Taifa stars kipute na Brazil maendeleo yanaonekana

Malalamiko mengi yalitolewa kuhusu kocha aliyemaliza muda wake bwana Maximo. Kuanzia kwenye uchaguzi wa timu hadi kwenye perfomance ya timu,lakini ukichunguza sana utaona ya kwamba watu hawakumfurahia kwa sababu kocha aliapewa uhuru wa kuchagua timu yake mwenyewe, na swala laperfomance lazima tukubaliane kocha alikuwa anafanya mafunzo yaliyotakiwa kutolewa kwenye vilabu watokapo wachezaji badala ya kufanya kazi yake kama kocha wa timu ya taifa.
Kwa muda mrefu tulishazoea kuwalazimisha makocha katika uchaguzi wao wa wachezaji hata kama wachezaji hao hawaendani na staili ya kocha. Kwenye mechi zidi ya Brazili kulikuwa na malalamiko kama hayo wakati ukweli ni kwamba hata Dunga amefagilia uchezaji wa timu yetu.Timu ilionyesha nidhamu, na kijiamini,na ninaamini kufungwa kwetu nikutokana na kukosa udhoefu kama waliokuwa nao wapinzani wetu.
Kama kuna kitu kukubwa kilichomuumiza akili Maximo katika uchaguzi wa timu ni maumbo ya mwili. Wachezaji wengi dunia hii ya leo wanamaumbo makubwa kitu ambacho ni adimu bongo. Watanzania kwa wastani tuna maumbo madogo tofauti na nchi nyingi. Ili tuweze kufanikiwa tunahitaji tujue jinsi yakutumia walakini wetu kama faida, tuweze kuleta ladha tofauti dimbani kama Ngasa.
Sababu kubwa inayoleta matatizo kwa kocha yoyote wa kigeni bongo ni ukosefu wa mafunzo ambayo ni basic kwa wachezaji wengi.Kocha wa timu ya taifa kazi yake ni kupanga mikakati ya ushindi na si kufundisha basics kama stamina na ball control. Tatizo la timu zetu nyingi bado zinatoa mazoezi ya mwaka arubaini na saba na hazina hata mazoezi ya vitu vizito kuongeza stamina kwa wachezaji. Lazima tuelewe kwamba nchi za wenzetu kwenye ngazi ya kilabu wachezaji wanapewa restrictions kwenye chakula na pombe. Wakati hali hii haipo kwenye asilimia kubwa za timu zetu ni juu ya mwanamichezo mwenyewe kuamua nini chakula au kunywa.
Ni kweli magoli tulipigwa lakini nani ambaye hakutegemea hilo?Cha muhimu ilikuwa nikujitangaza na hilo limefanikiwa. Kila la heri kwa kocha mpya you have some big shoes to fill.

Tanzania kulipa Brazil ulakini upo wapi?

  mijadala imeibuka sehemu nyingi juu ya malipo ya mamilioni ya fedha yaliyotolewa ili kuileta timu ya taifa ya brazili kupambana na tanzania.Kwa watu wengi haina sense pale nchi masikini kama hii ambayo hata bajeti ya taifa inachangiwa na wahisani inapoamua kutupa hela.Ki kawaida ningekuwa mtu wa kwanza kupingana na swala hili lakini sitaki kikurupika tu lazima niangalie pande zote za sumni.Ni kweli kabisa hii hela ingeweza kufanya mambo mengi mengine ya maana lakini leo hili ndio jambo la maana.Kama kweli tunataka kuitangaza nchi yetu duniani basi lazima tulopod gharama zake,toka lini ukapeleka matangazo yako kwenye vyombo vya habari yakatangazwa bure? Lazima tukumbuke waamichezo wetu wengi wamekuja na kuondoka bila kupata nafasi ya kuonekana kimataifa. Hii ni nafasi kubwa kwa wachezaji wetu kuonekana ulimwenguni,ni nafasi kwa watu kufahamu kuna nchi inayoitwa Tanzania na ipo Africa na sio Carribean. Kila la heri Taifa stars,wachezaji wetu this is your time to shine. Mungu ibariki Tanzania

New Song,My BLock remix

I have posted a new track 'My Block" remix featuring Mc Tipztar and SoulBruva [SB] of U.K on myspace, eastafricantube. com and and indiecharts.com. For my U.K funs and friends you probably have heard it already. I have another project with Tipzter ,"loving you",this track is still work in progress will be coming out soon. For my swahili speakers funs I got one hot track for you,' Utasema Nami" .This track is blazing hot, Kaeni mkao wa kula maana mla ni mla leo mla jana kala nini? hasa kwa wabongo hii track kama track zangu nyingine najua haitapigwa redioni kwa sababu mafisadi hawataki kusikia ukweli kwa hivyo tune in.it will be coming out to you soon.

