A community acts to bring health services closer to pregnant women

It is almost nine years since pregnant women in Nyakayondwa, which is part of Nyakatuntu village in Chato district, Geita, were relieved of having to walk close to 10 kilometres…

Joas Kaijage

‘Sisi sio Nyani wenu tena’ – Lumumba kwa Mfalme wa Belgium, June 30 1960

‘Msinililie, wazalendo wenzangu, najua kuwa nchi yangu, inayoumia sana hivi sasa, itaweza kulinda Uhuru wake. Idumu Kongo! Idumu Afrika’. ‘...hakuna mateso wala vitendo vyovyote vya kinyama vitakavyonifanya kuomba huruma, ni…

Zitto Kabwe

Leaders and the Arrogance of Power in Tanzania

Since the departure of Mwalimu Nyerere from power in 1985, it has become customary for Tanzanians to denounce their political leaders as being ‘arrogant’ and ‘corrupt’. Strangely enough though, this…

Jamii Africa

Yaliyotokea Mtwara: Wanasiasa, serikali walipotoka!

Mtazamo na msimamo wa sisi wapiganaji wa kudumisha fikra za Baba wa Taifa, kuhusu yaliyojitokeza katika uchangiaji wa usafirishaji wa Gesi Asilia kutoka Mtwara ni kwamba upungufu uliojitokeza ni kwamba…

Jamii Africa

Majivu yatumika kupanga uzazi na utoaji mimba Mbeya

LICHA ya Serikali na mashirika yasiyokuwa ya kiserikali kutoa elimu ya kutumia njia za kisasa za uzazi wa mpango kote nchini, baadhi ya wanawake katika wilaya ya Mbeya Vijijini na…

Gordon Kalulunga

Waathirika watembea km 87 kufuata ARVs!

Takribani wakazi 40 wa kijiji cha Ifinga Kata ya Matumbi Wilaya ya Songea katika Mkoa wa Ruvuma, wanaotumia dawa za kupunguza makali ya UKIMWI, (ARVs) wanalazimika kutembea siku nne kufuata…

Mariam Mkumbaru

Songea: Mpunga watumika kutengenezea pombe!

Ubovu wa Barabara katika kijiji cha Ifinga Kata ya Matumbi  Wilaya ya Songea katika Mkoa wa Ruvuma, unasababisha mpunga kutengeneza pombe ya kienyeji.

Mariam Mkumbaru

Small business sure way of alleviating poverty in women

SMALL-scale businesswomen have a habit of talking a lot about what they can’t do rather than their achievements resulting in failure. And lack of self esteem and over dependence on…

Swaum Mustapher

Traditional medicine excels where science fails

THE case of Leonard Jilitu, Nyihogo Ward Chairman in Kahama District, illustrates the effectiveness of traditional medicines against suspicion on their power to cure illnesses which still baffle the modern…

Swaum Mustapher