Magufuli: Mining reforms, roads over political space
John Magufuli scored highly in areas such as his introduction of a free education policy, leading to a three-fold increase in pupil numbers by June last year. PHOTO | FILE
Few African leaders have polarised public opinion in the recent past quite like Tanzanian president John Magufuli, whose death from a heart disease was announced on Wednesday just over four months into his second term in office.
During his first five-year term, the man known as ‘The Bulldozer’ drew admirers and detractors in almost equal measure both at home and abroad thanks to an abrasive leadership style that included firing public officials on the spot or giving them dressing-downs in public.
