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Deputy Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Trade and Industries, Ms Maria Bilia
The Deputy Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Trade and Industries, Ms Maria Bilia, made the remarks at the climax of the World Industry Day.
She said local industries stands a danger of collapsing if Tanzanians will not cultivate a culture of buying local products. “We won’t create more employment if we do not purchase local products in big amounts which in return increases the level of production and in so doing increasing workforce,” she said.
She added that like other countries, Tanzania is putting special focus and interest to support local industries to reach the needed goals as far as the sector is concerned.
However, she said local industries can reach their set targets should they strive for poverty reduction and observe good governance.
“If the industrial sector works together with other related sectors, the country will achieve massive development as far as real changes are concerned, should they produce quality goods as per market demand,” she said.
Source Tanzania Daily News
Buy local products to curb unemployment – Official
Deputy Minister for Regional Administration and Local Government, Mr Kassim Majaliwa
The call was made by the Regional Administration and Local Government Deputy Minister (Education), Mr Kassim Majaliwa, when marking the Global Handwashing Day, World Toilet Day and National Cleaning Day in Singida.
Mr Majaliwa said the public should also cultivate the habit of washing hands with soap every time they use the toilet or before eating and should also drink clean and safe water.
He said one of the challenges facing the nation for a long time is frequent diseases that are a result of poor sanitation.
“A good number of diseases can be prevented through adhering to health principles including keeping the environment we live in clean,” he said, adding that this will only be possible if the communities improve the standards of cleaning the environment and washing hands with soap after using toilets.
He said that washing of hands reduces diseases such as diarrhoea by 42 per cent to 50 per cent, noting that 760,000 under five year old children die due to diarrhoea every year in the world.
The Deputy Minister explained that the state of cleanness in the country is not satisfactory, especially toilets in homes, institutions, health centres and bus stops.
“Statistics show that 22 per cent of homes in towns and 9 per cent in villages are the only ones with clean toilets,” he explained.
To address the challenge, Mr Majaliwa said the government has strategies in place that by 2015, more than 45 per cent of homes in towns and 35 per cent in villages will have toilets that are of the required standards. End/jer
By ABBY NKUNGU, Tanzania Daily News
Construct better sanitary facilities, public urged
Ariel view if Geita mine
It is listed on the New York, Johannesburg, Accra, London and Australian stock exchanges, as well as the Paris and Brussels bourses. GGM General Manager, Mr Michael Van Anen ANEN recently granted an interview to Staff Writer JOHN KULEKANA on the firm’s performance, achievements, challenges and prospects. Excerpts …
QUESTION: Geita Gold Mine (GGM) has a long history, which includes changes of ownership. Can you briefly give us the profile of the firm?
ANSWER: Gold was formally discovered in the Geita Region around 1896 and mining began in the 1930s. Geita gold deposits are located 20 km south east of Nungwe Bay on Lake Victoria, at an altitude of about 1,200 metres above sea level. The area forms part of the Central African Plateau, which is characterised by an undulating topography consisting of gently sloping plains, scattered hills and low-lying wetlands.
The special mining lease (196.27 km2) that defines GGM falls within the Geita Forest Reserve. The GGM commenced production in 2000, initially as a joint venture between two gold mining companies – AngloGold Limited from South Africa and Ashanti from Ghana.
With the merger of the two companies in 2004, Geita Gold Mine (GGM) became wholly owned by AngloGold Ashanti. GGM is located in the northwest of Tanzania and is an open cast mine with three pits.
AngloGold Ashanti has invested US$600 million in GGM since 2000 and the mine has paid $683 million in direct contributions to the Tanzania government through taxes and royalties since 2000. In the second quarter of 2013, Geita’s production was 113,000 ounces (oz), up from 66,000oz in the previous quarter.
Q: GGM a good employer and tax payer?
A: GGM contributes significantly to Tanzania through royalty, income tax and other payments to the government. GGM also believes in making local procurements from local businesses and making a substantial contribution to the community investments.
For example, AngloGold Ashanti has invested about $600m in Geita Region since 2000, while the mine has paid some US$683 million in direct contributions to the Tanzania government through taxes and royalties in the period. For 2012 alone, GGM paid US$ 213.8 million in royalties, income tax and other contributions.
