Mozambique: Law on Public Probity is Clear - MMVs Must Work Unpaid or Polling Stations Will Be Illegal

Teachers and other civil servants cannot be paid polling station staff (MMVs, membros das mesas de voto), which means nearly all polling stations are illegal. The Law on Public… Read more »

Mozambique: Violence in Niassa

Friday and Saturday were tense in some districts of Niassa, where Podemos candidate Venâncio Mondlane travelled. On Friday, members of Frelimo campaigned where a rally for… Read more »

Mozambique: Black Week - Two Dead and Over 100 Injured in Three Accidents in the Frelimo Campaign

The second week of the election campaign was marked by three road accidents that resulted in two deaths and more than 100 injured. On Wednesday (4 September) the driver of a bus… Read more »

Mozambique: Frelimo Chooses Polling Stations Heads in Mandimba

Mandimba district STAE's list of 65 candidates for provincial trainers of polling station staff (MMVs) are all public administration staff and all are members of Frelimo. More than… Read more »

Mozambique: Are Schools for Teaching or Campaigning? Battle Between Frelimo and school Director in Memba

Frelimo is using its control of the Ministry of Education and schools to divert teachers, other staff, and even pupils to the election campaign. But not everyone agrees and there… Read more »

Mozambique: Will Criticisms of Venezuela's Election Change How Mozambique's Election is Seen?

Both the United States and European Union have been highly critical of the 28 July Venezuela presidential election. The Venezuela National Electoral Council (Consejo Nacional… Read more »

Mozambique: Frelimo Closed Schools, Forced Teachers to Leave, Threatened Opposition

Frelimo closed many schools and public services for first week of campaign Read more »

Mozambique: Social Media and Songs Instead of T-shirts and Caps

Traditional campaigning with centrally produced posters, T-shirts, flags, and caps requires a robust budget. Government was late distributing money to parties, so Renamo, MDM and… Read more »

Mozambique: Public Services Shut Down

Frelimo is mobilising staff from various sectors of the public administration for the election campaign activities, which has forced the paralysis of public services in many places… Read more »

Mozambique: Schools Close So Teachers Can Campaign For Frelimo

The Ministry of Education is tightly controlled by Frelimo. Teachers and school directors are expected to campaign and vote for Frelimo. Often, all teachers are registered at a… Read more »

Mozambique: Campaigning Without Punch-ups

A main form of campaigning is parades and caravans of supporters - in cars, on bicycles, on foot - with party banners. When caravans meet, they often exchange insults and even… Read more »

Mozambique: Use of State-Owned Vehicles

Our correspondents reported four cases of the use of State vehicles on Saturday in Chongoene (Gaza), Beira (Sofala), Quelimane (Zambézia), Nangade and Ibo (Cabo Delgado). In… Read more »

Mozambique: Destruction of Campaign Materials Continues

On the first day of the campaign more than 20 cases were recorded of the vandalisation of election campaign materials. Frelimo is the party that suffered most from destruction of… Read more »

Mozambique: Insurgency Threatens the Election Campaign in Cabo Delgado

Some parties report they are afraid to campaign in Cabo Delgado districts affected by the insurgency, particularly in Muidumbe, Quissanga, Chiure, Macomia, Mocimboa da Praia, Palma… Read more »

Mozambique: Campaign Opens Slowly - Fear in Cabo Delgado, Some Violence, Vandalising Posters and Misusing State Cars

The electoral campaign started slowly this weekend. Parties are afraid to campaign in Cabo Delgado. There have been a few violent confrontations. As is common in Mozambican… Read more »

Mozambique: President Prevents Parliament From Solving The Battle Over Recounting Votes

The question of whether the district courts can or cannot order recounts of votes remains unresolved, because the Assembly of the Republic (AR) says it cannot act because President… Read more »

Mozambique: CNE Says CAD is not a coalition, So Rejects Its Lists of Candidates

Venancio Mondlane's attempt to have candidates stand for parliament and provincial assemblies has failed, although he will still stand as an independent candidate for President.… Read more »

Mozambique: IMF Imposes Wage Cuts, Accepts 'Weak Non-Mining Growth' So Mozambique Remains Just Mineral Exporter

The IMF has imposed a major wage freeze, which implies wage cuts over the next three years. In effect, government has agreed that its total wage bill of $3.3bn this year must fall… Read more »

Mozambique: UK & US Subsidies Take Electric Car Battery Jobs Away From Mozambique

Workers in Vidalia, Louisiana, USA began producing anodes for lithium batteries for electric cars in February, using graphite from Balama, Cabo Delgado, mined by Australian company… Read more »

Mozambique: A High Risk Strategy

The ENDE ends with a set of risks. One is that "the risk of poor diversification of the economy (industrialisation, production, productivity, technology and innovation) can result… Read more »

Mozambique: Praising Health and Smashing Education

Improvements in health are notes by ENDE, while education is heavily criticised. Read more »

Mozambique: Economic Diversification is Essential But is Not Happening, Says ENDE

GDP has been growing at 7% per year for two decades, yet poverty increases. Changing this requires "economic diversification", which is not happening, admits ENDE. In 2022, 75% of… Read more »

Mozambique: Government Admits Huge Rise in Poverty - Mozambicans Who Are Poor Jumped From 46% to 65% in a Decade

The 20-year-development plan approved by the Council of Ministers Tuesday (17 June) admits the past decade has been a disaster. "Lower than expected economic growth resulted in… Read more »

Mozambique: CNE Approves Fraudulent Registration of 878,868 Non-existent Voters

The CNE today announced total registration figures and admitted that they include 878,868 registered voters that the National Statistics Institute (INE) says cannot exist. That… Read more »

Mozambique: Calendar Changes Fall; All Candidates To Be Submitted By Monday

The main purpose of the 30 April changes was to give candidates an extra 15 days to submit documents - 10,000 notarised signatures for presidential candidates and six documents for… Read more »