Rent vs. Service Charges: The Withholding Tax Dilemma Explained, 10% or 5%?
In most scenarios, landlords bill their tenants separately for rent and service charges. Service charges mainly include the provision…
Inside Tanzania’s Silent War on Elephants: A Tale of Poaching and Political Silence
Amboseli game wardens view all tuskers as their own, and when the elephants travel to Tanzania, they believe the…
Navigating the Controversy Over Banning ‘X’ in Tanzania: What is TCRA Planning?
In recent weeks, Tanzania’s digital landscape has been entangled in controversy as calls to ban the social media platform…
Human Rights Watch, Whose Right is More Right Than the Other in North Mara?
Article 29 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) states that “Everyone has duties to the community in…
A Growing Crisis: How Foreign Investment Fuels Forced Demolitions and Displacement
The pace of permanent structure demolitions in Kibaha, Pwani has been efficient and cruel, presaging that the pressure to…
Surging Lake Victoria and Earthquakes Threaten Bukoba – What’s Next?
A former chairman of CCM in the Kagera Region Pius Ngeze called and addressed a press conference that raised…
Scandal and Corruption: How Tanzania’s Judiciary Is Hijacked by Political Elites
“You must understand that there are two ways of contending, by Law, and by force: The first is proper…
Corporate Rigidity to Creative Freedom: My Experience Across Both Worlds
My name is Justine Massaba. I graduated from Mbeya University of Science and Technology in 2019 with a background…
Tanzanian Election Reforms Questioned: Will Future Elections Be Free and Fair?
Tanzanian Parliament passed a new election law with presidential assent, but the reformed law largely regurgitated the old laws…
MV Bukoba Tragedy: A Reflection on Unchecked Power and the Need for Constitutional Reforms
Research and Education for Democracy in Tanzania (REDET) Chairman, Prof Rwekaza Mukandala, said that the fate of MV Bukoba…
