks forward to a thumping victory in presidential...
Vol 38 No 11 | TANZANIA Mrema on Marando 23rd May 1997 The country had only one credible party of opposition. Now it has none. The National Convention for Constitution and Reform (NCCR)-Maguezi fell apart in confusion last week. Its...
Vol 38 No 8 | TANZANIA Baby Tiger 11th April 1997 At last some good economic news to bolster President Mkapa's multi-party democracy Tanzania may not be an economic tiger yet but visitors to Dar es Salaam (population: 3 million and growing fast) can easily see that the sleepy days are...
Vol 38 No 7 | TANZANIA Kolimba and critics 28th March 1997 A hero's funeral was accorded to Horace Kolimba. Yet when he died on 13 March, he was central to a fierce row in the traditionally united ruling Chama...
Vol 37 No 21 | TANZANIA Against the odds 18th October 1996 Anti-corruption crusader Mrema is testing the government's democratic credentials After a good and popular start, President Benjamin Mkapa's anti- corruption campaign is running into trouble. His Finance Minister and friend, Professor Simon Mbilinyi, has been accused of...
Vol 37 No 17 | TANZANIA No man an island 23rd August 1996 Anyaoku's Commonwealth visit offers a solution for Zanzibar's warring parties Zanzibar's politicians have moved a few inches nearer to resolving their quarrel. After meeting both sides on 5-6 August, Commonwealth Secretary General Emeka Anyaoku left proposals with them...
Vol 37 No 9 | TANZANIA Oil on its own 26th April 1996 Separatist-minded Zanzibar has declared independence from the mainland over oil procurement. Ending purchases from the state- owned Tanzania Development Company, Zanzibar President Salmin Amour's government has issued its...
Vol 37 No 8 | TANZANIA Offshore, offside 12th April 1996 President Ben Mkapa is doing well on the mainland but struggling with Zanzibar The President insists that he does not want to be called Mtukufu (Your Excellency) or have his picture on banknotes and does not want to hear his name...