Mozambique's second largest commercial bank, the BCI (Commercial and Investment Bank), on Thursday launched a programme to make laptop computers available to university students and teachers on a hire purchase basis.
28 January, 2010
Torrential rains drive Maputo residents from their homes
Maputo City Council estimates that over 80 households in the city were driven from their homes
27 January, 2010
Torrential rains cause flooding in Maputo
Torrential rain has brought misery to much of Maputo and the neighbouring city of Matola, inundating poor and low lying neighbourhoods.
26 January, 2010
Christian project collects 700,000 guns
Under its project "Transforming Guns into Hoes" (TAE), the Christian Council of Mozambique (CCM), the umbrella body for the mainstream protestant churches in the country
25 January, 2010
SADC seminar on bush fires
Specialists from member countries of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) met in Maputo on 25 January to discuss means of combating uncontrolled bush fires
19 January, 2010
President Guebuza pledges continued struggle against poverty
President Armando Guebuza pledged on 14 January that the struggle against poverty would remain the dominant theme of his governance in his second term of office.
19 January, 2010
President announces new government
President Armando Guebuza on 16 January appointed former Education Minister Aires Ali as Prime Minister in his new government.
19 January, 2010
Provincial governors appointed
President Guebuza re-appointed Felismino Tocole, Eliseu Machava and Raimondo Diomba as governors of the provinces of Nampula, Cabo Delgado and Gaza.
19 January, 2010
Some Renamo deputies take up seats
The opening of the new parliament, on 12 January saw 16 of Renamo’s 51 deputies take up their seats.
19 January, 2010
Interest free loan from China
Mozambique has received an interest free loan of $14.7 million from China, to cover the deficit in funding the new national stadium under construction in the outer Maputo suburb of Zimpeto.
19 January, 2010
Dedicated power line for water treatment station
Water supply problems in Maputo and the adjoining city of Matola should be greatly reduced following the inauguration on 19 January
19 January, 2010
Manica increases crop production
The central province of Manica produced over one million tonnes of surplus crops during the 2009 harvest
19 January, 2010
Tax collection beats target
The Mozambican Tax Authority (AT) has announced that in 2009 it collected more than 47 billion meticais ($1.7 billion) in tax revenue
16 January, 2010
Guebuza announces new government
Mozambican President Armando Guebuza on Saturday appointed former Education Minister Aires Aly as Prime Minister in his new government.
16 January, 2010
List of new government
The full list of ministers, deputy ministers and provincial governors,
4 January, 2010
Constitutional Council validates election results
The Constitutional Council, the body with the final word in electoral disputes, on 28 December validated the results from Mozambique’s general and provincial elections that were held on 28 October.
4 January, 2010
Investiture set for 14 January
The Constitutional Council has set 14 January as the date for Armando Guebuza to be sworn in for his second term of office as President of the Republic.
4 January, 2010
Transport terminal inaugurated
One of the largest and filthiest of Maputo’s informal markets has disappeared
4 January, 2010
Transfer of power to Maputo municipality
The central government on 21 December handed over responsibility for most education, health, commerce and industry in Maputo
4 January, 2010
Eucalyptus plantations approved
The Mozambican government approved on 22 December a project to plant eucalyptus trees for industrial purposes across large swathes of the northern province of Nampula.
4 January, 2010
First stone laid for solar panel factory
Mozambique and India are investing $10 million in building a factory to manufacture solar panels in the Belulune Industrial Park, on the outskirts of Maputo.
12 August, 2018
Dog unit will operate in Maputo Airport in September
A dog unit will operate in Maputo International Airport from September to combat the smuggling of banned wildlife products such as ivory and rhino horn.
10 August, 2018
Prices continue to drop in July
Inflation in Mozambique in July, as measured by the consumer price indices of the three largest cities (Maputo, Nampula, and Beira) was -0.18 per cent, according to the latest figures issued by the National Statistics Institute (INE).
9 August, 2018
SA Navy completes patrols in Mozambique Channel
Two South African navy vessels have completed a deployment in the northern Mozambican Channel as part of Operation Copper and will now return to base in Durban.
28 January, 2010
