A 49-year-old Mozambican forest ranger working in South Africa, identified as Anton Mzimba, was murdered last July 26, in front of his family (wife and children), in the semi-rural town of Acornhoek, in Mpumalanga province. Allegedly, three people shot Mzimba and shook the residence without taking the...
Former Prime Minister Marcolino Moco (MPLA) today declared his support for the candidacy of Adalberto da Costa Júnior, leader of UNITA, for the presidency of Angola because it is "a great opportunity" to create an inclusive state. The statement by the former leader, who was Prime Minister of the MPLA government between 1992 and 1996, was made today during...
The government has asked the World Bank (WB) for a $400 million loan to rehabilitate National Road Number 1, which connects the country's three regions, the Minister of Public Works said. "I have been meeting with the World Bank and we have gone over a number of aspects and everything indicates that later this month...
The prices of liquid fuels in Mozambique, namely gasoline and diesel, can be lowered from the current 87 meticais to 72 meticais. For this purpose, the Center for Public Integrity (CIP) proposes the transitional elimination of Customs Duties (DA, 5%) and Value Added Tax (VAT, 17%) on the import of these goods. According to the CIP, this...
Malawi's head of state, Lazarus Chakwera, will today hand over the rotating chairmanship of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to his counterpart from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Felix Tshisekedi. Speaking moments before departing for DRC, at the Kamuzu Banda International Airport, Lazarus Chakwera said he has contributed to the integration, growth...
Apple has told employees that they must return to the office starting September 5 for at least three days a week, with CEO Tim Cook saying that the move would retain the "face-to-face collaboration that is so essential to our culture." In a statement, Tim Cook told employees that...
The Director of the non-governmental organization Center for Democracy and Development (CDD), Adriano Nuvunga, found two AK47 bullets, one of which contains his name, in the backyard of his residence, the activist himself told Lusa today. "Surveillance cameras show that the bullets were thrown into my residence by two men, who...
Movie stuff is movie stuff. However, like all art, motivation arises in everyday life. But this time it may have been the other way around, and the "Prison Break?" series may be to blame. Is it an unusual one? We don't know, but the fact is that a 20-year-old broke into a police station and...
The Judicial Court of the Municipal District of KaMpfumo, in Maputo City, will put in the dock the former Inspector and former Director of the National Inspection of Economic Activities (INAE), Verónio Gaspar Duvane, and eight officers of the Police of the Republic of Mozambique (PRM), according to a statement of the Central Office for Combating Corruption (GCCC), cited in the...
The President of the Republic, Filipe Nyusi, today called for vigilance in communities affected by armed violence in Cabo Delgado, warning of cases of rebels infiltrating the population. "We call for vigilance, because there are some who pose as displaced [...]. They pose as displaced people just to spy," Filipe Nyusi said during a ceremony to mark the...