It was  seized last Friday following a Gauteng High Court ruling in favour of a Namibian-born farmer seeking $33-million in compensation for nationalization of his farm by Tanzanian authorities decades ago.

The farmer, who choses not to be named, brought the case to South Africa because it is signatory of the international convention on the recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitration.

There has been no official statements from either the South African or Tanzanian governments.

The impounded plane is leased by Air Tanzania, which was revived by President John Magafuli and started flying  to South Africa  two months ago. 

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Plain-clothed police abducted him from his home on Monday and have not revealed his whereabouts.

Tanzanian authorities say they’re investigating the citizenship of journalist Erick Kabendera.

He was taken from his home in Dar es Salaam  and all mobile phones were removed by his abductors.

Kabendera’s clients include the Guardian in Britain which has joined the chorus for his release.

The hashtag   #FreeErickKabendera has gone viral in Tanzania.

His investigative pieces have often irked President John Magufuli – the latest being a report of splits within the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi party that won elections four years ago.

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A SADC assessment team found Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza’s decision to contest an unconstitutional extra term in power four years ago created unacceptable international security problem.

President Pierre Nkurunziza was not expecting this humiliating rejection when he sent a special envoy to SADC’s current head, Namibian President Hage Geingob, last month seeking Burundi’s admission.

Geingob has told his Tanzanian counterpart John Magufuli, who visited Namibia this week,  that the SADC assessment team that was  speedily despatched has given the application the thumbs down.

The rejection will grist be to mills of Nkurunziza’s domestic rivals who risk everything opposing an increasingly oppressive regime

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Sisulu says she’s satisfied with the explanation given by President John Magafuli’s government about the incident.

Foreign minister Lindiwe Sisulu says South African officials reacted almost immediately when journalists called for the release of Angela Quintal from the watchdog Committee for the Protection of Journalists and a Kenyan colleague Muthoki Mumo.

South Africa’s High Commissioner in Dar es Salaam Thami Mseleku secured their release within hours The journalists has entered Tanzania on tourist visas.

They had began questioning other journalists which required work visas.

She called on South African visitors to obey the laws of their host countries and always to be aware of her department’s emergency telephone number 012 351 1000

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