One love

Mali army 'takes al-Qaeda base'

Mali's security forces have captured a suspected al-Qaeda base in the Sahara desert near the Algerian border, Malian officials say. At least 12 militants died while five soldiers were killed by land mines during the operation. Earlier this month, the al-Qaeda group is thought to have killed a UK hostage it had been holding for five months. Last week, a senior Malian intelligence officer who was investigating the group was shot dead in Timbuktu. Lt Col Lamana Ould Cheikh was believed to have been behind the recent arrest of three alleged militants. One of his colleagues reportedly said his assassination was "an act of war". Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb is believed to operate in the Sahara desert between Algeria, Mali and Niger. It grew out of Algerian Islamist groups which have been battling the government for almost two decades. Mali's government believes that Algerian militant Abdelhamid Abou Zeid, listed by the UN as a known al-Qaeda member, was responsible for the death of the British hostage Edwin Dyer. Mr Dyer was kidnapped in Niger in January, but was being held in Mali. It is believed the al-Qaeda cell is still holding a Swiss national, Werner Greiner, captured alongside Mr Dyer.

Remember Soweto

Adirine began his journey at the school his mother attended that morning

Kedibone Losaba was an 11-year-old school pupil when she took part in a protest 1976 which became known as the Soweto uprising.

The students took to the streets of the township, angered by a new regulation that they be taught in Afrikaans, and she was standing just 20m away when 12-year-old Hector Pieterson was shot.

The daughter of a domestic servant, Mrs Losaba is now a successful optometrist, living in the affluent Johannesburg suburb of Waverley.

This week, on the anniversary of the uprising, she returned with her son Adirine to the scene of the shooting, to reflect on how the events of that day have transformed her life, and his.

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On Tuesday, I took my son Adirine to relive the events I witnessed more than 30 years ago.

The reason? I went to an event at his school, where the pupils were being taught about 16 June, 1976.

My son goes to a private school. He is one of the fortunate ones.

But I was a little disturbed by what they were presenting. It was quite superficial.

It's important for our children to know what we had to go through Kedibone Losaba

I felt like jumping on the stage and correcting them.

But I could not, for I have never bothered to relate the story to my son.

So I decided to take him to relive what happened. I wanted to give my son the whole picture - what happened and why.

It's important for our children to understand the history. To realise what we took part in and the liberation we had to go through.

A stitch in time

We started at the wall of my old school, at Nka-Thuto, in Dube village.

AT THE SCENE Adirine Losaba, age nine, Soweto It was really interesting for me to know what happened. I saw where Hector Pieterson was educated - and where he got shot. The story was a lot different from the one in school. My teacher didn't really explain much of what happened. She didn't really know. My mum knew more about it and what really happened that day. She knew what started everything.

I remember that morning in 1976, I was sitting in my standard four class, wearing my green school uniform, and busy with my sewing.

Mine was a milk jug cover, in turquoise blue.

Suddenly there was this big man who told us to get up and start walking.

Confused as I was, I packed my sewing quickly and put it in my green camouflage backpack bag, and joined a huge number of older students.

We marched from Vocational and Nka-Thuto up Mncube Drive and joined other students from White City, Naledi area, down on Mahalefele Road.

With my petite body and innocence, I walked down along the pavement with the intention that when I reached Masike shops, A1 Dry cleaners, I would take a turn and go home.

For whatever reason I did not.

Instead, I proceeded with the students, who were singing their hearts out. Even though I did not know any of the songs.

As I reached Belle Primary school, just few metres away, by Uncle Tom's Hall, there were two green police vans blocking the road.

An older student was going into Belle to do what they did at Nka-Thuto.

Gun shots

Suddenly, I heard a few bangs.

I was maybe 20m-25m away when the gun shots were fired.

It was the first time for me to hear a gun shot. I was a little bit scared. I was shocked.

I was hyperventilating, but I didn't cry - I wanted to be strong for my boy Kedibone Losaba

I didn't run. I had no clue of what was happening. But I saw the action.

Then, there it was - three innocent pupils all being carried to Phomolong Clinic. I could see people carrying the students who had been killed.

When Adi and I reached that spot on Tuesday, I became very emotional.

In fact, I was overwhelmed. I was hyperventilating. But I didn't cry. I wanted to be strong, for my boy.

Adirine stands at the spot where Hector Pieterson was shot

When I stood there in 1976, I was just 11 years old. I was young and naive. I had no clue if it would end up being a riot.

Little did we realise that today, we would be looking at this day as historic.

Curiosity kept me for a while around that area, waiting to see what was next.

All hell

At around 1300, all hell broke out.

I saw a helicopter flying low. Around Phefeni station, the Coca Cola truck was already getting looted.

He produced his firearm... Big mistake Kedibone Losaba

At Vilakazi, next to Khumalo shops, a Chappies van was in flames.

Realising what was happening, I tried to find my way home. On my way, I saw a white van with green curtains on the side, driven by a white man.

As he was trying to drive through the students, he panicked and swerved his car, screeching the tires along the short street that is facing Phomolong Clinic gate.

He produced his firearm. Big mistake.

The image of Hector Pieterson became symbolic of the struggle

He was pulled out of his car and beaten with everything you could think of.

My last straw was when one student took a pike and hit him on the head and put him in the dustbin with ashes.

