On Wednesday (24), Mozambican Customs seized 100,000 dollars at Mavalane International Airport from the possession of a young couple living in the city of Maputo. According to a report in the SAVANA newspaper, the young men were questioned by Customs officers when they tried to travel to China with amounts above those allowed by law....
Author: Salvador Baloi (Salvador Baloi)
EDM announces unavailability of CREDELEC system next Monday
The prepaid energy sales system, also known as "Credelec", of the public company Electricidade de Moçambique (EDM) will be inoperable next Monday (29), starting at 9pm, the state-owned electricity company announced in a statement. The unavailability of the system, which will last until 10am the following day, April 30, is intended, according to EDM, to allow...
ISUTC invests in distance learning with the launch of online degrees
The Instituto Superior de Transportes e Comunicações (ISUTC) has announced the launch of ISUTC Online, an initiative that aims to democratize access to quality education by offering degrees in Engineering and Management through distance learning. In a statement released on Monday (22), the educational institution, created by Transcom, SA, in 1999, explains that...
"Conflict and climate change cause hundreds of millions to go hungry" - UN
A new analysis of the state of global hunger reveals that conflicts, climate change and economic shocks are driving a growing number of people into acute hunger, jeopardizing the gains made in previous years to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal of ending hunger by 2030. The Global Hunger Report...
Temane-Maputo line goes through reliability test starting next month
Reliability tests will begin next month on the equipment installed in the three substations under construction in the country as part of the electricity transmission line project between Temane and Maputo. According to a report in the newspaper Notícias, the infrastructure comprises a total of four substations, three of which are completely new and one in Maputo...
Zambézia: Administrators owe around 1 million meticais in dormitory complexes
Some district governments, through their respective administrators, have debts with some pensions or residences in Quelimane. The administrators of the districts of Ile, Mulevala, Namarroi and Pebane, for example, owe around 1 million meticais to the owner of the "Mazi Kanona" Complex, commonly known as Santos Razão, because they rented and/or sent the...
Sentencing of teacher accused of sexual harassment in Inhambane scheduled for May 2
The Homoíne Judicial Court in Inhambane, in the south of the country, has scheduled for next Thursday, May 2, the sentencing of a teacher at the local 25 de Setembro Secondary School, accused of harassment and sexual practice with his 16-year-old student. The events took place last December and yesterday (23)...
Maputo municipality plans to set up an emergency fund for natural disasters
The municipality of Maputo is advocating the institutionalization of an emergency fund for better management of natural disasters in Mozambique's largest municipality. The proposal was presented yesterday, Wednesday (24), by Mayor Rasaque Manhique, explaining that extreme natural phenomena are increasingly severe, with a major negative impact on the capital city....
Sealing of alcoholic beverages and tobacco earns the state more than 8 billion meticais
The Mozambican Tax Authority (AT) collected almost 8.1 billion meticais last year as a result of the implementation of the program to seal alcoholic beverages and manufactured tobacco. According to the deputy director-general of Customs, Fernando Alage, who was speaking yesterday, Wednesday (24), during the launch of the Border Control and Monitoring Project through...
Semi-collective transporters paralyze activities in Matola due to road degradation
Semi-collective passenger transporters operating on the Cinema 700 route in the city of Matola stopped their activities today, Wednesday (24), in protest at the precarious conditions of the roads, particularly Avenida 5 de Fevereiro. The protesters claim that the degradation and lack of proper maintenance of the access roads has caused significant damage...