Renamo calls on the Government to respond to grievances in light of the setting of salaries based on the Single Salary Table
Authorities dismantle clandestine iPhone factory in Maputo City
The factory was run from a private apartment by two Chinese nationals.
According to Gimo Jone, the head of Customs in Maputo, mobile phones were launched into the national market without a license from the National Institute of Communications of Mozambique (INCM).
Actually, this is a factory; it's an apartment, but it functions like a factory. Mobile phones are assembled here for sale in the Alto-Maè area.
All of these mobile phones were brought into the country without the INCM license, let alone the customs declaration. As a result, it is smuggling in addition to the other crime as there is no legal paperwork for the importation and placement of mobile phones on the market," he added.
More than a thousand iPHONE mobile phones and different materials used to counterfeit IMEIs, or mobile phone identification numbers, were seized as a part of the three-week investigation.
The factory's owners are of Chinese origin and, when confronted, refute the allegations:
– Do you confirm that you posses all the necessary documents?
– Yes, I have everything, and we have already confirmed that t. So what they is wrong and illegal .
– You operated as a factory. Where are your documents?
– We have everything and they seized all. I'm very angry, I won't say anything else - stated one of the proprieteries of the "factory".
All that was impounded, according to the Mozambican Customs, will be submitted to the Attorney General's Office for subsequent actions, while the two alleged counterfeiters face the legal consequences.
The multisectoral team that dismantled the factory was made up of the Police of the Republic of Mozambique, the National Criminal Investigation Service, the National Institute of Communications of Mozambique, the National Inspectorate of Economic Activities and Customs of Mozambique.
The President of the Republic and his Rwandan counterpart pop down to Maputo's Fish Market.
The two statesmen engaged in interactions with the locals and merchants, who concurrently exhibited the variety of fish put up for sale there.
The President of the Republic, Filipe Nyusi, used the occasion to test the citizens' knowledge of the Rwandan leader and his nation's role to the fight against terrorism.
Paul Kagame, the president of Rwanda, expressed his pleasure at touring the Fish Market and commended the friendship between his nation and Mozambique in return.
When speaking with customers and vendors at the Fish Market, Filipe Nyusi, the head of state of Mozambique, had to translate what his Rwandan counterpart was stating.
Mozambican medical professionals decide to suspend operations in opposition to the current Salary Table
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Subject: Strike by Medical Class
Dear colleagues
Yesterday, October 27, 2022, the Medical Association of Mozambique (AMM) hosted a national conference that gathered numerous medical professionals from all over the nation.
The decision to stage a countrywide strike was made by the class in unanimity during this meeting.
We therefore let you know the following: 1.
The strike will begin at 7 am on November 7, 2022, and last for 21 days with the possibility of extension;
2. With the knowledge of His Excellency the President of the Republic, His Excellency the Prime Minister, His Excellency the Minister of Economy and Finance, and Her Excellency the Minister of State Administration, the strike notice letter and the medical class grievances book were sent to the Ministry of Health this morning.
The Mozambican medical profession announced this Thursday, 27, the stoppage of activities in the National Health System sector, in protest against the Single Salary Table, in force since this month in the State apparatus.
After about an hour and a half of analyzing the remunerations that are being paid based on the new table, the medical profession says they have been defrauded by the Government, since the promises that were made do not correspond to what is happening at the salary level.
"We are not being respected," said Gilberto Manhiça, chairman of the Ordem dos Médicos.
The decided stoppage has immediate effects, however, it is still awaiting the decision of the sectors to be covered and that will be announced later today.
Mozambican Association of People: Training legislators on disability and human rights concerns
According to FAMOD's executive coordinator, Clodualdo Castiano, the training stems from the ongoing process of submitting the Draft Law on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Mozambique to the Assembly of the Republic.
Mandlakazi to build cashew processing plant
Photo courtesy of Macao News
A private consortium is investing 225 million meticais (US$3.5 million) for the construction of a cashew nut processing plant in Guezane, Mandlakazi district, in the southern province of Gaza.
According to project owner Super Boa Farm Ltd, construction will be completed in two years and provide 200 permanent jobs. In addition, it is expected that over the next five years at least a thousand jobs will be created.