I could not stand this anymore. I ran home. Already, a sneezing powder that was used by the police in the helicopter was all over us.

I found my grandmother panicking at the gate with a big chain and a lock waiting for us all to come back home so that she can lock her gates that police do not have access to us.

Rewriting history

The day is important to me because that was when the youth, the students of Soweto, decided to take it upon themselves to say "No! We will not be taught in Afrikaans." Because our teachers could not speak it. So how can they educate us, in a language they do not speak? I feel strongly that we need to educate our kids, so that they are able to give their peers correct and informed knowledge about our history.

The impact on Adi was overwhelming Kedibone Losaba

Our history is written by white people and half the time it is distorted.

That's why as parents, my husband and I both take our children to Soweto, to see where we grew up, and to understand where they came from.

Because what they see now is not what the world was all about in the previous years.

The type of education these kids have is totally different from ours.

Some 500 died in three weeks of nationwide protests

When I was young there were no private schools for poor black people at that time.

And even if there were, my mother was a domestic servant. She wouldn't have been able to afford to pay for private education.

Now I live in Waverley, in Johannesburg. I'm a successful entrepreneur.

My daughter is studying to be an architect; my son doesn't even consider himself black.

You have to remind them - to bring them back.

At the end of our trip, I took Adi up to the Hector Pieterson memorial museum, in Orlando West.

The impact on Adi was overwhelming - now he's got the real picture of what was happening and he intends to sit down and write it.

We also took pictures, so he can present it to the school.

Anything is possible

Over the years my view of 1976 has changed and so have my circumstances.

But I'm not taking my success for granted because I had to work five times more to get here.

Even now we still have to fight for certain things.

But today, if you have vision and you have focus and a dream of what it is you want to become, it is possible.

All you have to do is read and study.

But had it not been for 1976, we would not be where we are today.

That was the starting point.

Noise fear for elephants

The area around Victoria Falls has a large concentration of elephants Noise pollution from helicopter flights over Victoria Falls could badly affect important elephant herds in Zimbabwe, environmentalists have warned. They say senior government ministers are backing plans for a four-fold increase in tourist flights. It is part of attempts to take advantage of an expected tourist boom when neighbouring South Africa hosts next year's football World Cup. Work has already begun on new helipads but without official permission. Zimbabwean Environment Minister Francis Nehema says no environmental impact assessment has been made - and without it the scheme cannot go ahead. "It doesn't matter who you are. We want it done. It is a prerequisite," he said. Zimbabwean journalist Brian Hungwe says at present just five helicopters fly over the falls at any one time. That figure is set to grow to around 20, as tourists scramble to secure stunning aerial views of one of the world's most spectacular sights, he says. But environmentalists fear excessive noise pollution will have an adverse effect on the behaviour patterns of the elephants. And Deliwe Utete from non-governmental organisation Environment Africa says if the elephants flee it could have worrying repercussions for the resort's entire ecosystem, affecting thousands of wild animals and birds.

Mobiles boost Africa climate data

Gaping gaps in weather and climate data across Africa may be filled by a partnership between humanitarian groups and mobile phone companies.

The project aims to deploy 5,000 automatic weather stations across the continent mounted on phone masts.

They will gather data on aspects of weather such as rainfall and wind, and send it to national weather agencies.

Former UN chief Kofi Annan says the project could help save lives of people on "the frontlines of climate change".

"The world's poorest are also the world's most vulnerable when it comes to the impact of climate change, and the least equipped to deal with its consequences," he said.

"Today you find cell phone towers in almost every part of Africa. We have never been able to establish weather monitoring on that scale, until now."

Mr Annan now serves as president of the Global Humanitarian Forum, which is formally launching the programme, named Weather Info for All, at the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction meeting in Geneva.

Global conversation

More than 70% of Africans make a living from farming, and the vast majority of the continent's agriculture is rain-fed, making it highly vulnerable to variability in weather and climate.

Yet report after report has concluded that weather data - needed to make accurate projections of climate change - is in woefully short supply.

Africa has less than 200 weather stations meeting World Meteorological Organization (WMO) standards. Europe, by comparison, has several thousand.

Mr Annan now devotes a lot of time to African science and technology issues

"We see the Weather Info for All initiative as a major pan-African effort to empower our 188 (nation) members to provide enhanced weather information and services," said Michel Jarraud, WMO secretary-general.

"For food production, almost every decision is linked to weather, climate and water parameters."

The success or failure of the initiative will largely hinge on the willingness of Africa's mobile phone companies to take part, according to Carl-Henric Svanberg, president and CEO of Ericsson, who conceived the project during conversations with Mr Annan and Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) chief Rajendra Pachauri.

"This initiative presents a unique opportunity to simultaneously help mitigate the impact of climate change for those most affected and to strengthen weather networks and systems across the continent," commented Mr Svanberg.

So far the project's pilot phase has seen 19 stations established around Lake Victoria in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.

Organisers acknowledge more funding will be needed to attain the final goal of 5,000 stations.