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Nico United forward and be MOBILE Premier League leading striker, Master Masitara has joined Mozambican top flight side, Liga Mulcumana for a reported P300,000, Mmegi Sport can exclusively reveal. Mulcumana officials flew into Gaborone yesterday to seal the deal with Nico chairman, Kitso 'Jomo' Nkoborwane.
The main pressure against the independence of the judiciary in Mozambique comes from organised crime, and not from politicians, according to one of the country's most prominent lawyers, Albano Silva.
"There are no winners or losers", in the internal elections within Mozambique's ruling Frelimo Party, declared Veronica Macamo, of the Frelimo Political Commission, on Wednesday.
The Electoral Administration Technical Secretariat (STAE), the electoral branch of the Mozambican civil service, has admitted that the current voter registration has been hampered by constant breakdowns in the digital equipment used.
Mozambican bank, Socremo, announced on 2 July 2009, the launch of a new product called 'Account Vitamin'.
The Mozambican police have arrested two professional hunters, both European nationals, for killing an elephant belonging to the Gorongosa National Park (PNG), in the central province of Sofala.
The 2-2 draw of Angola's national senior male team of skate hockey with their Mozambique's counterpart, in the second round match of the 39th World Cup taking place in Vigo and Ponte Vedra (Spain), has delayed the country's qualification to the eighth of finals.
Two senior figures in the ruling Frelimo Party in the northern province of Cabo Delgado at the last moment withdrew their nominations to become Frelimo candidates for the parliamentary elections scheduled for 28 October.
The fuel crisis over the past week in the central Mozambican province of Manica is due to poor distribution, rather than any real shortage, according to Manuel Braga, general director of the fuel import company, Imopetro.
The Galpbuzi consortium, consisting of the Mozambican Buzi Company and the Portuguese Galpenergia is planning to install a bio-fuels refinery in the district of Buzi, in the central Mozambican province of Sofala, within the next 10 years.
The Mozambique Democratic Movement (MDM), the opposition party led by the mayor of Beira, Daviz Simango, on Tuesday registered with the National Elections Commission (CNE) to take part in the presidential, parliamentary and provincial elections scheduled for 28 October.
Luis Gouveia, head of the election office of Mozambique's main opposition party, the former rebel movement Renamo, has called on the Public Prosecutor's Office to investigate the Electoral Administration Technical Secretariat (STAE) because of allegedly constant breakdowns in the digital equipment used in the current voter registration exercise.
Afonso Dhlakama, leader of Mozambique's main opposition party, the former rebel movement Renamo, has announced that his party's long awaited congress will be held some time this week - but the Renamo headquarters in Maputo knows nothing about it.
The provincial committees of Mozambique's ruling Frelimo Party elected most of the party's candidates for the October parliamentary elections over the weekend.
Mozambique is prepared to increase its sales of electricity to Botswana from 30 to 75 megawatts, according to Energy Minister Salvador Namburete
Mozambique's Minister of Energy, Salvador Namburete, has said that, for the moment, Mozambique will not cut off the supply of electricity to Zimbabwe - despite a Zimbabwean debt of tens of millions of US dollars to Hidroelectrica de Cahora Bassa (HCB), the company that operates the Cahora Bassa dam on the Zambezi river.
The governor of the central Mozambican province of Manica, Mauricio Vieira, has warned the Chinese company China Henan International Cooperation Group (CHICO) that it must respect Mozambican labour legislation.
Mozambique's Attorney-General, Augusto Paulino, on Friday denounced what he described as "shocking attitudes" of some prosecutors working in the provinces.
The chairpersons of two of the most important commissions in the Mozambican parliament, the Assembly of the Republic, are unlikely to win seats in the next legislature, following the selection of candidates for the 28 October parliamentary elections by the Maputo city committee of the ruling Frelimo Party.
A day ahead of this year’s African Union summit in Libya, the 11th meeting of the forum of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) took place in the sweltering seaside town of Sirte. Reports emerging from those who attended threw up few surprises and some lingering concerns.
Claims that the International Criminal Court (ICC) is "targeting" Africa, and is in the service of Western interests, are the result of disinformation, according a Brazilian ICC judge, Sylvia Steiner, interviewed in Friday's issue of the independent daily "O Pais".
Emergency work on the Sena rail line in the central Mozambican province of Sofala, following a major derailment on 23 June, have been concluded, much earlier than initially expected, reports Friday's issue of the Maputo daily "Noticias".
Mozambican computers are now rolling off an assembly line in Maputo, under a deal between the Mozambican government and the South African company Sahara Computers.
The Mozambican cashew processing industry has benefited, over the last five years, from a line of credit of 50 million US dollars, opened by the government as part of a drive to facilitate access to credit for small and medium companies.
Afonso Dhlakama, leader of Mozambique's main opposition party, the former rebel movement Renamo, has categorically denied claims in some of the press that he has contracted a polygamous marriage with the Renamo delegate in the northern province of Nampula, Lucia Afate.
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