The government has extended the deadline for paying the salaries of police and defense personnel using both the new "e-folha" system and the old system until September of this year, according to the spokesperson for the Council of Ministers. "PRM and Defense salaries have been paid within the framework in which they were directed....
Author: Emidio Massacola (Emidio Massacola)
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Government unaware of threats to medical profession and recommends complaint to PGR
The Mozambican Executive does not know the origin of the threats to the lives (death threats) of three members of the board of the Mozambican Medical Association (AMM), because of the strike and the "arm wrestling" in the negotiations. On Sunday (20), during the meeting that extended the strike for another 21 days, the AMM denounced the threats to...
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New letters: Government summons Adriano Maleiane to lead new committee for dialog with doctors
The Government has appointed the Prime Minister, Adriano Maleiane, to lead the new dialog group between the Government and the Doctors, the spokesman for the Council of Ministers, Inocêncio Impissa, said today. "In the context of opening up the dialogue, despite the meetings that have been held continuously, the Government has appointed a new working group headed by the Prime Minister, to continue...
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Mozambique may keep two wage payment systems, provisionally
The Deputy Minister of Economy and Finance (MEF), Amílcar Tivane, said on Tuesday (15) that the government may resort to two salary payment systems, where the first will be based on the Single Wage Table (TSU) through the 'e-folha' system and the second on the old payroll, as long as it proves necessary. He clarified that the...
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The government has already hired more doctors, and the others are knocking on the wrong door to claim their rights
The Deputy Minister of State Administration and Civil Service, Inocêncio Impissa, said on Tuesday (15) that the government has already hired 60 doctors to meet basic health needs in the country's hospitals. He explained that this hiring, previously announced by the Executive, was precipitated by the doctors' strike, but was not a substitute for the missing doctors...
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"Cards out of the deck": Government won't meet doctors' salary demands
The Executive will not meet the salary demands of the Mozambican Medical Association (AMM) because it considers them illegal, the Deputy Minister of State Administration and Civil Service said on Tuesday. Speaking in Maputo, after the 29th session of the Council of Ministers, Inocêncio Impissa, said that the complaints about diuturnity and overtime were off the table...
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Government suspends domestic debt contracting due to unsustainability
The government decided today to suspend the contracting of domestic debt, since the analysis of the Economic and Social Plan and the State Budget indicates that the projections for this year have been exhausted. "Domestic debt in the period under review stands at 99.8% of the annual forecast, so there is no room for further debt contracting...
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EDM has already electrified 80% of Administrative Posts across the country
Mozambique has already electrified 80% of its 419 Administrative Posts (PA), which guarantees electricity to 50% of the national population, according to guarantees from the Director of Electrification and Projects at Electricidade de Moçambique (EDM), Cláudio Dambe. He said that electricity from the national grid has yet to be brought to 82 PA headquarters, two of which...
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Local elections: Election of Renamo candidate in Balama contested. "There is nepotism"
"His son is Deputy Director of STAE. This is to kill Renamo once and for all" The election of the head of the Mozambican National Resistance (Renamo) list for the municipal elections on October 11 in the new municipality of Balama, Cabo Delgado province, is being contested by some native members of the party....
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A river has already dried up: Coal mining reduces agricultural production in Moatize. "It's not even worth complaining"
Coal mining activity in the district of Moatize, Tete province, is reducing crop production in the agricultural fields surrounding the projects, reveals a report published by the Rural Environment Observatory (OMR). "Before the mining companies arrived, we produced a lot... Now we don't. They don't care about us. They don't care about us. It's not even worth it...