June 2012

Guebuza Calls for Sustainable Ruby Mining

Submitted by AA Mozambique on Sat, 30/06/2012 - 15:58
[AIM] Msawise - Mozambican President Armando Guebuza on Thursday urged residents of the administrative post of Msawise, in the northern province of Niassa, to exploit mineral resources in a sustainable and wise manner, including rubies which are found in fair amounts in that region.
Source: 
http://allafrica.com/stories/201206300123.html

Overweight Trucks Ruining Roads in Beira and Nacala Corridors

Submitted by AA Mozambique on Fri, 29/06/2012 - 08:09
[AIM] Maputo - Overweight truck are damaging the roads along the Beira and Nacala corridors, threatening the economic viability of agribusinesses that rely on the routes.
Source: 
http://allafrica.com/stories/201206290084.html

Penal Code to Criminalise Alcohol Abuse

Submitted by AA Mozambique on Fri, 29/06/2012 - 08:09
[AIM] Maputo - The Mozambique's revised Penal Code will introduce tougher penalties for alcohol abuse and urinating or defecating in public places, reports Thursday's issue of the daily newspaper "O Pais".
Source: 
http://allafrica.com/stories/201206290083.html

200 Rural Schools to Receive Science Kits

Submitted by AA Mozambique on Fri, 29/06/2012 - 08:09
[AIM] Maputo - Mozambique's Ministry of Education is to distribute "micro-kits" for physics, chemistry and biology to 200 secondary schools in rural areas.
Source: 
http://allafrica.com/stories/201206290082.html

Number of Taxpayers to Reach Two Million

Submitted by AA Mozambique on Fri, 29/06/2012 - 08:09
[AIM] Maputo - Mozambique's Tax Authority (AT) expects the country to have two million registered taxpayers by the end of this year, up from 1,789,000 in 2011. This represents about 17 per cent of the workforce.
Source: 
http://allafrica.com/stories/201206290081.html

Police Arrest Illegal Miners in Montepuez

Submitted by AA Mozambique on Fri, 29/06/2012 - 08:09
[AIM] Maputo - Police in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado have arrested seventy illegal miners and traders operating in Namanhumbir, in the district of Montepuez.
Source: 
http://allafrica.com/stories/201206290080.html

Study Offers Process to Protect Land Rights

Submitted by AA Mozambique on Thu, 28/06/2012 - 17:39
[Burness Communications] WASHINGTON, D.C./ROME (28 June, 2012) - A new report released today by Namati and the International Development Law Organization (IDLO) details an effective and cost-efficient process to help rural communities work together to protect their lands and natural resources--a potential solution to the global land grab. The communities, located in Liberia, Mozambique, and Uganda, have all
Source: 
http://allafrica.com/stories/201206281143.html

Government to Spend U.S.$.40 Million On Preschool Education

Submitted by AA Mozambique on Thu, 28/06/2012 - 08:54
[AIM] Maputo - Mozambique's Council of Ministers (Cabinet) on Tuesday approved the Strategy for the Integrated Development of Preschool Age Children for 2012/21 along with a budget of 40 million US dollars.
Source: 
http://allafrica.com/stories/201206280112.html

Foreign Gangs Responsible for Kidnappings

Submitted by AA Mozambique on Thu, 28/06/2012 - 08:54
[AIM] Maputo - Mozambique's Attorney-General, Augusto Paulino, on Tuesday claimed that the series of kidnappings that have taken place in the cities of Maputo and Matola, in the south of the country, are the work of a network of foreign criminals.
Source: 
http://allafrica.com/stories/201206280113.html

Majority of Prison Budget Spent On Preventative Detention

Submitted by AA Mozambique on Thu, 28/06/2012 - 08:54
[AIM] Maputo - Ninety per cent of the budget of the National Prisons Service (SNAPRI) is spent on pre-trial detention or prison sentences that could have been substituted with alternative punishments.
Source: 
http://allafrica.com/stories/201206280111.html