This represents the second highest tax contribution across our global portfolio and second only to South Africa where we have a much larger operating base. In addition to our tax remittances in Tanzania last year, AngloGold Ashanti provided a direct income and benefits to about 3,600 employees both directly and indirectly.
96 per cent of our employees are Tanzanians. On procurement, in 2012 alone, GGM procured over US$ 276 million of goods and materials from businesses locally. We are also actively seeking ways to increase local procurement even further.
Q: Safety is among major challenges in the mining industry. How well is GGM performing on this aspect, taking into account mercury and cyanide – which are highly toxic substances and are used in processing gold?
A: GGM does not use mercury to process gold. GGM has prioritised securing a ‘harm free’ workplace with a focus of reducing risks and exposure of employees to harmful substances and conditions. The key focus to achieve our goal of Zero harm is applying changes to our Safety culture by adapting a ‘Zero Tolerance’ behaviour toward safety.
No one is expected to make an unsafe act or condition in any area of our work place on site. GGM continuous to improve visible leadership and engaging the whole work force to the right safety behaviours, further detailed investigation and review to all incidents are employed in all cases that has involved unsafe incidents.
Q: The government has repeatedly called upon big miners like GGM and ABG to support small scale miners. There are thousands of artisanal miners working in risky environment, using crude and inefficient tools and lack skills and adequate financial capital. What are you doing on this aspect?
A: As a partner in the Multi Stakeholder Partnership (MSP) on ASM, AngloGold Ashanti (GGM) will support the Tanzania government in finding solutions for managing ASM issues. These solutions will be practical and sustainable and as a first step, GGM will pilot the MSP around its concession.
This pilot will be aligned to GGM’s positive and active approach in engaging other stakeholders on ASM issues. The partnership with the World Bank will also help facilitate the stakeholder engagement process and leveraging synergies and resources with existing ASM programmes that involve the World Bank.
AngloGold Ashanti’s strategy for addressing ASM – both illegal and legal – is founded on a strategic constructive engagement process with the Tanzania government, local communities and other partners with an emphasis on the protection of livelihoods. Through these partnerships, AngloGold Ashanti is developing strategic solutions to the problems associated with ASM and contribute to positive social and economic development in the area.
Specifically, we are working in partnership with the Tanzania government, the World Bank, other large scale miners and other relevant stakeholders to co-create solutions to enhance formalisation of the ASM sector and to support alternative livelihoods where appropriate.
The Multi Stakeholders Partnership seeks to develop creative approaches to engage stakeholders, coordinate activities and leverage resources and expertise to achieve shared objectives.
It aims to enhance government’s capacity to develop integrated ASM solutions by combining the policy actions of the government, the convening power of the World Bank and the technical know-how, managerial expertise, financial resources and technology of the industry (both large and small-scale) to achieve mutually beneficial and lasting results.
Q: In some places there are regular reports of fatal conflicts between miners and residents in surrounding villages, as well as complaints of theft, vandalism and encroachment on miners sites. What is the situation at GGM?
A: Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) and illegal activity on our concession remain a significant challenge at GGM and other mining companies in Tanzania. The security environment within the GGM ‘special mining licence’ area continues to be a challenge with a significant increase in the number of trespassers entering the site each month, often for the purposes of illegal mining or committing theft.
The security unit continues to work closely with the Geita Police Force and Field Force Unit since the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in 2012. Equally important, AngloGold Ashanti is a signatory to the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights (VPSHRs).
This means that all incidents at GGM involving security personnel are investigated and the outcomes of investigations are reported to VPSHR structures and published publicly. In that way we ensure all security activities are handled in an ethical and responsible way.
Q: Good corporate governance includes providing support to community by giving part of the profit generated to neighbours as aid, charity and support to various humanitarian programmes. Can you present a detailed account of GGM’s Corporate Social Responsibility milieu?
A: AngloGold Ashanti is committed to fulfilling its obligations and duties as a responsible corporate citizen across the entirety of its operations and its belief in the importance of the concept of sustainability clearly extends through to its activities at GGM. It was as recently as August 2013 that GGM was named the winner of eight awards from the Tanzanian Presidential Award on the Extractive Industry Corporate Social Responsibility and Empowerment Programme (CSRE) for its commitment to community investments.
