The case of teacher Telvino Manuel Benedito, who was found dead in the early hours of December 2, 2023 in Mocuba, after making a complaint against a scheme of illegal deductions from teachers' salaries, remains unresolved, writes the Center for Democracy and Human Development (CDD). The process to clarify the crime, which...
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Health workers stop work to demand payment of salaries
The health professionals at the Marracuene District Health Center in Maputo province stopped work today to demand payment of their seniority allowances. According to the professionals, the payments stopped in 2022, and since then they have only received promises. "We generally want to be paid our...
Debts, salaries and pensions: Government announces socio-economic measures to reduce impact of post-election demonstrations
Today in Maputo, the government announced some socio-economic measures to ease the impact of the post-election demonstrations. The plan includes the payment of debts, salaries and pensions. Speaking during the Economic Briefing organized by the Confederation of Economic Associations, Mateus Magala pointed out that the measures will be implemented in January 2025. He said that salaries and pensions...
Analysts say that the problem of salaries in the civil service already existed before the demonstrations
The President of the Republic, Filipe Nyusi, warned yesterday (04) of the risk of the government not being able to pay salaries to civil servants, as a result of the low collection of tax revenue caused by the demonstrations that are paralyzing the country. Speaking to the rectors of national universities, Nyusi said, by way of example, that the...
Demonstrations could jeopardize salary payments, warns Nyusi
The payment of salaries to civil servants could be compromised due to the demonstrations, the President of the Republic (PR) warned this morning. During a meeting he held with the rectors of public and private universities, the PR explained that the post-election protests have already delayed the collection of tax revenues. So far, he said, only...
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...
Municipalities spend 80% of revenue on salaries
At least 80% of the revenue collected by municipalities across the country goes towards paying salaries and wages, which contributes to the low financial availability for investment in development projects. Meanwhile, the percentage of spending on salaries drops to 47%, when taking into account the compensation transferred by the Central Government to the municipalities,...
Nampula municipality takes out 50 million meticais bank loan to pay salaries
The Municipality of Nampula intends to take out a bank loan of 50 million meticais to guarantee the payment of salaries to municipal employees. The measure comes after six months of governance by the new mayor, Luís Giquira. According to the finance councillor of the Nampula municipality, Pereira da Fonseca Napuana, quoted by the newspaper "O País", half...
Mozambique obliges oil companies to provide information on salaries and procurement
A ministerial decree from the Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy came into force this month, obliging oil companies with concessions in Mozambique to provide the state with information on salaries and the contracting of goods and services, including proof of the bids received in these tenders. Notícias reports that the document approves the Mechanisms for Guiding Obligations...
Manuel de Araújo accused of not paying salaries and mismanagement
The Mayor of Quelimane, Manuel de Araújo, is accused of mismanaging the municipality's funds and failing to pay salaries to employees, who have not been paid for up to three months. The situation is generating an atmosphere of discontent, especially among members of the municipal assembly from the Frelimo party. According to...