XII Frelimo Congress debates revision of Party statutes

Debates on the revision of the statutes of the Frelimo party will mark, this Saturday, the work of the XII congress of this political formation that has been taking place since yesterday in Matola, Maputo province.

Yesterday, at the opening of Frelimo's major meeting, the party's president, Filipe Nyusi, said that the congress should, among other matters, address questions about the consolidation of National Unity and the defense of sovereignty.

“We have to outline in this congress the concrete and feasible mechanisms of how to continue to keep our sovereignty intact so that we remain owners of our sovereignty and our wealth, the consolidation of the democratic rule of law based on a condition that enshrines and guarantees quality of rights and duties for all citizens, without any type of discrimination, should deserve our attention, with a focus on fighting corruption, crime, nepotism, tribalism and other acts that undermine prestige, ethics and public integrity”, he said. .  

The agenda for the second day of this great Frelimo meeting also includes that the congressmen will continue with the debate on the report of the Central Committee to the Twelfth Congress. (RM)

Twelfth FRELIMO Congress kicks off.

Photo credit: Radio Mozambique

About 2,000 people, including delegates and guests, will participate as of this Friday, in the Twelfth Frelimo Congress, to be held at the Frelimo Central School, Matola city, Maputo province.

, fifteen hundred are delegates and the remaining five hundred are invited to the Twelfth Congress.

Frelimo's Secretary General, Roque Silva, justified, at a press conference, that the small number of participants results from the observance of preventive measures against covid-19.

“Because of the covid-19 situation, which is still a reality in the country and in the world, about fifteen hundred will be delegates.

 Of the 500 guests, we want to highlight those coming from 24 friendly parties and organizations from other corners of the world, that is, foreign guests. 

The fundamental agenda has to do with the approval of instruments that will guide the Party over the next five years, the election of a new Central Committee, this Central Committee that will be responsible for electing the General Secretary, the new Central Committee Secretariat and the new Verification Committee”, he said.

On the occasion, the Frelimo Secretary General assured that the conditions were in place for the start of the twelfth Frelimo Congress, to take place from this Friday until the 28th of September.

Party spokesman Caifadine Manasse says that Frelimo is holding the twelfth Congress to address the concerns of Mozambicans.

“We can say that we are doing well, as a political party, but we need to continue working to increasingly meet the expectations of Mozambicans. 

Because we will only be satisfied as Frelimo, when every Mozambican wakes up in the morning and has bread, has cassava, has sweet potatoes, has something to eat and is healthy, then yes, we will all be happy and say yes, we have arrived! ”, he stated. (RM)

Mozambique -Thailand Trading Partnership

The Mozambican Chamber of Commerce (CCM) recently met the ambassador of Thailand, Soradjak Puranasamriddhi, with the aim of establishing trade partnerships.

President of the Mozambican Chamber of Commerce, Álvaro Massingue, said that the CCM was the means by which Mozambican and Thai businesspeople could best connect.

“We are available to cooperate with and provide support to [Thai] entrepreneurs who want to invest in Mozambique, in various sectors, especially the agricultural sector and processing technologies,” he said.

With prospects for substantial bilateral business in view, the parties signed a Memorandum of Understanding that includes the transfer of Thai rice production technology to Gaza province and the continuation of aquaculture projects already being implemented in various parts of the country.

“The partnership will help us to implement the agriculture projects promoted by the Mozambique Chamber of Commerce and Investment (CCMI) in Chockwé, Gaza province,” Massingue stressed.

In turn, the Thai ambassador said he was open to cooperating with the CCM and its financial arm, promoting investment in the national market through business missions, revitalising the export of goods and services by Mozambican businesspeople, and attracting new foreign investment.

CNE analyzes complaint about the selection of the new director-general of STAE

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The CNE Legal Committee is analyzing the complaint submitted on the selection of the new director general of STAE.

 The information was advanced this Thursday by the President of the institution, Carlos Matsinhe, however, he did not reveal the name of the entity that submitted the complaint.

It was through an order that the National Elections Commission decided to cancel the inauguration of Loló Correia as the new director general of STAE. This Thursday, the president of  CNE said that the case is in the hands of the institution's legal commission.

“There was a complaint about the candidacy process and decisions surrounding the jury report and we are following the process”, said Carlos Matsinhe.

About the claimant, Matsinhe declined to comment.

The selection of the new president of STAE by public competition did not reach consensus among the six names presented by the jury, which forced the choice of this one through a vote.

Loló Correia was the provincial director of STAE in Tete, he was elected with 10 votes, against 7 for Helena Garrine, current national director of Training and Civic Education at the organ.

