Daily News has issued a public apology following an intended congratulatory message to President Samia Suluhu from State Mining Corporation (STAMICO) that went south. The state corporation had intended to congratulate the newly sworn in President Suluhu but instead erroneously condoled with Tanzanians over her death. Further they noted that the corrected version of the message would be published on March 30, with the error attracting the paper and the corporation to ridicule and wide criticism. Stamico had on March 24 written to the publication requesting a quarter page to publish a condolence message and another quarter page to publish a congratulatory message. “We would like the condolence advert to appear on March 25th while the congratulation advert should appear on March 29th respectively,” said Stamico in their letter to the publication.

Source: Daily Nation March 30, 2021 06:56 UTC