Rain brings suffering and devastation to Gaza's city of Xai-Xai.

Hundreds of families in Xai-Xai, Gaza, are without shelter due to flooding resulting from torrential downpours and severe thunderstorms since Saturday's late afternoon. However, several access roads are inaccessible due to the flow of rainwater.

According to Rogerio Manjate, multiple teams from the municipality of Xai-Xai are on the ground assessing the damage caused by the ongoing heavy rain.

Meanwhile, the Meteorological Services in Gaza point out that the rain scenario impacting the coastal area of the districts of Xai-Xai and Limpopo was previously predicted, and they propose preventative measures because it could continue to rain until Monday.

Gaza Province: efforts needed for boosting rice marketing for peasants.

The producers and managers of rice development and husking factories are urged to strengthen the circuit of this cereal's marketing chain by the Council of Provincial State Representation Services in Gaza.

This proposal seeks to put an end to the concerns of family sector producers who constantly lament the lack of a market for the placement of their produce due to the absence of binding link between the promotion, sale, processing, and transport markets for rice.

The spokesperson for the Council of Provincial State Representation Services in Gaza has presented these guidelines.

According to Jorge Fole, there are conditions for the sale of rice in that province.

South African Entrepreneurs eager to invest in Gaza's agriculture, livestock, and tourism sectors

Entrepreneurs from South Africa are eager to make investments in Gaza's agricultural, livestock, and tourism sectors.

The intention was announced this past Friday at the conclusion of a four-day tour to Gaza province by a South African business group.

The agro-ecological potential of Gaza region impressed businesspeople from South Africa, according to Massaca Mabilu, the delegation's representative from that nation. (RM)

Bad weather predicted for Maputo,Gaza, and Inhambane.

In the provinces of Maputo, Gaza, and Inhambane, the National Institute of Meteorology (INAM) forecasts the occurrence of moderate to heavy rains, accompanied by thunderstorms and winds with local gusts, commencing on Saturday.

The districts of Matutne, Namaacha, Boane, Moamba, Magude, and the cities of Maputo and Matola may be particularly affected in the Maputo province by this phenomena.

The districts of Massingir, Mabalane, Xigubo, and Chicualacuala in Gaza province would be most hit by the torrential downpours.

In Inhambane, the districts of Massinga, Vilankulo, and Funhalouro are expected to see bad weather.

In view of the likelihood of thunderstorms, heavy rain, and related phenomena, INAM urges implementing preventative and safety precautions. (RM)

Gaza Province: citizens urged not to welcome illegal immigrants

Officials from the National Migration Service in Gaza have urged residents not to welcome illegal immigrants into the region.

The request stems from the fact that there have been certain examples of illegal immigrants being received in specific regions, an attitude to which the Migration Service calls attention, as well as the respective denunciation of the presence of these foreign people.

Abeldo Nhanombe, spokesman for the Provincial Directorate of Migration in Gaza, says that a national citizen who welcomes illegal aliens faces legal consequences.

Parallel to this problem is the legal accountability of motorists who carry illegal foreign citizens. (RM

Gaza. Budget suspension for municipalities affects works by Xai-Xai municipality

The suspension of the budget approved this year for the Municipalities by the Road Fund is making the rehabilitation and paving of some access roads in the Xai-Xai municipality unfeasible.

A little over thirteen million meticais should be received from the City Hall from the Road Fund for the paving of five hundred meters of the road that gives access to Praia de Chongoene, departing from the tourist area of ​​Praia de Xai-Xai.

The mayor of Xai-Xai, Emídio Xavier, said that the rise in fuel costs and the removal of some tax charges that reverted to the Road Fund dictated the suspension of the budget that was intended for the municipalities.

Emídio Xavier made it known that given the scenario, negotiations are taking place with the central bodies to unblock the situation that affects all municipalities in the province of Gaza. (RM)

COVID: 48 Cases in A Week

Mozambique: Only 48 new Covid-19 cases in a week

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The Mozambican health authorities reported on Tuesday a further seven new cases of the Covid-19 respiratory disease.

This brings the number of new cases diagnosed in the past week in the entire country to just 48.

According to a Tuesday press release from the Ministry of Health, that day’s new cases were four men and three women, all Mozambican citizens. They ranged in age from five to 61. There were two cases from Maputo city, two from Gaza, two from Sofala and one from Zambezia.

Since the start of the pandemic, 1,382,966 people have been tested in Mozambique for the coronavirus that causes Covid-19, 597 of them in the previous 24 hours. 590 of these tests yielded negative results, and the seven who tested positive raised the total number of positive cases diagnosed in Mozambique to 230,076.

Two Covid-19 patients were discharged from hospital on Tuesday, one in Maputo city and one in Niassa and four new cases were admitted, three in Niassa and one in Maputo. 

The number of patients undergoing medical care in the Covid-19 wards rose from eight on Monday to ten on Tuesday. Only one of these patients is still in intensive care, receiving supplementary oxygen.

The Ministry reported no deaths from Covid-19 on Tuesday, and so the death toll in Mozambique from the disease remains 2,220.

No recoveries from the disease were reported either, and thus the total number of recoveries remains 227,709, which is 98.97 per cent of all Covid-19 cases ever diagnosed in Mozambique.

The number of active cases of Covid-19 rose from 136 on Monday to 143 on Tuesday. The geographical breakdown of the active cases was as follows: Niassa, 32; Maputo city, 28; Zambezia, 20; Tete, 19; Sofala, 18; Gaza, seven; Nampula, six; Cabo Delgado, five; Manica, four; Maputo province, three; and Inhambane, one.

The Ministry press release also reported that a further 2,265 people were vaccinated against Covid-19 on Tuesday. The total number fully vaccinated against the disease now stands at 14,681, 342, which is 96.5 per cent of all citizens aged 18 and above.

Source: AIM