Gidabuday Sports Tourism Foundation (GSTF)

In recent years, Tanzania has witnessed a steep rise in poaching and other forms of crime targeting elephants and other wild animal species. The rate of killings is significantly greater than the elephants’ capacity to reproduce. This has led many wildlife experts to declare the situation as a crisis, worse than the mass slaughter in the 1970s and 1980s, which led to the global ivory trade ban by the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) in 1989. Currently, the selling of ivory is done only with the approval of CITES; moreover, raw ivory sales are expected to resume after the expiry of a nine year moratorium in 2017. The CITES approved ivory auction which was held in 2008, saw ivory selling at least US$1,700 per kg. Government authorities and various international and local non-government organisations (NGOs) are working together to campaign against poaching in an effort to eliminate the ugly menace but they have failed

I wonder if at all the ministry of Tourism has thought about night game drive to be a problem in a fight against poaching! How can Tanzania allow tourism at night while the heads of wildlife are suppose to be asleep as humans do. I wonder when our Elephants are at risk of getting killed; is it at the day light or at night? ‘I have conducted a research for the past six month and the story will come out in the next few days, someone is planning the massive killing of our Elephants and whatever comes near their trigger! Follow me on gidabuday.blogspot.com

Wanafunzi wa chuo cha taaluma ya polisi Moshi wakijaribu kuzima moto na kuokoa mali zilizokuwa zikiungua katika moja ya stoo ya kihifadhia vitu mbalimbali zikiwemo nguo baada ya kuzuka kwa moto katika jengo hilo.

Watanzania wote wanakaribishwa katika kumbu kumbu ya miaka 30 tangu kifo cha aliyekuwa waziri mkuu wa zamani Hayati Edward Moringe Sokoine. Katika tamasha la mwaka huu kutakuwa na mbio za Half Marathon (21km) ambazo zitakimbiwa na wanariadha wazoefu (Elite Athletes). Pia kilomita 2 kwa ushiriki wa wanafunzi na waheshimiwa wetu wa serikali, wanajeshi na vyombo vyote vya Ulinzi na Usalama. Mwaka jana mbio hizo zilifana kwa kuruhusu jamii kushiriki mbio bila kujali mavazi yao ya kitamaduni, wanafunzi pia walishiriki na kuonyesha vipaji vyenye sifa ya kuiletea Tanzania medali kwa miaka ijayo. Pia kutakuwa na mashindano ya kurusha mkuki na kuruka chini kwa wanaume pekee, ngoma za asili pia zitachezwa kwa ajili ya burudani nk. Hii ni fursa ya kutangaza utalii pia.

JUU: Mh Lowassa an mkewe mama Regina Lowassa wakitoa heshima za mwisho ka mwili wa marehemu comrade Mbunge  wa zamani wa Karatu comrade Patrick Qorro.

Mt.Kilimanjaro -Tanzania THE total prize money of the Kilimanjaro Marathon 2014 has been raised to over 40m/- placing the race as one of Africa's most prominent marathons. John Addison, the Managing Director of Wild Frontiers, international coordinators of the event, said in a statement that winners of the Kilimanjaro Marathon 2014 will be rewarded with over 40m/- prize monies and other exciting incentives from Kilimanjaro Premium Lager, main sponsors of the event along with co sponsors. He said 20m/- is up for grabs by the 42km Full Marathon winners, 10m/- for the 21km Half Marathon winners, 6m/- for the GAPCO 10km Marathon winners and fabulous spot prizes will be provided by Vodacom to the 5km Fun Run finishers. Addison said this year's event is loaded with exciting incentives designed to attract world class runners. First placed winner men/women of the 42km Kilimanjaro Premium Lager Marathon will take home 4m/- each, 2m/- for second placed as well as 1m/- for the t