The company's executive director, Alexandre Mutemba, explained that with the initiative cashew nut production will increase and this will contribute to reducing poverty among local families and mobilising more jobs and tax contributions.
In the first phase, the initiative will directly involve over 500 people and, indirectly, about 1,200 families, mainly small producers of the districts of Mandlakazi and Chibuto, both in Gaza, along with Mabote, Panda, and Funhalouro in Inhambane.
Super Boa Farm financial director, Isac Nhantumbo, says that at the beginning the project will cover an area of one thousand of the seven thousand hectares planned.
“Currently, we have about 600 cashew seedlings planted since the beginning of the preparatory activity in April. Once it starts operating, the factory will process cashew nuts, as well as produce spirits, biodiesel, and charcoal”, he added.
The first stone for the project was laid by the Secretary of State for Gaza province, Amosse Macamo, who said that Mandlakazi has high productive potential, occupying the top position at the provincial level in terms of cashew nut production.
He also explained that Gaza province is promoting the production of cashew nuts through the initiative “One family - 100 cashew trees” which includes the creation of polyclonal fields and nurseries to ensure the multiplication and distribution of seedlings.
As a result of the implementation of this initiative, about 74,550 cashew seedlings have been produced so far and planted over an area of 1,043 hectares. This number is expected to increase significantly by the end of the year.
Source AIM
European Union allocates €28 million for aid to Mozambique
This is part of the €600 million that the European Commission has allocated to the European
Development Fund to finance immediate humanitarian food assistance, food production, and resilience of food systems in the most vulnerable African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries.
This support, according to a European Union press release sent to AIM, will help partner countries and vulnerable people cope with the consequences of the conflict in Ukraine, specifically the current food crisis and economic shock.
“The EU’s swift and comprehensive response to the current food insecurity in several vulnerable partner countries of the African, Caribbean and Pacific area demonstrates our strong solidarity towards our partners, in particular in Africa”, said Commissioner for International Partnerships Jutta Urpilainen.
Mozambique News Agency Report no.620, 21st October 2022
Prime Minister highlights positive economic trends
The Mozambican economy continues to grow despite all of the challenges facing the country, according to
Prime Minister Adriano Maleiane. Speaking on 19 October to the country’s parliament, the Assembly of the Republic, the Prime Minister pointed out that “despite all the challenges, our country’s economic performance continues to show a positive trend with a growth in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of 4.14 per cent and 4.59
per cent in the first and second quarters of this year”.
According to Maleiane, the positive trend “is a reflection of the actions and measures that the government has been taking in several economic and social sectors, coupled with measures to control the Covid-19 pandemic”. He explained that this growth was driven by good performances in agriculture, fishing, tourism, transportation, manufacturing, mining, and services.
However, he acknowledged that the rise in fuel prices in the international market has influenced the rise of prices of goods and services in the country.
To mitigate this, the government has been implementing a set of short-term measures focusing mainly on the cost structure of fuel “taking into account its impact on economic activity and our daily lives”.
Maleiane stressed that within the scope of pricing policy “we have been engaging in dialogue, on a regular basis, with the various stakeholders in the process of import and fuel distribution in the country with the aim of finding shared solutions to mitigate the impact of the rise in fuel prices at the domestic market level”.
It was in this context that the Government has reduced the logistic infrastructure costs of fuel for petrol stations by 60 per cent; the port handling fee by 5 per cent for all oil products; the margins of central storage facilities by 30 per cent; and tax on fuel by four meticais (one US dollar is about 63.9 meticais) per litre for petrol and diesel. In addition, the Government has temporarily suspended the correction component in the price structure for fuel and maintained the VAT exemption on cooking gas and paraffin.
As a result, it was possible to set the price of diesel at 87.97 meticais per litre when it should be 103.68 meticais. The same is true of gasoline which is sold at 86.97 meticais per litre rather than 101.57 meticais.
The Prime Minister also told parliamentarians that the measures that the government has taken to increase production and mitigate fuel prices are helping to limit inflation, which last September stood at 8.78 per cent against the two-digit average across Africa and Europe.
Complementing the short-term measures, on 9 August President Filipe Nyusi launched a set of medium and long-term measures to ensure accelerated and sustained growth of the economy.
