The President of the Labor Department of the Confederations of Economic Associations of Mozambique (CTA), Paulino Cossa, guarantees that there is already consensus on the readjustment of the minimum wage in the country, although he doesn't say what the percentages will be. "There are agreements in all sectors. So that's a given, I can't talk about the percentages yet because we're still...
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Military accused of mistakenly killing South African pilot in Cabo Delgado
A South African pilot, who had his leg amputated but was still flying, and a Mozambican policeman were killed on April 9 following an attack on the aircraft they were traveling in, in the Macomia district of Cabo Delgado province, allegedly carried out by Mozambican soldiers, writes the South African newspaper City Press.....
"Legal cases could 'sour' historical relations between Mozambique and South Africa" - warn analysts
Some Mozambican political analysts believe that the lack of trust between the security and information-sharing agencies of South Africa and Mozambique could undermine the historical relations between the two countries. This reading comes after, on Thursday (25), the Attorney General of Mozambique (PGR), Beatriz Buchili, expressed in Parliament...
Supreme Court calls on magistrates to comply with Code of Conduct
The vice-president of the Supreme Court, João Beirão, calls on judges to comply with the Code of Conduct in their actions, avoiding proceeding on the basis of emotion, which necessarily involves a thorough and prudent analysis of cases before making a decision. According to João Beirão, the independence of the courts presupposes that they are served by judges...
War disabled receive land titles for production in Cabo Delgado
Thirty-three members of the Association of Disabled Members of the Military and Paramilitary of Mozambique (ADEMIMO) received titles this week for the Right to Use and Enjoy Land (DUAT), which gives them security of tenure so that they can better exploit the areas they have been occupying. The titles were handed over by the governor of that province, Valige Tauabo, in an action that...
"Mozambique is unlikely to become a strong state as long as there is no separation of powers"
The economist and former president of the Mozambican Tax Authority (AT) and the National Statistics Institute (INE), Rosário Fernandes, says that Mozambique will hardly become a strong state as long as there is no respect for the principle of separation of powers and at some point the field of action of the state and a party is confused...
Mozambican Association of Judges deplores corruption among magistrates
The President of the Mozambican Association of Judges (AMJ), Esmeraldo Matavel, said yesterday, Friday (26), in Maputo, that his organization recognizes the existence of magistrates involved in acts of corruption that have led to their dismissal and expulsion. "We, as the Mozambican Association of Judges, recognize that there have been some cases of our fellow judges involved in...
"Excessive spending is sinking the Mozambican state" - Warns former AT president
The former president of the Mozambican Tax Authority (AT) and the National Statistics Institute (INE), Rosário Fernandes, believes that the financial difficulties facing the Mozambican state are partly due to excessive spending by public servants. Rosário Fernandes, who was also deputy minister of Industry and Commerce, speaks of serious errors in governance,...
Government says it has not yet received information on the extension of the South African mission in Cabo Delgado
The Mozambican government says that it has not yet been officially informed of the extension of the period of stay, from July to December, of the South African troops that are part of the SADC force (SAMIM) fighting terrorism in Cabo Delgado province, in the north of the country. It was in a letter dated April 15, sent...
Young man murders wife for aborting pregnancy without his consent
A 24-year-old semi-collective passenger transport collector is accused of beating his wife to death in the Muatala neighborhood, on the outskirts of the city of Nampula, allegedly because the victim had aborted a one-month pregnancy without his consent. The Police of the Republic of Mozambique (PRM) collected the...