A building collapsed in Kariakoo, the commercial centre of the city of Dar es Salaam. So far, 16 people are known to have lost their lives and 87 others were injured.
As reasons for the collapse are ‘investigated’ and we seek to assign blame, we do know what the real problem is. Cutting corners in construction is such a part of life in Tanzania that I am not sure we would know building standards if they dropped a brick on our heads.
