April 28, 2023
Mozambique: Brigade Members Complain of Lack of Transport Allowances and Food
In the new municipality of Marracuene, in Maputo province, brigade members are complaining that so far they have not been given any money for transport. The brigade members say… Read more »
April 19, 2023
Mozambique: 10 Million Voters Can Register Starting April 20
10 million can register to vote Read more »
April 12, 2023
Mozambique: Graça Machel Opposes 'Climate of Fear'
Graça Machel speaks out 'Make those who oppress us feel fear' Read more »
April 11, 2023
Mozambique: Mocímboa da Praia Hosts electoral Civic Education Campaign, Last flight with Election Material Lands in Maputo
Mocímboa da Praia hosts electoral civic education campaign in Cabo Delgado Read more »
April 03, 2023
Mozambique: Who Will Blink First in the Latest Renamo-Frelimo Stand-off?
While Nyusi Received Plaudits in New York for Peacebuilding, Back Home the Process is at Risk Read more »
Mozambique: Credit Suisse and its Backers Pay the Price for Secret Debt and Other Frauds
From 2012 Credit Suisse (CS) bribed senior Mozambicans to take a totally useless $2bn loan, which helped to save the bank - one of the very big global banks and supposedly… Read more »
Mozambique: South Africa Wants to Move Polluting Electricity Generation to Maputo
South Africa wants to put a Turkish Karpowership generator ship, that has been rejected in South Africa on environmental grounds, in Maputo bay instead. Read more »
Mozambique: World Bank Says Mozambique Climate Emergency Mitigation Will Cost U.S.$5 Billion A Year
Mozambique needs to spend $35.8bn on climate change mitigation measures by 2030, representing 30% of GDP, according to Paulo Correa, leader of the program on climate and… Read more »
Mozambique: Two Serious, Very different, and Politically Powerful Bidders to Build Mphanda Nkuwa Dam
Two consortia submitted bids to finance and build the $4.5bm Mphanda Nkuwa dam just downstream from Cahora Bassa on the Zambezi River. Both groups are state companies with… Read more »
March 20, 2023
Mozambique: Do 90% Eat 3 Meals a Day?
Do 90% eat 3 meals day? Yes just after harvest. But 7 months post-harvest 90% won't eat 3 meals. Read more »
March 13, 2023
Mozambique: Cyclone Freddy to Turn Around Again to Hit Quelimane a Second Time
Cyclone Freddy slowed down and did not hit Quelimane until Saturday evening, using the extra day to collect more energy and water. Freddy will weaken as it moves inland, but most… Read more »
March 10, 2023
Mozambique: 2023 Municipal Elections: STAE and CNE Still Have No Money
STAE and the CNE do not have the money for the voter registration, which begins in 40 days, because the government gave them a dud cheque, without the money to cover it in the… Read more »
Mozambique: Is Ossufo Momade Resigned to No District Elections?
Renamo seems to have accepted the decision of Frelimo to cancel the holding of district elections in 2024. According to Ossufo Momade, Renamo "has no answer to give", but it was… Read more »
Mozambique: CNE and STAE Have Not Yet Been Told the Boundaries of the New Municipalities
A few days from the start of voter registration, the Government has not yet sent to the electoral administration and management bodies the territorial demarcations of the 12 new… Read more »
March 09, 2023
Mozambique: Cyclone Freddy Expected to Hit Mozambique on March 10, 2023
Cyclone Freddy is coming back for a second time and is predicted to hit Quelimane tomorrow (Friday 10 Mar) much harder than it hit Vilankulos two weeks ago (24 Feb). Winds of 140… Read more »
February 22, 2023
Mozambique: Cyclone Freddy to Hit Vilankulos Friday
Cyclone Freddy hit the east coast of Madagascar this afternoon (21 Feb) and is expected to continue west and hit Vilankulos Thursday night or Friday morning, with winds over 120… Read more »
February 20, 2023
Mozambique: More Flooding Forecast; Cyclone May Be on The Way
Most of the rivers of coastal Mozambique start in neighbouring states - South Africa, Eswatini, Malawi and Zimbabwe - and heavy rains there are already causing flooding in southern… Read more »
February 07, 2023
Mozambique: Pilot Registration: Small Problems in Matutuine and Moamba
The pilot voter registration is continuing to run without upsets. With correspondents in six of the nine districts, the Bulletin has observed that the equipment used in the past… Read more »
February 06, 2023
Mozambique: Oil Company Chief Pressures Govt Over Cabo Delgado
TotalEnergies Patrick Pouyanne on Friday 3 February visited Palma and Mocimba da Praia towns and the Afungi gas site and then met President Filipe Nyusi in Pemba. Pouyanne's… Read more »
January 30, 2023
Mozambique: Tight Calendar in Public Tender for Selection of Election Commission Members in 12 Municipalities
This week (on 16 January) the public tender was launched for selecting the members of the Elections Commissions of the country's 12 new municipalities. The closing date for the… Read more »
Mozambique: Pilot Voter Registration Begins on 1 February
The pilot registration will last for 20 days and will take place in 15 administrative posts in three provinces, namely Maputo, Manica and Nampula. The administrative posts to be… Read more »
January 27, 2023
Mozambique: Why is it That Manica Has a Larger Electoral Budget?
Manica province has the largest election budget. It is three times larger than the budget for Gaza, Nampula and Cabo Delgado; four times larger than the budget for Maputo and five… Read more »
Mozambique: Pilot Voter Registration Will be in Magude, Moamba and Matutuine
From sources in the CNE, we have learnt that in Maputo province, between 1 and 20 February this year, the pilot registration, preceding the full voter registration, will be held in… Read more »
January 25, 2023
Mozambique: Pilot Registration Will be in Maputo, Manica and Nampula
The pilot registration to test the voter registration equipment will take place in February 2023, and will be held in administrative posts in 15 districts where no municipal… Read more »
Mozambique: Govt Will Announce Voter Registration Date by January 25
Voter registration will begin on 20 April. The Council of Ministers will approve on Tuesday (17 January) the new registration date which should be announced by the following day. Read more »