The elected replaced Felisberto Naife who held the position for more than 15 years. Correia directed the electoral processes for the 2018 local elections and the 2019 general elections.

Country with 5 new cases of COVID-19

The country recorded, from Wednesday to Thursday, five positive cases of covid-19, out of a total of six hundred and fifty-nine samples submitted for screening.

A statement from the Ministry of Health states that the city of Maputo recorded the highest number, when diagnosing two positive cases of the disease.

In the same period, there were six recovered cases, one hospital discharge, and one new hospitalization, totaling six, the number of patients hospitalized due to the new coronavirus.

Currently, the country has 94 active cases and 2,222 deaths due to the pandemic. (RM)

Around 300 journalists covering the XII Frelimo Congress

The coverage of the Twelfth Frelimo Congress, which starts this Friday, 23 September until 28 September, will be covered by around 300 journalists, both national and foreign.

 Rádio Moçambique has already installed a provisional newsroom at the Frelimo party’s Escoa in Matola, from where some newspapers from this station will also be broadcast.

“We mobilized a sufficient number of professionals from journalists, technicians, support staff. So we're comfortable with that aspect. In addition to our cabin, we have the studio car, finally, and a small newsroom set up so that everything goes well, because it is a unique moment for our country”, said Jeremias Ângelo, Production Manager at Rádio Moçambique. (RM)

Maputo Province. Failed attempt to illegally sell 2 weapons in Moamba

National Criminal Investigation Service (SERNIC) thwarts attempt to illegally sell weapons in Moamba district, Maputo province.

These are two firearms, one of the AKM type, with 32 ammunition and the other of the shotgun type.

The AKM-type weapon was on its way to being sold at 40,000 meticais.

The spokesperson for the National Criminal Investigation Service in Maputo explains that in connection with the case, three individuals are being held, indicted in the crime of possession of prohibited weapons.

Henrique Mendes explains that the arrest of these individuals is the result of a multisectoral operation, within the scope of the fight against organized crime.

He said that the origin of the weapons found in the possession of these individuals is not yet properly known

Italian oil company Eni wants to expand hydrocarbon research area

  Radio Mozambique

The Italian oil company Eni wants to expand its research area in the area of ​​hydrocarbons, in the country, and guarantees participation in the sixth tender launched at the end of last year by the National Petroleum Institute.

According to the general director of Eni Rovuma Basin, Giorgio Vicini, quoted by the newspaper Notícias, a technical evaluation is underway within the company to define the areas for which it should compete.

Launched in November last year, the sixth tender for prospecting and researching hydrocarbons in Mozambique had, according to data from the National Petroleum Institute, 13 competing companies, of which 12 were pre-qualified. ( RM)

In the fight against terrorism there can neither be truce nor contemplation : Nyussi

The President of the Republic and Commander-in-Chief of the FADM(The armed Forces of Mozambique) reiterates the challenge to the Armed Forces of Defense of Mozambique to fight, without truce, the terrorists that create panic in Cabo Delgado, and in some districts of the province of Nampula.

Filipe Nyusi was speaking this morning  on the occasion of the 58th anniversary of the beginning of the national liberation struggle and the 25th of September.

For his part, the Chief of the General Staff, Joaquim Mangrasse, assumed the commitment of the Mozambican Defense Armed Forces to maintain peace, and thanked the international forces for their support in the fight against terrorism.(RM)

Mozambique: Prime Minister to attend United Nations General Assembly in New York

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Prime Minister of Mozambique, Adriano Maleiane, arrives in New York this Thursday to take part in the 77th General Assembly of the United Nations.

Representing President Filipe Nyusi, Adriano Maleiane will, before giving his address to the General Assembly on Saturday, carry out numerous engagements, participating in the many forums that characterise UN General Assembly sessions.

Among these are a reflection on the Sustainable Development Goals, the commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious or Linguistic Minorities and the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons.

Bilateral meetings with the Director General of the International Organisation for Migration and with government representatives from several countries in Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Europe, are also on the prime minister’s agenda.

A press release from the Prime Minister’s Office indicates that Maleiane is travelling to New York on behalf of the President of the Republic, Filipe Nyusi. According to the same statement, Adriano Maleiane will, in his address on Saturday, present Mozambique’s stage of development in the context of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, reiterating the country’s commitment to the implementation of that instrument, with the emphasis on the expansion of health, banking, the judicial system and electricity network, as well as the consolidation of food production programs to eradicate hunger and chronic malnutrition, promoting peace and sustainable and inclusive development.

Maleiane arrives in New York at the head of a delegation that includes deputy ministers of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Manuel Gonçalves, and of Education and Human Development, Manuel Bazo, and also the Ambassador of Mozambique to the United Nations, Pedro Commissário.

