Tmcel workers announced, in a letter dated April 17 and addressed to the National Union of Telecommunications Workers of Mozambique (SINTELMO), their unwillingness to participate in the central ceremonies for International Workers' Day, marked on May 1. According to the workers, the decision, taken in assembly, is justified...
The Confederation of Economic Associations of Mozambique (CTA), the largest employers' organization in the country, through its Board of Directors, has decided to remove the current president of the Chamber of Commerce of Mozambique (CCM), Álvaro Massingue, from running for the presidency of the body to succeed Agostinho Vuma. Through a decision taken at an extraordinary session held last...
The Maputo Port Development Company (MPDC) plans to invest around 2 billion dollars this year to improve port infrastructures, with emphasis on the expansion of container, coal, general cargo and ore terminals, quays and the acquisition of new equipment. According to a report in the newspaper Domingo, for the...
Mozambique's Dugongo Cimentos says it is willing to lower the price of cement if other factories and the government reach an agreement. Regarding the cabotage service, the company believes that it is here to stay and that it is viable to use the sea. The information was provided by the newspaper "O País", which points out that the first ship...
The Central Office for Combating Corruption (GCCC) revealed this Thursday (17) that a process has been opened to investigate the hiring of South African company Fly Modern Ark (FMA), whose mission was to restructure the company Linhas Aéreas de Moçambique (LAM), which has been in a critical financial situation for years. According to the Public Prosecutor's Office (MP), the process is still...
The Temane Thermal Power Plant, developer of the 450 MW combined cycle gas power plant in the district of Inhassoro, Inhambane province, southern Mozambique, will temporarily halt construction work due to a contractual impasse with the contractor. The turnkey contract is being carried out by the company...
The parliamentary caucus of the Democratic Movement of Mozambique (MDM) demanded, on Monday (14), the creation of a Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry (CPI), to investigate the contracts involving LAM, Fly Modern Ark (FMA) and EuroAtlantic Airways, with a view to a forensic audit of the "business" of the Mozambican airline. "We have just deposited a draft resolution for the...
The government has agreed to pay compensation of 3 million dollars (equivalent to 189.6 million meticais) to euroAtlantic, following the termination of the contract with Linhas Aéreas de Moçambique (LAM). According to the Minister of Transport and Communications, João Matlombe, the amount proposed, however, is well below the 21 million...
On the occasion of the celebration of Mozambican Women's Day and Month, BCI employees joined in a special action to pay tribute to women. With joy and a spirit of solidarity, they walked along public roads and climbed emblematic markets in the cities of Maputo (Janeth and Fajardo), Matola (Mercado Santos), Beira (Maquinino) and Nampula (Mercado Central), carrying a message...
A ship loaded with coal caught fire after unanchoring at the port of Nacala-a-Velha, where it had been loading the ore, according to information from the Maritime Transport Regulatory Authority Delegation in Nacala, in Nampula province. The ship, according to a report in the newspaper "O País", was bound for Poland and the fire...