The Nampula City Council has expelled more than a thousand employees in this new Frelimo mandate, headed by Luís Giquira, for alleged irregularities in contracts. Allegedly, some contracts had already expired and others had not been approved by the Administrative Court (TA). Gamito Júnior, from the Defenders' Network, met on Tuesday with those covered by the...
Raul Novinte is no longer a member of Renamo
Another member has decided to leave Renamo. This is Raul Novinte, who has also decided on his own initiative to end his "relationship" with the Renamo party. The former mayor of Nacala, in the province of Nampula, said in a document that he is no longer a member of Renamo with immediate effect. "This decision was taken after deep reflection...
Nampula: Couple escapes lynching after being accused of harboring terrorists
A Burundian couple escaped lynching this week in the Muhala-Expansão neighborhood of Nampula city, after being accused by neighbors of harboring terrorists in their home. According to a report in the newspaper Notícias, it all started with a dispute over a plot of land allegedly owned by a 52-year-old man, whose identity has not been...
Nampula: Traffic reopens on bridge over Muririmue River
The National Roads Administration in Nampula has announced the opening of the metallic bridge over the Muririmue River, on the R683: Nametil/ Chalaua road. According to the note we had access to, the reopened bridge over the Muririmue River is budgeted at around 50 million Meticais and was financed by the Government of...
INAM warns of a tropical storm in Nampula and Cabo Delgado
The National Meteorological Institute (INAM) is warning of the formation today, Tuesday (30), of a low atmospheric pressure system, with the potential to develop into a moderate tropical storm on Thursday, northwest of the Mozambique Channel, in the southwest Indian Ocean basin. According to INAM, the current projection indicates a high probability of...
Cholera has killed 33 people in six months
Mozambique has recorded 15,637 cases of cholera in six months, resulting in 33 deaths, according to the latest figures from the Ministry of Health (MISAU). The report on the progression of the disease drawn up by the Ministry of Health from the beginning of the disease until April 25, 2024, indicates that the lethality rate remains at...
Former Nampula mayor accused of paying thousands of meticais to "ghost" employees
The Nampula City Council has revealed that after a life check it has identified a total of 489 employees who were integrated into that institution, entitled to monthly salaries, whose existence has not been proven. This is a scandal triggered by the current mayor, with possible criminal ramifications, as the money from the...
More than 200 employees have not been integrated into the TSU in Nampula
At least 219 state employees and agents, out of more than 50,000 in all of Nampula's 23 districts, have still not been included in the Single Salary Table (TSU), a model for paying salaries that has been implemented in the country since 2022. According to the authorities, this is due to problems related...
AMUSI criminally prosecutes Nampula district STAE operations director
The United Movement for Integral Salvation (AMUSI) party announced yesterday that it had submitted a criminal complaint to the Nampula City Judicial Court against the operations director of the Technical Secretariat for Electoral Administration (STAE) in the Nampula district. The complaint arose from the fact that the director of STAE had set up a registration...
Nampula: three people caught with human bones
Three individuals have fallen into the hands of the National Criminal Investigation Service (SERNIC) in possession of four human bones that were allegedly desecrated in a grave at the Nihessiwe administrative post in the Murrupula district of Nampula. The weekly Ngani writes that the human bones seized were destined for the city of Nampula for commercial purposes, in...