The adoption of these measures aims to improve the macroeconomic stability, business environment, and sustainability of the tax system in the medium and long term.
In another important development, the new platform eVisa allows for the electronic pre-approval of visas to foreigners for tourism and business (to attend meetings and conferences), as well as to carry out research.
This platform is also valid for foreign nationals wishing to apply for pre-approval for visas in investment.
The Government will also submit to Parliament draft legislation to revise several legal provisions such as the VAT Code, Excise Code, Customs Tariff, Corporate Income Tax Code (IRPC), Tax System, Mining Law, and Petroleum Law.
Source: AIM
Mozambique, Angola, and Cape Verde are exploring ways to fund small and medium-sized enterprises.
Agostinho Vuma, head of the Confederation of Economic Associations of Mozambique (CTA), stated today at a conference in Maputo that the initiative might help improve the economic environment in these three nations.
"To the extent that our country is experiencing economic growth anticipated for 5%, 5.3% next year, but also as a challenge to handle the fluctuation of options to funding, from stock exchanges, it is a manner of deciding on the alternative to finance our commercial activity," he emphasized.
Agostinho Vuma was speaking today in Maputo at a meeting of CTA, (Cabo verde)Cape Verde, and Angolan representatives.
COVID-19 claims two more lives in M
Regarding the number of new infections, 30 individuals tested positive for COVID-19, of which 23 are of Mozambican nationality, one foreigner and six of nationalities yet to be verified.
MISAU data also indicate that the city of Maputo led the list with 17 cases, corresponding to 56.7%, followed by Tete province with eight cases, equivalent to 26.7% and five cases were diagnosed in the provinces of Inhambane, Sofala , Manica, Nampula and Niassa, corresponding to 3.3% per province.
The positivity rate, is 2.74%, while the accumulated positivity rate is 12.91%.
Mozambique has, cumulatively, 70,636 positive cases registered, of which 70,320 are locally transmitted and 316 are from abroad.
From Monday to Tuesday, the country recorded 17 fully recovered instances of COVID-19, bringing the cumulative to 69,117.
During the same period, there was a new admission and a hospital discharge.
In the country, so far, there is a cumulative of 3,420 hospitalized patients, of which 16 are currently in COVID-19 inpatient centers and other hospital units.
Thus, there are currently 682 known active cases of COVID-19 in Mozambique.
"There are sufficient medicines to treat ailments throughout the rainy season." - Health Minister
This past Wednesday, Armindo Tiago spoke in Tete and stressed the importance of initiating preventive measures of waterborne illnesses.
"We are adequately stocked and prepared for the upcoming months, with a focus on waterborne infections that are on the rise during this wet season. Our plea is to ensure that the appropriate precautions are taken to save individuals from becoming ill, not to wait until they are ill before providing them with treatment, the man stated (RM)
Mozambican Writer Paulina Chiziane awarded an Honorary doctorate
According to a statement from this university, the title is given in recognition, appreciation, and reward for the author's work in research, production, literary, cultural, and anthropological publication, as well as other accomplishments geared toward the advancement of academics and civic engagement throughout the nation and the world.
Prime Minister Adriano Maleiane on a working visit to Sofala province
The High Level Meeting for the Review of the Post-Cyclone Reconstruction Program will be under the direction of Adriano Maleiane in the city of Beira.
The Prime Minister will visit Campo Agrcola da Cerâmica in Beira and the Project for Construction of Houses in the Resettlement Neighborhood of Ndenja in the district of Nhamatanda, among other places, while also in Sofala. (RM)
proposed bill on the legal status of foreign nationals being debated in parliament today
The African Cultural Renaissance Charter, which lays out the guidelines for the promotion and enhancement of cultural heritage on the continent, will be one of the resolutions that the deputies specifically consider today. (RM)
President of the Republic participates in Soico Television's 20th Anniversary Gala
More than 100,000 people in Manica could be affected by floods and inudations this rainy season
The National Institute for Disaster Risk Management's representative in Manica, Borges Viagem, declared that logistics have been prepared owing to the availability of boats and tents for temporary shelter and relief.
A little more than 15 million Meticais, according to the source, would be required to deal with any bad weather that might develop now and during the cyclonic period. (RM
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