Tanzanian Prime Minister Mizengo Kayanza Peter Pinda, who has been on a weeklong visit to Namibia, was in Walvis Bay on Wednesday where he showed interest in the way Namibia governs its marine resources especially the pertinent problem of illegal fishing.

Experts have called for a 40 per cent reduction in fishing activities in Lake Victoria as a measure to counter the rapid dwindling of Nile perch stocks in the world's second largest lake.

Tanzania is still determined to float sovereign bonds despite the on-going financial turmoil.

Tanzania postal services can be improved more if modern means of communication are applied, Postmaster General Deos Mndeme has said.

Four youths were seriously injured in Tarime yesterday as supporters of rival parties clashed over a landing spot for campaign helicopters.

Taifa Stars players Athumani Iddi and Jabir Azizi in action during a training session in Dar es Salaam yesterday.Stars will host Cape verde in a 2010 World Cup/African Nations Cup qualifier tomorrow.

A number of "crucial" matters have to be sorted out before runaway goalkeeper Ivo Mapunda is allowed to rejoin Mainland champions Young Africans, the club has said.

Hassan "Field Marshal" Dalali has reversed his resignation to resign as Simba SC chairman.

East and Central Africa welterweight champion Mada Maugo has secured a promoter in South Africa.

The Artumas Group plans to carry out additional gas drilling in the Mnazi Bay fields in Mtwara region in order to meet the government's intentions of commercialising the gas for the country's economic development.

The opposition Civic United Front (CUF) secretary general, Mr Seif Sharif Hamad, yesterday cautioned President Jakaya Kikwete to be wary of praises showered on him by Western countries and international organisations.

Poor and vulnerable households which feel they qualify for assistance but excluded during implementation of the Community-Based Conditional Cash Transfer (CB-CCT) pilot programme would have an opportunity to appeal against their exclusion.

As former South Africa Defence minister Mosiuoa Lekota announced plans to lead a breakaway ANC faction yesterday, a respected Dar es Salaam-based political scientist said parallels could be drawn in Tanzania.

Tarime residents will today witness the campaigns for the parliamentary by-election moving into the sky after CCM announced yesterday that two helicopters would be brought in to boost its campaign effort.

Allotment of shares of the National Microfinance Bank continues to face huddles after Rasilimali Limited, the Initial Public Offer lead advisor, postponed the exercise yesterday. The share allotment was expected to be announced yesterday but it was moved to October 17 in a move blamed on the recent workers' strike at the bank.

Seventy finalists have been terminated from studies shortly before they sat for their final examinations at Saint Augustine University of Tanzania (SAUT).

Cables to supply electricity to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA) will be laid underground.

Livestock Development and Fisheries minister John Magufuli has warned ministry officials over the misuse of projects funds.

The Tanzania Electric Supply Company, Tanesco, yesterday announced fresh power rationing that would see some regions in the country remain without power for nine hours everyday.

With less than a week before voters go to the polls in the by-election in Tarime constituency, queries are being raised about the authenticity of the voters' register.

Police in Tarime yesterday defended the use of rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse supporters of the opposition Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (Chadema), saying they had declared a war against the force.

With only a week before teachers start a countrywide strike, there was still no indication of averting it reportedly after a meeting between ministry officials and teachers' trade union leaders failed to secure a deal to prevent the strike.

The just-ended first two-day Business Roundtable with the Government singled out three bottlenecks that President Kikwete's Government needs to address urgently.

On Sunday, October 12, voters in Tarime District of Musoma Region in northern Tanzania will go to the polls to fill the posts of Member of Parliament and local councillor.

Many CRDB Bank customers in Bukoba flew into a panic last weekend after the bank's ATMs failed to dispense cash due to what was later described as a "technical hitch".