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Comment on Editorial Team by Tanzanian Affairs » LETTERS

Tanzanian Affairs » LETTERS — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 13:52:29 +0000

[...] Editorial TeamHelp put back issues [...]

Comment on TANZANIA RAILWAYS LIMITED by Tanzanian Affairs » RAILWAYS IN DEEP TROUBLE

Tanzanian Affairs » RAILWAYS IN DEEP TROUBLE — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 13:37:47 +0000

[...] The 25-year $31 million contract agreement signed in 2007 between the government and Rail India Technical and Economic Services Ltd (Rites) under which Rites took over the majority 51% share of Tanzania Railways and agreed to manage it, has gone sour. Details of earlier developments were given in TA No 94. [...]

Comment on THE ANTI-CORRUPTION DRIVE by Tanzanian Affairs » CORRUPTION CASES – THE LATEST

Tanzanian Affairs » CORRUPTION CASES – THE LATEST — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 08:53:08 +0000

[...] Affairs has been giving prominence in recent issues to reports on the various corruption cases which have been widely and frequently debated in [...]

Comment on NILE BASIN – COULD IT EVENTUALLY LEAD TO WAR? by Afrika: de grimmige strijd om water « DeJaap

Afrika: de grimmige strijd om water « DeJaap — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:04:55 +0000

[...] grootste provocateur in het conflict tot nu toe is Tanzania, dat in 2004 de koloniale regels aan zijn laars lapte en een gigantische pijplijn liet aanleggen om water uit Lake Victoria af te voeren. Egypte [...]

Comment on NILE BASIN – COULD IT EVENTUALLY LEAD TO WAR? by Erfenis verscheurt Nijlfamilie « Luc van Kemenade

Erfenis verscheurt Nijlfamilie « Luc van Kemenade — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:18:55 +0000

[...] provocateur in het conflict tot nu toe is Tanzania, dat in 2004 de koloniale regels aan zijn laars lapte en een gigantische pijplijn liet aanleggen om water uit Lake Victoria af te voeren. Egypte [...]

Comment on REMAKING TANZANIA PLC by sabasjoe

sabasjoe — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:30:26 +0000

Correction!
In the last paragraph the UK Financial Services Authority (FSA) Should read as UK Financial Investments Ltd (UKFI) which was set up to manage government’s investments in Royal Bank of Scotland, Lloyds Banking Group, Bradford & Bingley and Northern Rock. FSA is the Financial Services Regulator in the UK.
Joseph Sabas

Comment on FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION – ALLEGATIONS by Anti-Money Laundering Efforts in Tanzania | AffairBoard

Anti-Money Laundering Efforts in Tanzania | AffairBoard — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:20:09 +0000

[...] having dealings with the unknown, the unknown being just how bad are the money laundering cases in Tanzania. One of the reasons for this is that when a high percentage of a banks transactions involve [...]

Comment on POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS by Tanzanian Affairs » ZANZIBAR, THE UNION AND OIL

Tanzanian Affairs » ZANZIBAR, THE UNION AND OIL — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:54:09 +0000

[...] TA 93 described how a row had developed over who is responsible for any oil that might be discovered in Zanzibar – the Union government or the Zanzibar government. The row has continued with the Zanzibar cabinet insisting on Zanzibar’s right to the oil. [...]

Comment on MISCELLANY by Tanzanian Affairs » THE ANTI-CORRUPTION DRIVE

Tanzanian Affairs » THE ANTI-CORRUPTION DRIVE — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:52:26 +0000

[...] DECI The Guardian reported in May on a financial scheme, started in 2007 and known as the ‘Development Entrepreneurship Community Initiative’ or DECI – a pyramid or ponzi scheme. In a short space of time membership had grown to some 700,000 and it was believed to have 46 up-country branches. Apparently an alert by the media helped to make ‘largely innocent public and overly gullible government agencies’ wake up to the fact that this money game was criminal. Finally the government issued a statement declaring that enough was enough and effectively prevented the scheme from continuing [see TA 93] [...]

Comment on LETTERS by editor

editor — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 10:25:17 +0000

EBONY CARVINGS
Brian Harris in TA No. 54 throws doubt on the correctness of using the word ‘ebony’ in connection with Makonde carvings. I am sure this word has been traditionally used for many years but no doubt a botanist might be more particular. J Anthony Stout in ‘Modern Makonde Sculpture’ (1966) consistently writes of ebony carvings. The Makonde carvings exhibition held in Oxford in 1989 refers to ‘African blackwood (a type of ebony)’. The Standard Swahili Dictionary translates ‘Mpingo’ as ‘the ebony tree – Diospyros ebenum and Dalbergia melanoxylon’ .

However, it does seem that the Mpingo tree has not been properly studied and this may account for some ambiguity in using the term ‘ebony’. Now steps are being taken to investigate the tree, particularly because the makers of clarinets and such musical instruments have become alarmed at the dwindling supply of Mpingo wood. In November 1995 Flora and Fauna International organised a workshop in Maputo to discuss the plight of the tree and as a result, a Cambridge University expedition is now under way in Lindi Region. They are researching all aspects of the tree with a view to producing a management plan for its sustainable commercial development. They have formed a charity called ‘Tanzanian Mpingo ‘96′ and still need financial help. If readers are interested they should please contact Huw Nicholas, Cambridge,
Christine Lawrence