Southern Africa: Former Mozambique Finance Minister Manuel Chang to Fly to US to Face Graft Charges

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Mozambique's former finance minister Manuel Chang appears in court during an extradition hearing in Johannesburg.
9 July 2023
Daily Maverick (Johannesburg)
By Peter Fabricius

South African police have confirmed that the former Mozambican finance minister will be handed over to the FBI to face fraud and corruption charges.

Mozambique's former finance minister Manuel Chang is expected to be handed over to the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Monday and flown to the US to stand trial for fraud and corruption after more than four years in jail in South Africa.

Brigadier Athlenda Mathe, spokesperson for the SAPS, told Daily Maverick: "Yes, we can confirm that he will be extradited back to the USA. He was arrested in SA; we will surrender him to the FBI this week acting on an extradition request."

Other sources told Daily Maverick that Chang, who has been in jail in South Africa since December 27, 2018, would be escorted by FBI officials on to a Gulfstream 550 jet at Lanseria airport on Monday to be extradited to New York.

Chang ran out of legal remedies to avoid extradition to the US in May this year when the Constitutional Court refused to hear an appeal from the Mozambique government against a Johannesburg High Court ruling in November 2021 that he should be extradited to the US. Maputo wanted him extradited to Mozambique instead.

He was wanted by both the US and Mozambique for his alleged complicity in an alleged scam in...

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