All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
THE Industrial Development Corporation has called on its fellow investors in the Corridor Developments Pvt Ltd, a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) for developing the Beira Corridor, to re-enact the company, which has been dominant for the past year.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
Mozambique's former rebel movement Renamo has demanded that the mayor of the central city of Beira, Daviz Simango, should resign and hand the city over to them on the grounds that he was re-elected with Renamo votes, reports Tuesday's edition of the independent daily "O Pais".
All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
... worst of Renamo's defeats was self-inflicted. It lost its key stronghold, the central city of Beira, not to Frelimo, but to the current mayor, Daviz Simango, who was expelled from Renamo in September.Renamo had originally planned to run Simango for a second term. But on 28 August, Renamo leader Afonso Dhlakama, at the urging of a handful of former guerrillas in Beira, notably the...
Fox News (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
... were upbeat with the first leg win, and the more than 50,000 tickets for Wednesday's match at Beira-Rio stadium have already been sold out.The suspended Guinazu will be replaced by Andrezinho, and Tite may also have to replace defender Indio after he injured his right ankle in Monday's practice and is listed as doubtful.Estudiantes coach Leonardo Astrada, who played for Internacional rival...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
... has been able to undertake a parallel count in 13 municipalities.In two cases, the cities of Beira and Nacala, the parallel count is sharply divergent from the official "intermediate count", based on exactly the same editais. The charitable interpretation of this is that mathematical mistakes have been made by the Beira and Nacala election commissions in adding up the 260 Beira...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
Despite the crushing victory of the mayor of Beira, Daviz Simango, in last week's municipal elections, there is little sign that the official wing of the main opposition party, Renamo, is seeking a reconciliation with Simango's supporters.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
Mozambique: Criminal Proceedings Under Way Against Suspected Money LaunderersCriminal proceedings are now under way against two Pakistani citizens caught while trying to smuggle over 2.3 million US dollars in bank notes out of Mozambique, reports Friday's issue of the Maputo daily "Noticias".The two men, Muhammad Ali Nazimo and Syed Mumhammad Nazede, are residents of the central city of Beira....
All Africa (Free subscription) | 27/11/2008
Mozambique: Widows Risk HIV in Purification Rites (Johannesburg)27 November 2008Posted to the web 27 November 2008BeiraWhen Mariana Uchandidhora's husband was killed in a traffic accident in South Africa a year ago, tradition required that she have sex with her deceased husband's brother in order to be purified.Uchandidhora, 36, refused, arguing that her brother-in-law was much younger than...
