“Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward.” –Colossians 3:23-24 When Tanzanian President John Pombe Magafuli was elected as President of the East African coastal country Tanzania, his first […]
President Lazarus Chakwera says the departed Tanzanian president John Pombe Magufuli was a towering symbol of Africa’s economic resurgence and described him an icon and a hero in the African continent. Chakwera, speaking on Monday at the Jamhuri Stadium in Dodoma, Tanzania during Magufuli’s funeral requiem mass, eurogised: “166 days ago, President John Pombe Magufuli […]
President Lazarus Chakwera has this morning left the country for Dodoma, Tanzania to attend the state funeral of that country’s former president, John Pombe Magufuli. Chakwera was seen off at Kamuzu International Airport in Lilongwe by vice president Saulos Chilima, cabinet ministers, government and party officials. Speaking before departure, Chakwera described Magufuli as a visionary […]
President Lazarus Chakwera flies off to Tanzania on Monday to attend the state funeral of that country’s former president John Pombe Magufuli. Ministry of Foreign Affairs sayse in a statement the plane carrying Chakwera is expected to depart from Kamuzu International Airport (KIA) at 05:30 Hrs. The statement discloses that the state funeral will take […]
Former Malawi presidents are mourning Tanzanian president John Magufuli who died last night following Covid-19 complications. Magufuli died aged 61 from a heart condition according to his vice president Samia Suluhu Hassan which some medics say might have been triggered by Covid-19, an infection which he denied its existence. Former president Joyce Banda said the […]
Hailing from neighbouring Malawi, I have always been a follower of Tanzanian politics. Julius Nyerere’s stories of national unity inspired us, the young generation, to dream of a national identity that unites rather than divides. And ever since reading Nyerere’s stories, Tanzania has always had a special place in my heart. Later on, during his […]
Prophet David Mbewe of the Living Word Evangelical Church (LIWEC) has saluted the departed President John Pombe Magufuli of Tanzania for demonstrating trust in his country’s health systems by choosing to seek health and medical attention at a local hospital in Dare es Salaam instead of being airlifted to access the service elsewhere outside his […]
President Lazarus Chakwera has sent an emotional message of condolences to Tanzanians following the death of their leader John Pombe Magufuli who died of Covid-19- related complications yesterday. Chakwera says Magufuli was a towering symbol of Africa’s economic resurgence, saying his passing was an incalculable loss to the continent.t “As Malawi joins Tanzania in mourning […]
Tanzanian President John Magufuli, who drew widespread criticism for his denialism of the coronavirus pandemic, has died aged 61. Tanzania’s Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan announced the president’s death in a televised national address on Wednesday. “We have lost our courageous leader, President John Magufuli, who has died from a heart illness,” said Suluhu Hassa. […]
President Lazarus Chakwera has delegated Transport and Public Works minister Sidik Mia to represent the country at the inauguration of President John Magufuli of Tanzania on Thursday. Mia is accompanied by Minister of Information Gospel Kazako. University of Livingstonia political analyst George Phiri insisted that Chakwera should have delegated veep Chilima as the event was […]
President Lazarus Chakwera has said he has agreed with his Tanzanian counterpart John Pombe Magufuli that there was a need to build a good friendship between the two countries first before engaging each other over the border dispute on Lake Malawi, which is potentially rich in oil and gas. Speaking to journalists at Kamuzu International […]
Tanzania is set to open a port office in Malawi within the next two months to enable Malawians to deal with port related issues, Tanzanian president John Magufuli when he hosted President Lazarus Chakwera on Wednesday. “I have directed my minister of transport, Minister Kamwelwe and TPA [Tanzania Ports Authority] to open a TPA office […]
Tanzania President John Magufuli ended his two-day State Visit to Malawi with a call for the country to conduct peaceful, fair and credible elections on May 21 2019. Magufuli made the call on Thursday when he officially opened the 2019 Tobacco Marketing Season at the Lilongwe Auction Floors. “Today I will be concluding my official […]
Tanzania President John Pombe Magufuli has ended his two-day State visit to Malawi during which he held bilateral talks in Lilongwe and praised President Peter Mutharika, saying Mutharika had transformed Malawi. He cited the crop fields he had seen on his way from the airport as a sign of improvement Malawi must celebrate the transformational […]
President Peter Mutharika says tobacco small-scale farmers will be exempted from tax from their first ten bales of the leaf with immediate effect. Mutharika was speaking Thursday at the opening of the tobacco marketing market for 2019 which was presided by the visiting Tanzanian President John Pombe Magufuli. The Malawi leader said government always thinks […]
Tanzania president John Magufuli flies out of Malawi this Thursday having failed to discuss Lake Malawi wrangle with President Peter Mutharika on his two-day State-visit. Political analysts and commentators are describing this as a lost opportunity. Tanzania and Malawi on Wednesday discussed and signed a wide range of issues including trade and culture but avoided […]
Tanzania President John Pombe Magufuli has expressed concern over slow implementation of trade agreements between Malawi and Tanzania saying it has impacted trade and investment between the two countries. He expressed the concern Wednesday at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe when he held bilateral talks with Malawian counterpart President Arthur Peter Mutharika. Magufuli is on a […]
Visiting Tanzanian President John Pombe Magufuli on Wednesday visited and laid wreath at the statue of former president Bingu wa Mutharika at Parliament Building in Lilongwe. Magufuli, who is visiting Malawi for the first time since he became Tanzania’s president in 2015, arrived in the country earlier in the day through Kamuzu International Airport where […]