Before any commission of inquiry succeeds, deliberate measures must be taken to build trust, allow for expressive freedoms and safeguard basic liberties.
As a result, end-of-year shows have vanished, artists have canceled song and album releases, and unlike previous years, the top trending song is not a local hit but a piece embraced by activists: “Makomborero.”
The shocking brutality of the 2025 election exposed a nation’s lost moral centre and the perilous decay of its institutions.
Tanzania’s October 29 Unrest: A Crisis of Youth or a Story of Sabotage?
If we truly want to prevent another crisis like October 29, we must start not with more police, but with conscience. Peace is not enforced by guns; it is cultivated through fairness.
A top-down chieftaincy appointment bred suspicion, whereas genuine consultation could have built bridges and aligned ethnic and democratic goals.
In our briefing today:
ZEC Finalizes Election Preparations as Ballot Papers Arrive in Zanzibar;
Tanzanian Opposition Leader John Heche Blocked From Exiting the Country to Attend Raila Odinga’s Funeral;
BoT, Government Refute Money-Printing Allegations to Finance Election Campaigns;
Op-Ed; Trust, Power, and Markets: The Hidden Faultlines of Vision 2050’s Climate Promises;
Op-Ed; Farewell, Jane Goodall, as We Honour the Memory of Mwalimu Nyerere.
Vision 2050 will fail and be remembered as empty promises if its implementation relies too much on markets, fails to address power imbalances and distrust, and lets climate finance disappear before helping people on the ground.
My conversation with a hotel owner reveals the class divide shaping perceptions of President Samia’s economic policies.
In our briefing today:
Tanzania Ex-Diplomat’s Brother Wanted by Police Over Kidnapping Allegations;
National Electoral Commission Revises 2025 Voter Figures Amid Scrutiny;
Tundu Lissu Grills Police Witness as Treason Trial Cross-Examination Turns Fiery;
CUF Parliamentary Candidate for Siha Killed in Mob Attack;
Op-Ed: Lobito Corridor: A Wake-Up Call for Dar es Salaam, or an Opportunity to Reinvent Our Port?
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