Dar es Salaam, April 29 -- TANZANIA: LAST week but one, on Thursday, Hussein Bashe, Minister for Agriculture, gave a nearly one-week ultimatum to the Republics of Malawi and South Africa to reverse their position on import policies over Tanzanias maize, rice, maize flour, plantains and ginger.

While the statement, posted on X platform (formerly Twitter) didnt specifically mention types of crops from Tanzania that were blocked by the government of South Africa, the most industrialised nation in Africa wasnt spared.

This decision was reached after failed diplomatic efforts by the government of Tanzania to change the status. Mr Bashe went on to recall a similar situation that Tanzania faced when tried to open up avocado market in South Afr...