The general debate of the 77th UN General Assembly began on Tuesday with the speech given by the President of Brazil, a tradition followed since 1949, on which occasion Jair Bolsonaro said that finding answers to the main global challenges was a collective responsibility.

This year, the High Level session of the UN General Assembly is held under the theme: “A Watershed Moment: Transformative Solutions to Interlocking Challenges”.

This is the first session in which Mozambique will participate since being elected a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council on June 9 of this year.

It is also the first session led by the new President of the UN General Assembly, Csaba Kőrösi, from Hungary, elected last June and sworn in last week.

It is also the first session to take place since the start of the Russia-Ukraine war, which has been the dominant theme of the various speeches made in the General Assembly.

In response to polarised views about this conflict, the presidents of Russia, Vladimir Putin, and of China, Xi-Jinping, have already announced that they will not take part in the session, notable absences from the 77th UN General Assembly, which otherwise counts at least 130 heads of state and government among the attendees.

Source: Rádio Moçambique / Notícias

Hydrocarbons: Mozambique and Tanzania open to cooperation – Domingo

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 Presidents of Mozambique and Tanzania, Filipe Nyusi and Samia Suluhu Hassan, discussed on Wednesday the need for a lot of cooperation in the exploitation of hydrocarbons, taking into account the discovery, in recent years, in both countries, of important reserves of natural gas, Jornal Doingo online reports.

According to Filipe Nyusi, it is necessary to exploit the advantage of the countries being neighbours, especially with regard to the negotiation of contracts for the exploitation of hydrocarbons, an item that is, in fact, one of the great weaknesses of the States, reads the report.

Mozambique will be the first of the two countries  to export liquefied natural gas, which should happen in the coming days, through the Coral Sul offshore project, in Area 4 of the Rovuma Basin, concludes the ‘Domingo’ online report.

Source: Domingo

Frelimo SG confirms that Filipe Nyusi will run for 3rd term as party chief – A Verdade

Roque Silva clarified that the nomination of the Frelimo party candidate for the 2024 General Elections “is not on the Congress agenda”. [Image: A Verdade]

The Secretary-General of the Frelimo Party Roque Silva confirmed this Wednesday (21-09) the announcement by @Verdade that Filipe Nyusi will run for a third term as president of the party that has governed Mozambique since 1975.

Asked by @Verdade at a press conference within the scope of preparations for the 12th Frelimo Congress who the candidates were, Roque Silva made it clear: “Regarding the candidate for president of the party, I can safely say that the candidate is Filipe Jacinto Nyusi, president of Frelimo and beloved member of the 60-year-old party.”

Elected for the first time in 2015, a year after being elected President of Mozambique and after Armando Guebuza’s resignation, Nyusi is expected to be re-elected unanimously.

Roque Silva clarified that the nomination of the Frelimo party candidate for the 2024 General Elections “is not on the Congress agenda”.

Regarding the Magna meeting of the ‘comrades’ that starts next Friday (23), and is the finale of the process started in the party cells on June 23, the Frelimo Party SG pointed out that “for the first time, it covered a level that did not previously exist in the party structure – that of the locality, with the creation of locality committees and their leaders”.

Silva said that the agenda of the meeting “has to do with the approval of instruments that will guide the party in the next five years, namely the revision of the party’s statutes, in order to adapt them to some current dynamics, we will analyse and approve in Congress.

 The party’s program for the next five years, we will debate and approve at the party level a new component that in previous statutes was not very practical, which is the introduction of some innovations that will allow us to value those who represent Frelimo’s historical heritage for having been the labourers in the construction of our party”.

“The election of a new Central Committee, which will then have the responsibility to elect the Secretary General, will have the responsibility to elect the new secretariat of the Central Committee, will have the responsibility to elect the new Verification Committee” are other items on the agenda of the Congress enumerated by the Frelimo SG.

Silva also revealed that the Congress would bring together “about 2,000 participants, of whom about 1,500 will be delegates and 500 guests. Of these guests, we want to highlight those coming from 24 political parties and friendly organizations around the world”.

By Adérito Caldeira.

From A Verdade 

Terrorists pardoned

President of the Republic Filipe Nyusi has granted pardons to 44 members of terrorist groups operating in Cabo Delgado.

 TVM reports.

The beneficiaries had all surrendered to the authorities voluntarily, adds the same source.

Mozambique: Police must reinvent itself to fight terrorism – President Nyusi

Mozambique: Police must reinvent itself to fight terrorism – President Nyusi Mozambican President Filipe on Monday (19) called on the Police force (PRM) to reinvent itself and repel any threats to public order and security, including terrorism attacks currently plaguing the residents of Cabo Delgado province, in the northern regof the country.

