People rioted today in the town of Manhiça, Maputo province, and set fire to a vehicle belonging to the Police of the Republic of Mozambique (PRM), claiming that the crime wave has increased in recent days. In an update...
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Maputo City: Criminality leads to banning of beaches to bathers from 7 pm to 5 am
Maputo City Council has announced a ban on bathers on all the city's beaches in order to combat the increase in crime. Thus, bathers are prohibited from going to the beaches between 7pm and 5am. According to Maputo's municipal tourism director, Leonel Matsumane, at night there are several...
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PRM says "kidnappings are an Achilles heel" and recognizes the intelligence of the kidnappers
The Police of the Republic of Mozambique (PRM) said this morning that the crime of kidnapping continues to be an Achilles heel for the force throughout the country and acknowledged the intelligence of the kidnappers. "In fact, kidnappings continue to be an Achilles heel and, as you all know, kidnappings are part of...
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South Africa resumes construction of separation wall with Mozambique
The government of the province of Kwazulo-Natal, in South Africa, has decided to resume work on the construction of a separation wall with Mozambique to combat cross-border crime, said the Prime Minister, Nomusa Dube-Ncube. Speaking recently about the state of the province, he said it was a concrete wall that would be erected between the uMkhanyakude district and...
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PRM will allocate one agent in each school in Maputo province
The Police of the Republic of Mozambique (PRM) is evaluating the feasibility of allocating an agent to each school in Maputo province to combat deviant behavior and crime, the Head of the Public Relations Department and spokesperson for the Maputo Provincial Command announced today. The plan comes under the program...
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Thousands in the streets against crime and unemployment in South Africa. And demand Ramaphosa's resignation
Thousands of people demonstrated this Monday in several South African cities to demand the resignation of the country's President, Cyril Ramaphosa, as part of a "total shutdown" called by the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party. In Pretoria, the country's capital, the leader of the radical left opposition party, Julius Malema,...
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CTA repudiates the kidnapping of two citizens in Maputo City
CTA - Confederation of Business Associations of Mozambique on Friday repudiated the kidnapping of two citizens, on Thursday, in the city of Maputo, considering that crime in the country's main cities is reaching alarming levels