Although the current cholera outbreaks have affected all provinces, with the exception of Gaza, in the south, the situation cannot be described as a disaster ...
19 January, 2009
Solidarity with Zimbabwean cholera victims
The Mozambican government has delivered health and water equipment worth over $200,000 to Zimbabwe, as a gesture of solidarity in the face of the cholera epidemic and the dramatic collapse of the health service.
19 January, 2009
Constitutional Council validates election results
Mozambique’s Constitutional Council on 16 January validated and proclaimed the results of the local elections held on 19 November in the country’s 43 municipalities.
19 January, 2009
Renamo “will not respect municipal bodies”
Renamo announced on 16 January that it would not cooperate with the municipal authorities formed as a result of the 19 November local elections.
19 January, 2009
Frelimo celebrates
The huge victory of Frelimo in the municipal elections “is the unequivocal demonstration that this is the party of the people, a party committed to the well-being of municipal citizens”, declared the mayor-elect of Maputo, David Simango, on 17 January.
19 January, 2009
Flooding threatens islanders
Despite repeated warnings during the Zambezi valley floods of 2007 and 2008, some people have returned to live in the most dangerous and flood-prone parts of the valley – the islands in the middle of the river.
19 January, 2009
Demining to continue until 2014
Newly identified areas containing landmines has postponed the date for clearing the country until 2014.
19 January, 2009
Todinho shot dead by police
The Mozambican police have announced the death of Luis de Jesus Tomas “Todinho”, one of the three assassins who escaped from the cells of the Maputo City Police Command on 7 December.
19 January, 2009
New district attorneys sworn in
Twenty six new district attorneys took office on 15 January at a ceremony in Maputo, as part of the efforts to strengthen the Public Prosecutor’s Office.
19 January, 2009
Maputo Council plans to ban plastic bags
Maputo Municipal Council plans in the near future to ban the production and use of plastic bags in the city, according to the City Councillor for Health, Joao Schwalbach.
9 April, 2019
Entrepreneur registers design of Community Tablet
A Mozambican entrepreneur, Dayn Amade, has successfully registered the design of his Community Tablet vehicle with the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office. This will protect his design from imitation for up to 25 years and makes taking legal action against infringement of copyright more stra
21 September, 2018
Poachers and illegal loggers jailed
The Chigubo district court, in the southern Mozambican province of Gaza, has, over the past three months, sentenced 14 people to jail terms of between 15 days and 12 years for poaching and illegal logging in the Banhine National Park.
19 September, 2018
Government approves water management plan
The Mozambican government on 18 September approved a National Water Resource Management Plan for the next 20 years that will cost an estimated US$28 billion.
19 January, 2009