These awards were bestowed on the company as recognition of its health, education, procurement and water programmes for its host communities in Tanzania. These include the Geita Town Water Project Implementation, which has seen the company invest $4.9 million towards the implementation of a water supply system in partnership with the Tanzania government.
The establishing of a clean water supply will ultimately benefit some 130,000 residents located around Geita. Another $5million investment from GGM has gone into the construction of the Nyankumbu Girls Secondary School, the final stage of which began in July 2013.
This stage includes the construction of the remaining batch of teachers’ housing, school fence, sports fields and purchase of laboratory equipment. The overall project is expected to be completed by March 2014, after which more than 900 girls will have access to a sciencefocused boarding school, the only one of its kind in Geita Region.
Meanwhile, a joint venture with the Geita District Council and other parties, has successfully implemented an integrated malaria control programme in Geita. The Geita Malaria Prevention programme, which covers approximately 19 villages annually, focuses on carrying out indoor residual spraying within the community and was responsible for offering this prevention to more than 90 per cent of the target population.
Furthermore, from an environmental perspective, GGM is understandably proud to have maintained ISO 14001 certification, which will remain valid until June 2016. Crucial to our success, going forward will, of course, be the support of our host communities.
GGM is currently rolling out an enhanced engagement strategy, involving the surrounding communities and creating awareness of our mining processes and activities. We believe this will enhance public knowledge and understanding of the industry and strengthen the stakeholder relationships which currently exist.
By JOHN KULEKANA, Tanzania Daily News
Geita Gold Mine: Keen on safety, good corporate citizenship
Simba Chairman Ismail Aden Rage said in Dar es Salaam on Monday that the club has no plans to make changes in its technical bench which is under veteran coach Abdallah ‘King’ Kibaden, insisting “Kibaden is here to stay.”
“Kibaden remains our head coach until the end of this season and we are not considering overhauling the technical bench as it has been rumoured,” he said.
“It’s inappropriate to meddle into a technical bench while the team is in the middle of a competition,” Rage was quoted saying in an interview with one of the City FM radio station.
Rage, who is also a Member of Parliament for Tabora Urban (CCM), said technically, it is very suicidal to make changes in the technical bench while a team is in the middle of a league.
“The best thing is to wait until the end of the season to make such changes if at all they are needed,” he insisted.
Despite assuring Kibaden of his job at the club, Rage disclosed that there might be minor changes in the technical bench. He, however, didn’t say whether the club is mulling such changes.
Simba’s technical bench is headed by Kibaden, who is assisted by Jamhuri Kihwelo ‘Julio’ and goalkeepers trainer James Kisaka.
The trio have been under intensive pressure following the team’s poor performance in the league’s first phase and reports of ‘misunderstandings” in the changing room.
The confusion led to some player being dropped from the first team to the second string-side as punishment and there are reports that Kihwelo was at loggerheads with some players who demanded his removal from the technical bench.
Meanwhile, flying winger Uhuru Suleiman is reported to have returned to his former club Simba after completing his seven-month loan to Tanga’s Coastal Union.
According to reliable sources, Uhuru, who before joining Coastal Union was on loan with Azam FC for half a season, has finalised formalities of returning to his major club and is now ready to serve the Msimbazi Reds in the second phase of the premier league which commences early next year.
The winger said it is high time for him to pay back to his club for the generosity they had shown to him.Simba paid cost of his knee operation in India in 2011 which forced him be out for the whole season.
Reached for comment on Uhuru’s return, Simba Information Officer, Ezekiel Kamwaga said the midfielder still has a valid contract with Simba and if Coastal Union do not need his services he is welcomed back.
Source Tanzania Daily News
Rage: Kibaden here to stay
Taifa Stars
The match falls under football’s world governing body, FIFA, date. It replaces an aborted one between Taifa Stars and their Kenyan counterparts, Harambee Stars scheduled for last weekend.
The Warriors delegation of 30 people led by John Phiri jetted in the city on Monday afternoon aboard a Kenya Airways flight.
