Mozambicans working in South African mines and farms, victims of accidents or occupational and social security diseases, are already receiving their compensation, with 163 million meticais having been paid.

The Minister of Labour and Social Security, Margarida Talapa, said last week that the sector continues to provide assistance to the 20,600 Mozambican workers in that neighboring country, 17,000 of which are in the mines and 3,600 in the farms. She referred that, with the gradual resumption of normality, from January to June of this year, 10,158 workers were recruited and placed, being 9271 in the mines and 887 in the farms.

"The banking of this class of workers and their families and/or dependents remains one of our top priorities, because this exercise opens many facilities for them in the financial system, besides having their value in real time and in an increasingly less bureaucratic process," he said.

Meanwhile, the minister also said that the fight against the worst forms of child labor continues to occupy a privileged place in government action. In this area, the Executive has been adopting protective measures so that children are not occupied in activities that have negative or harmful implications for their physical and mental growth.

In this area, the Action Plan to Combat the Worst Forms of Child Labor is being implemented and over the past six months has focused on the design of promotional materials and awareness-raising activities, with emphasis on the training of prosecutors and judicial magistrates, and other key agents, on the legal framework for preventing and combating this phenomenon.

He mentioned that the actions took place in the provinces of Niassa, Cabo Delgado, Nampula, Tete, Sofala, Inhambane, Gaza and Maputo, with 638 participants.

"In the same context, we held about 350 awareness-raising lectures and publicized the list of jobs considered dangerous, with community leaders and police officers as the target group," he said.