In the early hours of this morning, a group of unidentified individuals fired at least 24 shots at the garage door of the home of Dinis Tivane, the political advisor to former presidential candidate Venâncio Mondlane. Tivane accuses Frelimo of "having him killed". In a post on his Facebook page, Tivane said that due to the gaps in the gate,...
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"Higher orders" lead to release of Chinese man arrested for counterfeiting car oil filters
The National Criminal Investigation Service (SERNIC) yesterday arrested a Chinese national belonging to a gang involved in counterfeiting GUD brand oil filters for vehicles. Following investigations, SERNIC arrested the foreign national driving a truck containing several boxes of pirated oil filters. Representatives of the brand...
Drug trafficking: Frelimo in Zambezia reopens its doors to Caifadine Manasse
The Provincial Committee of the Frelimo party in Zambézia, central Mozambique, has reinstated Caifadine Manasse, the current Minister of Youth and Sport, after removing him about two years ago following accusations of drug trafficking. The decision to reinstate him was taken this Saturday in Quelimane, the provincial capital, at a session...
American workers will be fired if they don't say what they did the week before
The head of the new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), Elon Musk, announced yesterday on his X platform page that all American public workers will be fired if they do not respond to an email they will receive every week asking them what they did the week before. "All federal employees will soon receive an...
DJ Afro Nizzy arrested for livestreaming post-election demonstrations
The young DJ Afro Nizzy has been detained since Saturday at the 7th Police Station in Maputo city, accused of inciting public disobedience through live broadcasts of the post-election demonstrations in Maputo city. Information we have had access to indicates that the young man went to the police station as a victim to...
Entrepreneurs want transparency in Maputo city's beach concession plan
The Confederation of Economic Associations of Mozambique (CTA) demands that the rules for the concession of Maputo city beaches to private operators be transparent and objective. For businesspeople, this is the only way the concession project will benefit everyone, namely the tourism sector, the business community itself and the population. "The private sector sees...
Almost 300 kg of drugs seized in Sofala
The National Criminal Investigation Service (SERNIC) seized 287 kilos of methamphetamine this Friday (21) in the city of Beira, Sofala province, central Mozambique. The drug was allegedly unloaded on the high seas from a ship flying a foreign flag. Three suspects were arrested in connection with the case, two Tanzanians and a...
Demonstrations: No one will go unpunished, warns TS
The President of the Supreme Court (TS), Adelino Muchanga, assured yesterday that all the perpetrators of the vandalizations underway in the country will be held accountable. According to Muchanga, the intervention is necessary, all the more so as not to give the impression of apathy and the absence of a state. MP demands millionaire compensation from Venâncio Mondlane and Podemos "We will hold...
People invade Roque Silva's luxury property and dive into his pool
Yesterday, a group of people invaded the luxurious property of former Frelimo Secretary General Roque Silva, in the district of Bilene, Gaza province, where they "enjoyed" his swimming pool and other leisure activities. The infrastructure of the senior Frelimo cadre is inside a fence of more than a thousand meters. The people,...
EU reiterates cooperation for new investments in Mozambique
The Director General for Africa of the European External Action Service and Head of the European Union (EU) delegation, Rita Laranjinha, said today (21) in Maputo that the European Union (EU) reiterates its commitment to supporting development projects in Mozambique. "The European Union is working with Mozambique to improve the lives of the population...