The workers of Xinavane Sugar Company, Manhiça district, Maputo province, will resume, this Saturday, the work activity, after having observed a strike of 11 days. In question is the salary readjustment, the payment of production bonuses, among other concerns. The Secretary General of the National Union of Agricultural, Livestock, Cashew Industry and Forestry Workers, André...
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INAM warns of another low pressure system in the Indian Ocean
The National Institute of Meteorology (INAM) says the fourth system of low atmospheric pressure has formed, southwest of the Indian Ocean, with strong potential to evolve to the stage of moderate tropical storm in the coming hours. According to a statement released this Sunday, until the morning, the system was with winds of...
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Chinese mining company in Mozambique offers poor working conditions. Employees are on strike
Employees of the Chinese mining company Ding Sheng Minerais, which exploits heavy sands in Chibuto district in Gaza province, on Thursday temporarily shut down their activities due to poor working conditions. The strike is expected to last 15 days, but its interruption will only occur when the employer meets the workers' demands....
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Businessman kidnapped from the first PRM police station in Maputo
A businessman was kidnapped in the vicinity of the 1st Police Station of the Republic of Mozambique (PRM), in the city of Maputo, on Saturday morning. Our source says that three armed men kidnapped the citizen Bharat Kumar inside a store selling alcoholic drinks on Rua António Fortunado, when it was 10 o'clock,...
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Standard Bank launches Pension Fund
Standard Bank Moçambique recently launched a subsidiary company called Standard Fundo de Pensões-Sociedade Gestora. The purpose is to support employees of companies and individuals to save, invest, generate wealth and ensure financial stability. The fund represents an investment option to provide a dignified complementary retirement, acting as social security for the future, as...
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Nyusi considers Zimbabwe a "natural ally" in new projects
The President of the Republic, Filipe Nyusi, considered, this Friday, Zimbabwe a "natural ally" of Mozambique in new projects. The statement was expressed during a visit by his Zimbabwean counterpart, Emmerson Mnangagwa. "Collective management with Zimbabwe is inevitable, it is a natural ally," Nyusi said, regarding a joint venture of management of...
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Covid-19: Canada donates more than one million doses of vaccine to Mozambique
The United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) announced on Friday that Canada has donated more than one million doses of vaccines against covid-19 from manufacturer AstraZeneca to Mozambique, under the Covax initiative. The Unicef statement clarifies that this shipment of doses "complements the 12,481,620 doses already obtained by the Government...
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Masturbation and sexual orientation are no longer topics in 7th grade in Mozambique
The Ministry of Education and Human Development said Friday that it will remove content on "masturbation and sexual orientation" from the 7th grade Natural Sciences book of the current curriculum in Mozambique, after a wave of indignation that the matter generated in society. "For the present academic year, we recommend schools not to address...
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Gapi and Spain invest 8 million meticals in small businesses in Cabo Delgado
Gapi, an investment company, and Ayuda en Acción, a Spanish non-governmental organization (NGO), announced Wednesday the implementation of a "Working for Progress" small business support program in Cabo Delgado to minimize the damage from the terrorist attacks. According to a statement, the technical assistance program for the...
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Hidden Debts: Maleiane says only EMATUM was enrolled in the Treasury
The Minister of Economy and Finance, Adriano Maleiane, told the Judicial Court of Maputo City today that when he assumed the portfolios of his ministry, only EMATUM's debt was registered in the National Treasury Directorate. During a hearing taking place in BO, Maputo province, Maleiane also informed the Court that no...