The chairman and chief executive of multinational Total Energies said he expects the US Export-Import Bank (EXIM) to complete the approval of 4.7 billion dollars planned for the financing of its liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Mozambique in the near future. The information was published by the Reuters news agency, which...
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Parliament approves ban on indiscriminate use of drones
The deputies of the Assembly of the Republic (AR) today approved, by consensus, the legal provision that prohibits the use of unmanned aerial vehicles. According to the Executive, the law will establish the principles and guidelines for the activities of capturing images by surveying unmanned flights in the country. This is the proposed Law on Aerial Surveys and Cinematography...
Parliament approves trial by videoconference
On Thursday, the Mozambican parliament approved the Law on the Electronic Processing of Judicial Proceedings, which authorizes the processing of cases electronically, such as holding trials and hearings by video conference. The instrument can help to mitigate constraints arising from procedural delays, excessive use of consumables, as well as difficulties in carrying out court proceedings,...
Parliament approves bill creating Mozambique Sovereign Fund
The Assembly of the Republic (AR) has just approved the bill creating the Mozambique Sovereign Fund. The act was approved by 165 Frelimo MPs, while 39 from the Renamo and Mozambique Democratic Movement benches voted against it. There were 204 MPs present in the chamber, out of 250...
Parliament gives final approval to revised employment law with almost 100 innovations
Today, the Assembly of the Republic (AR) definitively approved the revision of the Labour Law after recognizing that the current law is out of step with the reality of today. The approval, which was unanimous among the parliamentary benches, is also supported by the need to apply a new approach to labor legislation for the current...
"Approval of the IMF's second financing program shows that the country is on the right track"
The Mozambican government, through the Ministry of Economy and Finance, said on Friday that the approval of the second review of the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is a demonstration that the country is "on the right track". On Thursday, the IMF approved the second review of the ECF for Mozambique, guaranteeing...
It's officially forbidden to be gay in Uganda. It could cost the lives of those who dare...
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Monday signed into law the Anti-Homosexuality Act 2023, which provides for life imprisonment and the death penalty. The law was first passed in March. The legislation imposes the death penalty for so-called aggravated cases, which include having homosexual sex with someone with a...
CTA praises the approval of the new Single Salary Scale in the civil service
The Confederation of Economic Associations of Mozambique (CTA) considered yesterday that the new Single Salary Table (TSU) in the civil service will increase the purchasing power of state workers and boost the country's economy. "The increase in salaries means that public servants will have their purchasing power improved and this will...
Analysts consider that approval of the TSU shows that Parliament is in tow
The approval by consensus between the three parliamentary benches of the New Single Wage Scale (TSU) shows how much the Mozambican Parliament is in thrall to the Executive, say analysts, who argue that there is a need to rethink the way Mozambique elects its representatives. The new salary scale had already been approved in a previous session of...
Union "minimally satisfied" with approval of the Single Wage Table
The Single Wage Scale was last Friday approved again by Parliament. Union leader Eliazário Mausse asks employees not to incur excessive expenses in anticipation of an unrealized wage increase. The revision of the Single Wage Scale Law (TSU) for the Public Administration was unanimously and fully approved by Parliament. The...