Frelimo candidate Chale Ossufo has won the mayoral election in the northern port of Nacala ...
16 February, 2009
Zimbabwean electricity debt “unsatisfactory”
Despite promises to clear its debt, the Zimbabwean electricity company ZESA still owes large sums of money to Hidroelectrica de Cahora Bassa (HCB), the company ...
16 February, 2009
Oilmoz hopes to have refinery operational by 2014
The Mozambican company Oilmoz hopes that it will have an oil refinery up and running in Maputo province by 2014 ...
16 February, 2009
Gloom and doom from the IMF
The effects of the world financial crisis on the prospects for investment and development aid have led the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to review its projections for Mozambique’s economic growth for the next two years downwards.
16 February, 2009
Mine clearance priorities discussed
The Mozambican government and donor agencies will spend $8.8 million on demining this year under the country’s Mine Action Programme. Of this sum, $3 million will come from the Mozambican state budget, and donors will provide the remaining $5.8 million.
16 February, 2009
Reforms in Higher Education
The Mozambican government plans a sweeping reform of higher education that will eliminate the current five-year first degree course, known as a “licenciatura”.
16 February, 2009
Sumbana sworn in as Sports Minister
President Armando Guebuza on 10 February swore Fernando Sumbana into office as Minister of Youth and Sport, a post he will hold simultaneously with his existing job as Minister of Tourism.
16 February, 2009
Italy to rehabilitate institutes in Boane
The Italian government has granted about $386,000 for the rehabilitation of the Boane Agriculture Institute (IAB) and the Umbeluzi Pedagogic Institute (IPU), both in the Boane district, about 40 kilometres west of Maputo.
3 February, 2009
President calls for consolidation of national unity
President Armando Guebuza declared on 2 February that the best way to honour the founder of Mozambican nationalism, Eduardo Mondlane, is to consolidate national unity, deepen peace and achieve economic progress.
3 February, 2009
Opening of Canhu season
Speaking on 31 January, President Guebuza stressed the importance of using the lessons of Eduardo Mondlane to strengthen the unity of all citizens, indispensable for the development of the country.
3 February, 2009
Election campaign underway in Nacala
The Mozambican cabinet, meeting in extraordinary session on 20 January, decided that the second round of the mayoral election in Nacala would be held on 11 February.
3 February, 2009
Renamo threat to create parallel governments
On 2 February Renamo insisted that it would swear into office several of its candidates who were defeated in the municipal elections.
3 February, 2009
LAM cuts airfares
Mozambique Airlines (LAM) announced on 20 January that it is cutting its fares on domestic routes by between five and 77 per cent as from 22 January.
3 February, 2009
Chibuto project put on hold
The mining of titanium bearing heavy sands in the southern district of Chibuto has been put on hold, and may not go ahead for years, if at all.
3 February, 2009
Prime Minister criticises poor perceptions of Africa
Prime Minister Luisa Diogo has criticized what she regarded as widespread misunderstandings about Africa, remarking that often lack of knowledge is easier to correct than poor perceptions.
3 February, 2009
WFP makes record purchases
In 2008 the UN World Food Programme purchased over 30,000 tonnes of food from Mozambican suppliers.
3 February, 2009
Organic fertiliser unit inaugurated
Maputo now has a small factory capable of producing 600 to 700 kilos of fertilizer a day based on solid organic waste collected from the city’s markets.
3 February, 2009
Tourism investment falters
New investment in tourism in Mozambique fell by 24.3 per cent in 2008 after several years of growth.
Mozambique Rovuma Venture (MRV), a consortium owned by the Italian energy company ENI, the US oil and gas giant ExxonMobil, and the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), on 8 October announced its initial investment decision that includes the construction of two liquefied natural gas (LNG) pl
8 October, 2019
80 gas powered buses to enter service
As from February 2020, a further 80 buses powered by compressed natural gas will enter service in the Greater Maputo Metropolitan Area.
4 October, 2019
Maputo water shortage addressed
The Mozambican Minister of Public Works, Joao Machatine, on 3 October pledged that the problem of water shortages in the Greater Maputo area will be definitively solved by August 2020.
16 February, 2009
