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In Summary While the current government has rightly highlighted industrialisation as its priority, one should not ignore the potential role that mining can play. Indeed, a large chunk of the…

Highlights of Electronic Transactions Act 2015 (which came into effect on 14 August 2015) are: E-evidence is admissible in Tanzanian Courts. Evidential weight of electronic evidence will depend on certain specified…

Mining (Minimum Shareholding and Public Offering) Regulations 2016 were published 7 October 2016. In brief, Special Mining License holders shall: issue shares to the public and list on the Dar Stock…

Villagers claim compensation has not been handed on to them 2004-2012. See Article in Citizen Newspaper.

A media house shall in the case of a private media house (Section 7(1)(b) Media Services Act 2016 – Bill): provide media services to public in accordance with licensed service area;…

The Economic, Corruption and Organised Crime Court sat for the first time on Thursday 3 November 2016. This is the first activity of the Court since it was set up…

A case of interest to lawyers and clients alike wherever in the world, as regards the balance of power between a government and its Parliament, in this case in the…

Tanzania plans to further tighten controls on its mining sector to ensure that the country maximises the benefits from its wealth of natural resources. “Tanzania has a lot of minerals,…

New Electricity (Market Re-Organisation and Promotion of Competition) Regulations 2016 were published on 21 October 2016. In brief these include:

Read here a view on the Court of Appeal decision where the Tanzanian Court of Appeal has upheld the April 2016 decision of the Tanzanian Tax Revenue Appeals Tribunal that…