Tesla plans to begin initial production of its much-anticipated Cybertruck by the end of the first quarter of 2023, delaying its plan to begin production later this year. The delay is due to the fact that the company is changing the features and functions of the electric van to create a product attractive to...
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ANE moves forward with the replacement of the roads destroyed by the rain
The National Roads Administration is working for the rapid restoration of trafficability on roads cut by rains in the provinces of Maputo, Gaza and Tete. These are, according to the National Roads Administration (ANE), the roads R406 Catuane-Filipe, R413 Maragra-Calanga and Machubo, in Maputo, the R455 Chicualacula-Pafuri, N222 Mapai-Pafuri, Manjague-Punguine, Chate-Maloluane and Mabalane-Natimamba, in Gaza,...
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Industrial sector recovers in the last two quarters of 2021 - INE
The National Statistics Institute (INE) announced that confidence in the industrial and energy and water distribution sector rebounded markedly in the last two quarters of last year, with a margin of two more points in the last three months. INE's data indicate that in the third quarter the sector's balance...
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Passengers from Portugal and 152 other countries are banned from entering Hong Kong
The Hong Kong airport announced on its website that passengers leaving Portugal are banned from transiting for 30 days, starting next Sunday, to contain the spread of the Omicron variant. This adds Portugal to a list that already includes Portuguese-speaking countries such as Mozambique, Angola and Cape Verde. The suspension, which affects...
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Suspension of issuing driving licenses: Brithol Michcoma blames INATRO
Brithol Michcoma, the company that had been contracted by the National Institute of Land Transport (INATTER) for the provision of biometric driving licence production services informed through the communiqué that the suspension of biometric driving licence printing is due to non-compliance, i.e. lack of payment by INATTER for the...
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The Tax Authority wants to collect revenues from informal activities
The Autoridade Tributária (AT) intends to set as a goal for this year the increase of 10% in the total value of revenue acquired in 2021 (more than 278 billion meticais) and this is through the collection of contributions from informal activities, including garimpo, according to the President of the institution. "There is the revenue. We have problems with...
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EDM projects to electrify all administrative posts in Tete in eight years
All the administrative posts in the province of Tete will be electrified in the next eight years. The guarantee was given by the director of the company Electricidade de Moçambique (EDM) who also revealed that the energization of those regions will be done both with the national energy as well as through solar panels. According to Carlos Muhoro, at this moment there are 10...
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A single page of Spider-Man book auctioned for USD 3.36 million
The auction house Heritage Auctions managed to raise a record $3.36 million with the bidding of a single page from a 1984 Spider-Man comic book this Thursday in Dallas, USA. The initial bidding value of the page was $330,000 and it took place on the first day of the event...
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Covid-19: "Tourism in Africa will not return to normal levels until 2024" - UN
The return of tourists to the level recorded before the covid-19 pandemic is not expected to happen "quite possibly" until 2024, the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) predicted on Thursday. "Tourism-dependent economies in Africa have a positive outlook for developments, although the base is quite low, driven by the slowdown in...
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Poor countries say no to 100 million doses "due to expiration date"
The World Health Organization (WHO), revealed this Thursday that poor countries refused last month to receive about 100 million doses of the covid-19 vaccine because the expiration date was too short. In fact, the WHO has already accused rich countries on several occasions of withdrawing from the batch...