Today’s match is quite a relief to coach Kim Poulsen who, apart from aiming to honour the FIFA calendar, eagerly wants to test his lads before picking his squad for the CECAFA Senior Challenge Cup tournament kicking off in Kenya on November 27, this year.
The Dane requires to pick 20 players who will form the Kilimanjaro Stars for the Challenge Cup and is expected to utilise to the maximum today’s match against the Warriors to make his final selection.
The encounter provides an excellent test for Poulsen’s charges, considering that Zimbabwe are ahead of Tanzania in the FIFA rankings. The Warriors are placed 102th, while Taifa Stars are 129th. In case they win today the Tanzanians will definitely go up the ladder.
Poulsen is expected to rely mostly on the services of TP Mazembe’s ace strikers Thomas Ulimwengu and Mbwana Samatta, who is among 21 players nominated for the prestigious 2013 Confederation of African Football (CAF) Player of the Year Award for those based in Africa.
The duo might, however, miss the opening match of the Challenge Cup as they will depart after the match to Tunis, Tunisia where their club TP Mazembe will meet CS Sfaxien in the first leg of the CAF Confederation Cup final on Saturday.
Tanzania Mainland’s Kilimanjaro Stars are in Group B with Burundi, Somalia and Zambia – one of the two invited teams. The other is Malawi Flames.
The Warriors squad which jetted in on Monday is:
Goalkeepers: Frankson Busire, Maxwell Nyamupangedengu and Tapiwa Kapini.
Defenders: Carrington Nyadombo, Felix Chindungwe, Innocent Mapuranga, Nkosana Siwela, Ocean Mushure and Patson Jaure.
Midfielders: Isaac Masami, Kundakwashe Mahachi, Milton Neube, Misheck Mburayi, Obey Mwenehari and Silas Dylan Songani.
Strikers: are Gerald Ndlovu, Lot Chiungwa, Nqobizitha Masuku, Simba Sithole and Themba Ndlovu.
The team is under coach Ian Gorowa.
The match kicks off at 5.00pm. Referees are from Uganda, the fourth official is Oden Mbaga while the match commissioner is Leslie Liunda both from Dar es Salaam.
Tickets sell at 5,000/- for blue and green seats, 10,000/- for orange seats while VIP A, B and C tickets are available at 30,000 /-, 20,000/- and 15,000/- respectively .
By BETRAM LENGAMA, Tanzania Daily News
Taifa Stars eager to tame Warriors
Tanzania Cricket Association (TCA) coordinator, Hamis Abdallah, told the ‘Daily News’ that Saturday’s rain that caused floods in Dar es Salaam postponed the match, that meant to sharpen the women and girls teams for forthcoming international assignments.
“The rain disturbed our weekend programme … the match could not be played as the Kinondoni ground was flooded with water,” he said.
Abdallah said that the match will now take place this weekend at the same ground, hoping that the weather will be friendly this time around.
He said that the teams still need as many trial matches as possible to be fit for major tournaments.
The teams have set a residential training camp at Muhimbili TCA Academy in Dar es Salaam to prepare for the International Cricket Council (ICC) African U-19 tournament scheduled for December 7-9, this year and the ICC Africa Senior Women’s tournament slated for December 14-16 – both in Dar es Salaam.
In their first trial match since they pitched camp three weeks ago, they suffered 8 wickets defeat at the hands of the national U-19 boys at the Leaders Club grounds at Kinondoni last Wednesday.
The ladies won the toss and decided to bat first. They scored 107 runs in 20 overs to give their brothers something to think about in the reply.
The girls U-19 team captain Monica Pascal led her team well to collect 30 runs while Nasra Hamza had 28 runs.In reply, the U-19 boys started the game impressively and managed to return all runs with a loss of only two wickets, to win the game by 8 wickets.
Abdallah is optimistic that a series of trials is ideal for the national team and that the room for them to improve is wide open.
By MBONILE BURTON, Tanzania Daily News
Tanzania: Rain disrupts cricket teams’ preparations
The festival will take place from November 22 to 24, 2013 in different venues around Dar es Salaam that are Century Cinemax Mlimani City, Goethe Insitut, Nafasi Art Space and Alliance Francaise and there will be no entrance fee.
According to the organisers, there will be 18 films with attention-grabbing stories to be shown across one weekend across the four venues. Themes are varied and touch on all aspects of life.
