BY definition, to ‘nibble’ is to take gentle, small or cautious bites at something. On the other hand, to ‘bite’ is to seize with the teeth or jaws so as to grip or wound; to sting (like a bee, causing sharp pain or discomfort); gnaw by persistent biting (much like a dog gnawing a bone)…
I WENT to bed early that night.The trek from Baraki had been grueling and energy sapping. Baraki, a remote village across the crocodile infested river, was the venue for an after harvest festival.
Today July 1st, 2012 marks 20 years since Tanzania adopted the multiparty system. I was going to throw a big party, an event of the year! I was going to invite all the party representatives , across all parties that I know and those that my friends know.
I am Catholic who got married to a man four years ago and are blessed with two kids. Recently I have discovered that my husband has another wife in Dar es Salaam whom he married in a Christian marriage. Upon close follow up, I have discovered that he actually abandoned his family for me and no divorce was granted. Can my husband be married to two women?
IN the last 15 years I had the misfortune of importing things into Tanzania through the port of Dar es Salaam. I brought in a personal car in 1997 and another one in 2011. I also imported household personal effects in 2003. I can tell you it was a process I would happily avoid.
The last time we communicated in these columns, we were in the city of Philadelphia in the state of Pennsylvania in the United States. The journey back home was uneventful but it provided an opportunity to reflect on a number of things.
VOTING is always about numbers. It is through voting that is how democratic decisions are made and normally it is said once agreed on voting then it becomes binding to both losers and winners
Kassim Mchomvu, the man, who missed going to Germany because of the 1977 EAC collapse and on whom I talked to you about last month, a distant neighbour of mine, seems to have more lives than a cat.
The Media Council of Tanzania (MCT) held the first editor summit during which the issues of journalism ethics and press freedom were discussed. Eroded professional ethics basically refer to misconduct by the journalists themselves while the cry for press freedom entails the gagging of the media by the state.