 Nyusi, who is also Commander-in-Chief of Forças de Defesa e Segurança (FDS), said that the mission of the police force also includes defence of the homeland, sovereignty and natural resources available in the country, as well as all achievements made with sacrifice and work of Mozambicans.

 He left the challenge during the closing ceremony of the 42nd PRM Basic course, at the Matalana Police Training School.

 In his view, the entry of a growing number of trained police officers Mozambicans into the ranks of the FDS is an important contribution by the Mozambican people to strengthen human capacity, allowing for wider coverage in the surveillance, vigilance and defence of country’s integrity. 

 “Therefore, we recommend the Police Force to reinvents itself so that, together with other defence and security forces on the ground intensify actions to repel any threats to public order and security, as well as build capacity to anticipate and contain any phenomena that could disturb the tranquillity of Mozambicans,” he said.

 The President also mentioned other threats facing the country, particularly money laundering and financing terrorism, and urged all justice stakeholders, including PRM and the National Criminal Investigation Service (SERNIC), to develop internal and external coordination mechanisms to combat this crime, which poses a major threat to the country and to the world in general. “This implies specialised training, increased capacity for investigation and analysis and responsibility for action,” he stressed. 

 Addressing the new graduates, Nyusi warned that the Oath of the Flag is not a mere procedure or a mere formality, but an act that carries in itself important significance of symbolism and a high sense of responsibility. “With the oath taken, each one of you has committed to respect and defend our multicoloured national flag and, above all, other values the honour and territorial integrity of the Mozambican nation and safeguard the sovereignty of the State regardless of the sacrifice that you may be required to,” he pointed out.

 He added that the life of a police officer finds its true meaning in the consent of individual sacrifices for the fulfilment of a set of patriotic duties for common good of Mozambicans and all. “Young men, to be a police officer is to accept to always serve national interests, to serve the Homeland and to be ready to exchange one’s life for it, if necessary,” he stressed. 

 Nyusi also reminded the new graduates that when performing their duties they should distance themselves from any criminal practices because they are contrary to their office as well as denounce, combat and repel all criminal actions to eradicate this evil from society, including the police force.

Beheadings as jihadists raid Mozambique villages : Jose TembeBBC News, Maputo

Five villagers have been killed, several others abducted and more than 100 huts torched in two separate jihadist attacks in Ancuabe district of Mozambique’s northern Cabo Delgado province.

In the latest incident, three men were beheaded on Wednesday afternoon in Megaruma village, about 15km (nine miles) from the headquarters of the administrative post of Metoro.

There are also reports of abductions in the same area of an unknown number of people.

The situation has caused unrest and tension in Megaruma, Metoro and their surrounding areas.

Security forces have been deployed to the area to restore peace and order.

Source Source: BBC news

Mozambique: Businesses call for wider tax breaks

The Confederation of Business Associations of Mozambique (CTA), the country’s largest business organisation, advocated broader tax reductions on Thursday to boost economic recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine.

CTA’s position is part of the “list of proposals” that the organisation drew up following the SAP – Package of Measures for Economic Acceleration announced in August by the president of Mozambique, Filipe Nyusi.

The Mozambican business community believes that reducing VAT from 17% to 16%, included in the SAP, should also apply to special rates of this tax applied to other goods and services, including electricity and water.

It also proposes the reintroduction of the VAT exemption for all products in the basic food basket to improve the purchasing power of families.

“In addition, we propose the creation of mechanisms to offset tax debts and to ensure the decentralisation of analysis of refunds to the provincial tax authority offices,” the statement said.

CTA also advocated that VAT exemption in agriculture should be extended to the entire agricultural sector to be more comprehensive and include the bakery industry.

Urban passenger carriers should benefit from exemption from payment of the company tax to attract greater formalisation of this sector.

“In the transport sector, the same [exemption] may contribute to the reduction of the number of informal urban transport operators and the facilitation of the effectiveness of government policies in this segment,” the note said.

Still on the measure of the company tax reduction, the CTA proposed the inclusion of tourism, as well as technical-vocational and higher education, taking into account that these ateas are still facing the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.

On tax incentives for new investments in key sectors made in the next three years, CTA defended extending these incentives to investments already implemented and to areas affected by cyclones and armed attacks in Cabo Delgado province.

To simplify procedures for the repatriation of capital, the measure should be extended to the flow of capital entering the country, CTA advocates

Mozambique: Portugal’s PM announces 40% increase in cooperation prog.

