The independent candidate for the presidential elections, Venâncio Mondlane, promised today in Moatize to renegotiate contracts with coal mining companies. In the view of Mondlane, whose candidacy is supported by the Podemos party, the mining companies should pay taxes for the benefit of the host communities. "From 2025, [When I am President of the...
Category: Special Elections
Mozambique should stop importing food in the next few years - Lutero Simango
The presidential candidate of the Democratic Movement of Mozambique (MDM), Lutero Simango, said today in the Tsangano district of Tete that during his administration he will invest in agriculture so that the country stops importing food. "We are going to develop agriculture on the basis of two strands, family farming and commercial farming," he said. According to...
Frelimo and Renamo negotiate division of power after electoral fraud - denounces CIP
The current President of the Republic and of the Frelimo party, Filipe Nyusi, and the President of the largest opposition party, Ossufo Momade, have confirmed power-sharing deals between the two parties following the release of fraudulent election results, reveals the Center for Public Integrity (CIP). Through its Election Bulletin, the institution states that...
General Elections: In an open letter, Adriano Nuvunga criticizes Cyril Ramaphosa's interference
This week, the Secretary General and presidential candidate of the Frelimo party, Daniel Chapo, interrupted his vote-hunting work in Nampula province to head to South Africa. Chapo met with the President of the Republic, Cyril Ramaphosa, on September 17. Verónica Macamo, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation,...
As it did with Venâncio Mondlane, "the PGR should summon candidates from other political parties", argues Mais Integridade
The Mais Integridade Electoral Consortium argued yesterday in Maputo that the Attorney General's Office (PGR) should summon candidates from other political parties to respond to offensive mentions or messages. PGR notifies Venâncio Mondlane for insulting the PR and CNE in a song According to the Executive Director of Misa Moçambique, Ernesto Nhanale,...
Venâncio Mondlane denounces "political intolerance" in Tete
The independent candidate for the next presidential elections in Mozambique, Venâncio Mondlane, has protested against "political intolerance" in the central province of Tete. Mondlane cited as examples the burning down by unidentified individuals of a house belonging to a member of the PODEMOS party, which supports his campaign, and the arrest at the local police command of...
Nyusi says institutions are ready for elections
The President of the Republic, Filipe Nyusi, said a few moments ago that the Constitutional Council, the judicial courts and the National Electoral Commission are prepared to deal with the electoral process without constraints, observing the current legislation on the matter, writes Notícias. Nyusi was speaking at the inauguration ceremony of the judicial court buildings in the districts...
Mondlane accuses Frelimo of being responsible for decades of corruption and social inequality
Presidential candidate Venâncio Mondlane is continuing his election campaign in Tete province, Macanga district, where he was welcomed by a crowd of people. Like himself, with an explosive and direct speech, Mondlane accused Frelimo, the party that has ruled the country for almost half a century, of being responsible for corruption...
General elections: Candidates copy each other's election promises during the campaign
Industrializing Mozambique to create jobs for young people and improving road infrastructures are some of the proposals that the four candidates for the Presidency of the Republic have put forward in the course of the electoral campaign taking place in the country. For the 25th consecutive day, the candidates for the Presidency of the Republic have taken to the streets in an election campaign...
Chapo meets Ramaphosa and highlights relations between Frelimo and ANC as liberating parties
Frelimo's presidential candidate, Daniel Chapo, met with the President of the ANC and South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, in Pretoria yesterday (Tuesday 17th), considering the meeting a sign of alignment with the project to take Mozambique forward. "We were received in Pretoria by President Cyril Ramaphosa. A fruitful and aligned meeting...