Maputo News
First Mozambican Social Forum.
The first national social forum in Maputo on 25-29 October will examine the theme Another Mozambique is possible. Roughly 5,000 participants are expected to attend the meeting to discuss questions of...
Maputo News
40 women complete vocational training.
Forty women from all over Maputo have just completed a course in dressmaking, embroidery, cooking, food processing and food conservation as part of an initiative of the Mozambican non-governmental org...
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New sugar silo for Maputo port.
A new sugar silo with a capacity of 50,000 tons has been inaugurated in the port of Maputo. The $10.5 million structure is the result of a collaboration between four regional sugar associations the S...
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Maputo-Cape Town route launched.
South African Express Airways is to begin flights between Maputo and Cape Town starting from 2 October. The airline will operate two frequencies a week, on Mondays and Fridays, and during the launch p...
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Rdio Moambique to enter digital era.
Rdio Moambiques Maputo studios are to get an overhaul as part of a far-reaching media development project in Mozambique spearheaded by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisat...
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Maputo tops table for drug dependency.
Over 440 people in Maputo province, including Maputo city, were admitted to mental health structures in 2005 due to alcohol or drug-related problems, according to the latest ministry of health figures...
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Second decade of education for Africa.
The second decade of education for Africa (2006-2015), promoted by the African Union (AU), is to be launched in Maputo on 8 September. The launch is to be preceded by the extra-ordinary session of the...
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Virtual library launched in Maputo.
The private Higher Polytechnic and University Institute (ISPU) in Maputo has launched an on-line library to facilitate access to educational materials and encourage distance learning. In addition to b...
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Great Limpopo border post opened.
Visitors to the Great Limpopo Transfrontier National Park spanning parts of Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe can now use a border post inside the area to move around more freely. Opened in mid Au...
Maputo News
Artwork by HIV-positive children to go on show.
Maputo residents should look out for an exhibition of work by HIV-positive children receiving treatment at the Central Hospital in the capital. The show is the result of a project called Positive Art...
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Anti-mosquito campaign in Maputo province.
Mosquito spraying is due to begin in Maputo province on 1 September to stem the spread of the malaria-carrying insect before the rainy season later this year. Just over 900 people will spray at-risk a...
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Sant Egidio centre for HIV-positive children opens.
The Italian non-governmental organisation Community of Sant Egidio has opened a centre for children infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, in Maputo as part of its DREAM (Drug Resource Enhance...
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Vehicle registration made easier.
All documents for vehicle registration and ownership will now be handled by a single office thanks to an agreement between government ministries to simplify red tape, the Maputo daily paper Noticias r...
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Mavalane hospital to get overhaul.
The Mavalane general hospital on the outskirts of Maputo is to get a major overhaul as part of a construction and renovation project financed by Italian development cooperation. Plans include the comp...
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New family of the metical introduced.
The so-called new family of the metical (metical da nova famlia) becomes legal tender as of 1 July. On that date, new coins and notes will come into circulation alongside the existing currency and sho...
Maputo News
New traffic lights are to be installed at major crossroads in Maputo as part of efforts to improve road safety in the capital. The first phase of the project, which is due to get under way in July, in...
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Mozambican airports to get overhaul.
Airport infrastructure in Mozambique is to get an overhaul to the tune of $80 million, the national airports company ADM has said. The project includes the expansion and modernisation of Maputo intern...
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Noticias newspaper cuts back on paper.
Mozambiques most popular daily newspaper Noticias has had to cut down its size due to paper shortage. On 8 June the paper shrunk from nine to eight columns, a reduction in size of 12 per cent. The mov...
Maputo News
The Maputo public transport company TPM is to get 13 new buses as part of a consignment of 35 vehicles ordered by the Mozambican government from China. The remaining 22 buses are to supplement fleets...
Maputo News
There is growing concern about the number of Zimbabwean children crossing the border illegally into Mozambique to escape deteriorating conditions at home. The alarm has been raised by the Mozambique o...
Maputo News
Maputo is experiencing ongoing shortages of cooking gas following the temporary closure of the Engen refinery in South Africa for maintenance. Supplies began to run out in mid-May and many people have...
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New farming equipment factory.
A new factory for producing farming equipment has been built in Beluluane in Maputo province as part of efforts to boost agricultural development in the country. The South African-owned plant, Bom-Art...
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Lzaro Mabunda wins Cardoso prize.
Lzaro Mabunda of the Maputo weekly O Pas is the winner of the fourth edition of the Carlo Cardoso prize for journalism. He received the 4,000 award for two reports: Aborto, legalizar ou no? (Abortion,...
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Reported crimes in Maputo in the period May 2005-April 2006 are down by six per cent over the previous 12 months according to a report from the city police. There were 10,234 crimes reported in the 20...
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The statutory minimum wage for industry and service sector employees has risen by 13 per cent to 1,443,170 meticais ($57.7) a month and for agricultural workers by 11.5 per cent to 1,023,800 meticais...
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Roughly 30,000 workers are expected to take to the streets of Maputo on 1 May for the annual march to coincide with international workers day. This year they will be marching under the slogan Let our...
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Mozambicans now have access to free malaria treatment in all public hospitals and clinics in the country as part of efforts to check the spread of the mosquito-borne disease. Other measures include th...
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Maputo is to get a new drainage system as part of a major infrastructure project financed by an Italian government loan. Work in the capital will include the installation of almost eight kilometres of...
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New director for Brazilian centre.
The Centre for Brazilian Studies (Centro de Estudos Brasileiros, CEB) in Maputo has a Mozambican director for the first time in a move designed to strengthen the partnership between the two countries...
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Pre-payment water meters are to be installed in Maputo and other cities across the country in an attempt to reduce billing problems and prevent water theft, water utility Aguas de Mocambique (AdeM) ha...