“ShoufShoufHabibi” is a film with a atypical Moroccan family attempting to adjust to the very different society in Holland.
Italian movie, ‘Primo Incarico’ revolves around Nena, a girl from the south of Italy, who has to travel far from home to get her first job as a teacher.
She is sad, not because she has to leave her mother and sister, with whom everything is clear and sometimes difficult, but because she is having a serious love affair with someone from her village to whom she is very committed.
“The European Film Festival through film, offers a unique platform as a window to sharing diverse cultural experiences in an entertaining way to Tanzanian audiences,” the European Union Ambassador Filiberto Ceriani Sebregondi said.
The opening film to be screened at the Alliance Francaise on Friday is the award winning film ‘Untouchables’ about the unexpected coming together and its outcome of an intellectual Phillipe, a quadriplegic millionaire and a rude African Driss, seeking unemployment benefits.
The European Film Festival is an annual event that brings film buffs a unique opportunity to soak up the various diverse European cultures through the film genre.
Embassies and High Commissions of Ireland, The Czech Republic, Norway, Switzerland, Italy, France, The Netherlands, Denmark, Finland, Spain, Sweden, Germany, Belgium, The UK and Slovakia have contributed this year’s films.
Source Tanzania Daily News
European Film Festival to thrill Dar residents
National Bureau of Statistics (NBS)
As it joins other member states in the continent to celebrate the Africa Statistics Day tomorrow, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has boasted to have recorded a number of achievements so far.
But, despite recorded milestones, the Bureau still faces some challenges including inadequate resources to enable it undertake its core functions as per recommended international set standards.
Addressing a press conference, the NBS Acting Director of Statistical Operations Ms Aldegunda Komba said the Bureau despite being rated high in delivering reliable statistics among other African states; can only manage to collect reliable and timely data by 80 to 90 per cent today.
“We can manage to get the respondents who provide us reliable data by at least 80 per cent as we struggle to extend our coverage to the remotest areas possible, particularly in the rural areas,” she said.
According to her, despite the ongoing efforts to make NBS become full autonomous, it is still facing financial difficulties to be able to conduct and release authentic and quality data according to world standards.
She said while the government has been providing resources for statutory statistical operations like the populations and housing census which is conducted every ten years, NBS still finds it difficult to raise funds for routine surveys mentioning the Demographic Health Survey (DHS) as an example.
She said DHS is one of the areas NBS need to accumulate enough resources for it to reach as remotest areas as possible in search of more reliable data.
Tanzania, therefore, marks the day and joins the rest of the African continent to advocate for the collection and dissemination of quality statistics responding to this year’s theme, “Quality Statistics for African Development”.
The theme was designed as a wake up call for the continent to allocate enough resources and invest for collection of reliable and quality statistics if they are to realize true economic and social developments, she said.
Among other delegates, the day will be attended by various government leaders and is expected to be graced by the Minister for Finance and Economy, Dr William Mgimwa.
By PIUS RUGONZIBWA, Tanzania Daily News
NBS faces challenges despite achievements
he call comes given the fact that children in this social group have been lacking many of the opportunities that their fellow children enjoy.
This was revealed in a statement issued by Carlton Nursery School, which is under the guardianship of the Sri Lankan First Lady, Shiranthi Wickremasinghe Rajapaksa, during a visit of the wives of the heads of state on the sidelines of the just-ended CHOGM.
It said elementary education was a key instrument in the mental growth of a child and the beginning to a promising future of any nation on earth.
It added that uneducated society would not be able to push forward the development agenda in the contemporary world which was much driven by science and technology.
The school, which gives free education to children with special needs and others, is purely engineered to give an education of international standards with special focus on practical training.
The school was launched in 1982 with only eight children where Mama Rajapaksa was among the first two teachers. The school is proud of its products as many of those who went through it have made significant achievements in life, with some holding some high posts in the government.
The school now has eight branches which are distributed in three regions in Sir Lanka with over 2000 pupils in total.
While at the school Mama Salma Kikwete and other First Ladies had a chance to see various games played by pupils in the school, most of whom are under five years of age.
Source Tanzania Daily News
Call to take care of disadvantaged children
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