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Shinyanga. Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) has shut down a diamond mine belonging to El-Hillal Minerials Limited in Kishapu District, Shinyanga Region, for allegedly failing to pay taxes amounting to over Sh374.9 million. Addressing the media yesterday, the Shinyanga regional TRA manager, Mr Ernest Dundee, said the authority reached the decision following the mining company’s refusal to adhere to directives by Suka Security Co Ltd and Auction Mart & Court Brockers, who were the authority’s debt collectors. “This is not the end, but just the beginning. TRA will shut down all businesses of all chronic debtors,” the regional TRA boss warned. The mine acting manager, Mr Badul Seif, was tightlipped on grounds that higher authorities were supposed to comment on the TRA move. The acting manager also refused to sign a letter from the debt collectors ordering the closure of the mine’s machines for separating diamonds and asked the Suka Security Co Ltd and A...

Arusha. Zanzibar tomato growers are Z’bar tomato prices up as pest destroys crop facing huge losses due to a major pest invasion, which is reaching epidemic proportions. Scientifically known as Tuta absoluta, the pest has originated from South America. In September 2015, the pest struck Kombeni Village in Urban West Region in Unguja Island, before spreading fast in the entire Zanzibar archipelago. The head of Field Services Section in the Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources in Zanzibar, Mr Suleiman Juma Machano, said the pest has cut harvests of Zanzibar‘s “red gold” by nearly 70 per cent, creating a serious commodity shortage. This implies that farmers realised only 30 per cent of the harvest last season, pushing up the prices of tomatoes beyond reach of majority poor folks. Whereas consumers create high demand, brokers are cashing in as prices soared from Sh1,000 to Sh4,000 per kilograme in just a month as shortage bites. “The situation is ...

Technology Description : Ukrainian designer Herman Haidin investigates the possibility of a fully waterproof iPhone Concept sketches for upcoming iPhones tend to come in two distinct flavours: those that try to imagine what the next generation will actually be and those that simply investigate what it could potentially be. Designer Herman Haidin's drawings definitely fall into the latter category. In a series of sketches published on Behance.ne t, the Ukrainian imagines an iPhone constructed from "liquidmetal" – for which Apple acquired the patent in 2010 and could potentially make the handset completely waterproof. So what is liquidmetal? Many of us already own a piece of it - every iPhone box sold today comes with a small piece of the material in it: the small prong SIM ejector. Liquidmetal is an alloy with "an amorphous atomic structure and a multi-component chemical composition", tech site BGR says. "The special metal has ...

Singida regional commissioner, Dr Parseko Kone, has ordered all public buildings in the region Workers building a rain water harvesting tank Iramba. Singida regional commissioner, Dr Parseko Kone, has ordered all public buildings in the region to set infrastructure that will enable them to harvest water. He said the ongoing rain water must be harvested and preserved for future uses. The RC was speaking on Monday after inspecting the ongoing renovation at Iramba District hospital’s buildings. The renovation is being funded by a non- governmental organisation called Sustainable Environment management Action (SEMA). He said leaders in various public offices in the region must ensure residents understood the importance of harvesting and preserving water. “We all understand that Singida has a big problem of water, therefore we must set infrastructures so that when it rains, we can harvest water for future use,” he said. He added that public leaders must al...