The Mozambican National Resistance (Renamo) party today in Maputo demanded coordinated action between the governments of Mozambique and South Africa to stop attacks on Mozambican citizens' vehicles in that country.

The head of the Foreign Affairs Department of the largest opposition party, Manuel Massungue, called the acts of violence perpetrated by unknown citizens "disgusting and reprehensible".

"We therefore call on the Mozambican authorities to take steps with the South African authorities as soon as possible to clarify the matter," said Manuel Massungue, quoted by the portal Toad.

Renamo was reacting to an armed attack on vehicles with Mozambican license plates on a stretch of road in South Africa last Saturday.

Massungue criticized the Mozambican government's "slowness" in "adopting measures to stop this evil".

On the other hand, "we call on the South African government to put an end to these atrocities whose victims are innocent and defenceless citizens," he said.

Renamo recalled that Mozambique gave asylum to South African militants who were fighting against the system of racial segregation imposed until the end of the 20th century by the white minority regime in South Africa.

Today, the national commissioner of the South African Police Service (SAPS), Fannie Masemola, visited the northern region of KwaZulu-Natal province, near the border with Mozambique, to assess the police response to cross-border crime, the force announced.

"The commissioner's visit follows the recent incident in which at least six vehicles, including a tourist bus and a truck, were burned on the R22 highway between Hluhluwe and Mbazwane," the South African police said in a statement to which Lusa had access.