The Federal Republic of Germany has announced its willingness to help the country electrify more rural communities in Gaza province, using clean energy. The intention was expressed yesterday, Monday (29), in Xai-Xai, by the German Ambassador, Ronald Muench. Without giving details of the new volume of investment, Muench, who...
The parliamentary benches of Renamo and the Democratic Movement of Mozambique (MDM) requested today, Tuesday (30), the "urgent" request of the governor of the Bank of Mozambique, Rogério Zandamela, to explain the reasons for the oscillations that occur in electronic transactions. The requests were presented by Renamo's spokesperson, Arnaldo Chalaua, and Fernando Bismarques, for the MDM, before the...
The children of the governor of Zambezia province, Pio Matos, often accused of snapping up public tenders only to fail to execute them, are now expanding the family business into the mining sector. According to a report in the weekly Evidências this week, Marla Matos, one of Pio Matos' five children, led the Cooperativa de Garimpeiros...
The National Meteorological Institute (INAM) is warning of the formation today, Tuesday (30), of a low atmospheric pressure system, with the potential to develop into a moderate tropical storm on Thursday, northwest of the Mozambique Channel, in the southwest Indian Ocean basin. According to INAM, the current projection indicates a high probability of...
Mozambique and Cuba intend to strengthen cooperation ties in the area of food security, for the benefit of the populations of both countries. To this end, a delegation from that Latin American country is making a seven-day visit to Mozambique. Speaking during a working meeting held yesterday, Monday (29), in Maputo, with Minister...
The workers involved in the construction of the Dugongo Cement Plant in Nacala, Nampula province, are complaining of various problems such as lack of contracts, physical aggression, unfair dismissals, among other situations of mistreatment and injustice in the workplace. Three months have passed since construction began, but...
The Bank of Mozambique (BdM) and the Mozambican Banking Association (AMB) have set the Prime Rate for credit institutions at 22.30% for the month of May, lowering it further for the third consecutive month. For the current month, the two institutions have set the Prime Rate at 22.70%, compared to the 23.10% recorded in...
Staff at the Mocuba District Hospital in Zambezia stopped work yesterday to demand payment of their shift allowance. According to a report in the newspaper Notícias, the pharmacy, minor surgery, radiology, admissions and outpatient departments were closed due to the strike. Meanwhile, the director of the District Health and...
The second phase of the Anti-Corruption and Accountability Project, an initiative budgeted at 10 million euros, kicked off yesterday (29) in the Mozambican capital Maputo. The event was marked by the start of a 10-day training course bringing together inspectors from the judiciary and the Public Prosecutor's Office, investigators from the National Criminal Investigation Service (SERNIC) and...
Around 200 people have died since 2019, victims of attacks by animals such as elephants and crocodiles, according to figures released yesterday, Saturday (27), by the National Administration of Conservation Areas (ANAC). According to the new director-general of ANAC, Pejul Calenga, who took office a few days ago, wildlife attacks in Mozambique have also destroyed...