All employees of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) will be placed on administrative leave as of Friday, including abroad, according to a document posted on the organization's website. "As of Friday, all USAID direct-hire staff will be placed on administrative leave throughout the...
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People block vehicles and take Sasol employees hostage in Inhambane
The population of Mabime, in the district of Inhassoro, Inhambane province, blocked two vehicles belonging to the multinational company Sasol yesterday morning (Friday 20th) and "detained" two of its employees. The action comes as a way of demanding solutions to outstanding problems related to promises made by the company and the government. According to the newspaper...
Security guards take INAS staff and delegate hostage in Gaza and demand unpaid salaries
Yesterday, a group of 34 private security agents demonstrated in front of the provincial office of the National Institute of Social Action (INAS) in Xai-Xai to demand payment of two years' salary arrears, taking the employees and the institution's delegate hostage. According to a report in the newspaper "O País", the...
CEDSIF says e-SISTAFE has eliminated all ghost employees in AP
The Executive Director of the Finance Information System Development Center (CEDSIF), Jacinto Muchine, said on Tuesday that e-SISTAFE has made it possible to eliminate ghost employees in the Public Administration. "Today, in fact, we have no ghosts in the Public Administration. The system that has been put in place, for biometric verification of state employees and agents, has combated this evil"...
Frelimo forces state employees to contribute up to 30,000 meticais
The Frelimo party is forcing state employees to make monetary contributions to supposedly meet the needs of election campaigns across the country. The complaint comes from the Center for Public Integrity (CIP), through its Electoral Bulletin, which points to contributions of between 500 meticais and 30,000 meticais. According to the...
Mozambique must cut 5,000 ghost workers, says IMF
The Mozambican state must eliminate around 5,000 civil servants from its payroll by the end of this month, according to a warning from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). By the year 2028, Mozambique's plan is to reduce the amount it spends on civil servants to 10% of Gross Domestic Product,...
Nampula municipality denies dismissed employees about alleged new hires
Around a thousand employees have stopped working for the Nampula City Council since the new management took over. It is accused of dismissing former employees without compensation and hiring new staff. The council rejects the accusations, but only acknowledges the hiring of new councillors and directors. More than a thousand employees dismissed...
Zambézia: State expels around thirty civil servants
Thirty-one civil servants were expelled or dismissed from the state apparatus in Zambezia province in the first six months of the year, as a result of the same number of cases brought against them. The information was provided this Monday by the Secretary of State in Zambezia, Cristina Mafumo, during the ceremony to distinguish 54 civil servants who...
Japan offers scholarships to civil servants
The Japanese government will provide scholarships for the period 2025 - 2028 to civil servants in the areas of public administration, economic policy, finance, industry and investment promotion. To this end, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Verónica Macamo, and the Japanese Ambassador to Mozambique,...
Terrorism: "Return of officials to affected districts only after infrastructure is restored"
The Secretary of State in Cabo Delgado province, António Supeia, guaranteed on Monday (24), in the square of the Mozambican Heroes in Pemba, that no employee is presenting situations in which they do not want to return to their district of origin, or even put their job at risk. These statements come at a...