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Portugal’s prime minister, António Costa, announced on Thursday a 40% increase in the funds allocated to projects under the Strategic Cooperation Programme with Mozambique, representing more than €90 million.

“Within the scope of this summit, we can reinforce the amount of the next Strategic Cooperation Programme [PEC] 2022-2026, which is the foundation of our strategic partnership between Mozambique and Portugal and will thus have a 40% increase in the funds dedicated to programmes, projects and actions, which will exceed €90 million,” he announced.

Costa made this announcement in Maputo at a press conference at the end of a meeting with the president of Mozambique, Filipe Nyusi, as part of the 5th Luso-Moçambican Summit.

The PEC, signed in November 2021, is for five years. Costa said it “will focus on traditional areas of sovereignty, such as defence, justice, internal administration,” and “deepens and renews cooperation in the strategic areas of education and health.

Photo: Notícias

Indicating that until 2021 the PEC “spent €135 million”, Costa added that the new framework foresees “€185 million”.

Considering that the future “necessarily involves strengthening economic relations,” Costa also said that as part of the 5th Luso-Moçambican Summit, “two instruments to support business investment in Mozambique, the business fund for cooperation and the specific programme for business investment in Mozambique,” would be reviewed and modernised.

Costa added that, on the sidelines of the summit, the “Lusophone Compact” would be signed, a programme through which Portugal will provide guarantees of €400 million in funding from the African Development Bank for business investment in the community of Portuguese-speaking African Countries (PALOP).

The Portuguese prime minister also noted two other protocols that would be signed on Friday and that “aim to strengthen the development potential of the Cabo Delgado region,” with the installation of “a research centre dedicated to gas and oil and a vocational training programme in the area of gas, which will be aimed at around 1,200 young Mozambicans.

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Portugal’s prime minister, António Costa, announced on Thursday a 40% increase in the funds allocated to projects under the Strategic Cooperation Programme with Mozambique, representing more than €90 million.

“Within the scope of this summit, we can reinforce the amount of the next Strategic Cooperation Programme [PEC] 2022-2026, which is the foundation of our strategic partnership between Mozambique and Portugal and will thus have a 40% increase in the funds dedicated to programmes, projects and actions, which will exceed €90 million,” he announced.

Costa made this announcement in Maputo at a press conference at the end of a meeting with the president of Mozambique, Filipe Nyusi, as part of the 5th Luso-Moçambican Summit.

The PEC, signed in November 2021, is for five years. Costa said it “will focus on traditional areas of sovereignty, such as defence, justice, internal administration,” and “deepens and renews cooperation in the strategic areas of education and health.

Photo: Notícias

Indicating that until 2021 the PEC “spent €135 million”, Costa added that the new framework foresees “€185 million”.

Considering that the future “necessarily involves strengthening economic relations,” Costa also said that as part of the 5th Luso-Moçambican Summit, “two instruments to support business investment in Mozambique, the business fund for cooperation and the specific programme for business investment in Mozambique,” would be reviewed and modernised.

Costa added that, on the sidelines of the summit, the “Lusophone Compact” would be signed, a programme through which Portugal will provide guarantees of €400 million in funding from the African Development Bank for business investment in the community of Portuguese-speaking African Countries (PALOP).

The Portuguese prime minister also noted two other protocols that would be signed on Friday and that “aim to strengthen the development potential of the Cabo Delgado region,” with the installation of “a research centre dedicated to gas and oil and a vocational training programme in the area of gas, which will be aimed at around 1,200 young Mozambicans.

Photo: Domingo

“We are fighting terrorism not only from a military and humanitarian point of view but also from the point of view of the region’s development,” he noted.

Costa considered that Mozambique “has enormous potential from an agricultural point of view”.

“And if humanity faces a huge challenge in its energy transition, it faces no less of a challenge from the point of view of food security, and so diversification, increase and quality of food is an ever greater challenge and where Mozambique has a decisive role,” he told reporters.

The governments of Portugal and Mozambique signed six cooperation protocols on Thursday as part of the 5th Luso-Moçambican Summit in education, heritage rehabilitation, technical and operational skills of the Mozambican security forces and services, justice and agriculture.

“On all fronts, from the point of view of political cooperation, military cooperation in the fight against terrorism, development in the area of health or education, or from the point of view of economic relations, this 5th summit will certainly be a significant milestone in our relations,” Costa said.

Drawing a picture of the situation in Mozambique compared to the last summit in 2019, the prime minister said that the country “has a new framework, frankly favourable to investment,” particularly by Portuguese companies, with the resumption of financial support from the International Monetary Fund after the hidden debts’ scandal) and the retreat of terrorism