Sabotage of System Causes Water Shortage in Matutuine - Residents of Bela Vista, capital of Mozambique's southernmost district of Matutuine, have been facing a serious shortage of water over the last few days, caused by sabotage of the tubing. [AA Network News]

Nothing Prepares You for Maputo - Pity It Isn't in East Africa Too - It's late Wednesday afternoon in Mozambique's capital, Maputo. So your columnist does what most restless scribblers would do - get out the running shoes; slip into something resembling sportswear; stick an iPod in the ears; hit the streets of Maputo; and get hopelessly lost during the exploration. [AA Network News]

Officials Master Floods - But Battle to Contain Diseases That Follow - More people have died of cholera following recent floods in Mozambique than the number of those who perished in the rising floodwaters. Most rivers in central and northern Mozambique burst their banks after heavy rains in December, January and February, and as a result of Cyclone Jokwe -- which hit in early March. [AA Network News]

Post-Cyclone Reconstruction Still Needed - Although Mozambican President Armando Guebuza, currently on a working visit to the northern province of Nampula, has praised reconstruction work undertaken after cyclone Jokwe hit the Nampula coast almost two months ago, a great deal more still heeds to be done to repair the damage. [AA Network News]

Memorandum of Understanding On Professional Training - 7,500 young Mozambicans will benefit from professional training under a memorandum of understanding signed in Maputo on Friday between the Labour Ministry and the United Nations. [AA Network News]

'A Road to Maputo to Unleash Phikwe's Potential' - Botswana National Front (BNF) spokesman Moeti Mohwasa believes this mining town must be turned into an Export Processing Zone (EPZ) if its economic fortunes should be turned around. [AA Network News]

Mozambique: Agreement for Professional Training And Employment

Agencia de Informacao de Mocambique (Maputo)

The National Institute for Professional Training and Employment (INEFP) signed in Maputo this Thursday and agreement with ESSOR-UPA Mozambique for the implementation of a three-year programme to offer professional training to young people in the country.

More Cahora Bassa Power for South Africa - Hidroeléctrica de Cahora Bassa (HCB), the company that runs the Cahora Bassa dam in Mozambique's western province of Tete, expects to sign an agreement shortly with the South African electricity company Eskom, under which HCB will supply an additional 250 megawatts to Eskom. [AA Network News]

Sports Minister Visits Stadium Site - Mozambique's Minister of Youth and Sport, David Simango, has restated that the country's new national stadium will be ready on time, by mid-2010. [AA Network News]

Mozambique: Reform in Professional Education

Agencia de Informacao de Mocambique (Maputo) - 11 April 2008

Maputo

The Mozambican government's Professional Skills Development Fund (FUNDEC) is to support the implementation of 60 vocational and professional training projects in public and private institutions and in community organizations.