Joseph T. Hanlon

Nov 5, 2024 | clubofmozambique.com | Joseph T. Hanlon

Trade facilitators and transporters using the N4 Maputo Corridor report this morning that a sense of calm is returning to the Kilometre Four (KM4) area on the Mozambican side of the border at Komatipoort, reads a ‘Southern Africa Freight News’ report According to the same source, posts out early this morning on a WhatsApp channel indicated that it was safe to travel from Ressano Garcia to the Port of Maputo after the election protestors yesterday forced trucks to park across the road,...

Oct 13, 2024 | clubofmozambique.com | Joseph T. Hanlon

After 23 yearsAccused killers of Siba Siba finally chargedBanco Austral head Siba Siba Macuacua was thrown down the stairwell of his 15-storey bank headquarters on Av 25 de Setembro in Maputo 23 years ago, in an attempt to cover up an IMF-imposed corrupt privatisation of the bank. Prosecution of the assassins was repeatedly obstructed, and finally stopped in 2009. The attorney general appealed, but the appeal was never heard.

Oct 3, 2024 | clubofmozambique.com | Joseph T. Hanlon

The Confederation of Economic Associations of Mozambique (CTA) wants the country’scentral bank to further reduce the monetary policy interest rate as a way to boost theactivity of commercial banks in the importation of essential products. CTA’s reaction comes after the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of Mozambiqueannounced this week a reduction in the monetary policy interest rate from 14.25% to13.50%.

Sep 4, 2024 | allafrica.com | Joseph T. Hanlon

Frelimo closed many schools and public services for first week of campaignTeachers and staff of the public administration were forced to leave their workplaces to support the Frelimo campaign last week, in the first week of the official electoral campaign. For their part, the opposition parties did not take part in the campaign in many districts. In Cabo Delgado on Ibo Island, the District Economic and Infrastructure Services were abandoned.

Aug 29, 2024 | clubofmozambique.com | Joseph T. Hanlon

The head of state will today preside over the inauguration of the Mozambique-Zimbabwe Pipeline in the city of Beira, an infrastructure upgraded to meet Zimbabwe’s demand for a secure supply of refined petroleum products in the region. On Friday, also in Beira, the President of the Republic will inaugurate Beira General Hospital, integrated in the government’s Five-Year Program, the document states.