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Guebuza Inaugurates Rural University

21 November 2008 : Changalane

Mozambican President Armando Guebuza on Friday inaugurated a private higher education institution set up, not in a major city, but in a rural area near the border with Swaziland.

The new, university level body, the Higher Institute of Education and Technology (ISEP), is an initiative of the NGO ADPP-Mozambique, and has been set up in Changalane, an administrative post in Namaacha district, about 80 kilometres west of Maputo.

Former Roads Chief Denies Claims of Poor Performance

Former Roads Chief Denies Claims of Poor Performance - Eusebio Siquela, who was dismissed from his job as general manager of Mozambique's National Roads Administration (ANE) earlier this week, has denied the claim from anonymous members of the ANE board that he was sacked for "poor performance". [AA Network News]

Frelimo Promises 'City Without Darkness'

Frelimo Promises 'City Without Darkness' - The candidate for mayor of the southern Mozambican city of Matola for the ruling Frelimo Party, Arao Nhancale, promised on Wednesday to defend the citizens of Matola against criminals by improving public lighting. [AA Network News]

Roads Director Sacked

Roads Director Sacked - Mozambique's Minister of Public Works, Felicio Zacarias, has sacked the general director of the National Roads Administration (ANE), Eusebio Siquela, after little more than a year at the post [AA Network News]

World Bank Increases Budget Support

World Bank Increases Budget Support - The Mozambican government and the World Bank signed in Maputo on Tuesday two agreements whereby the Bank is to grant 100 million US dollars to support the Mozambican state budget for 2009 and also to help respond to the high cost of foodstuffs. [AA Network News]

Maputo Mayor Inaugurates Car Park And Garden

Maputo Mayor Inaugurates Car Park And Garden - The mayor of Maputo, Eneas Comiche, on Monday inaugurated a new car park for the Maputo Central Market, part of the City Council's strategy to revive the historic "Baixa" (downtown) part of the city, near the port. [AA Network News]

Bridge Will Come to Catembe, Promises Simango

Bridge Will Come to Catembe, Promises Simango - The candidate of Mozambique's ruling Frelimo Party for mayor of Maputo, David Simango, on Saturday promised residents of Catembe that a bridge will soon be built across Maputo Bay, linking Catembe to the centre of the city. [AA Network News]

Marromeu Linked to the National Grid

Marromeu Linked to the National Grid - Mozambique's publicly owned electricity company, EDM, linked on Friday the sugar town of Marromeu, on the south bank of the Zambezi, to the national grid. [AA Network News]

Minister Refuses to Sack Mayor of Beira

Minister Refuses to Sack Mayor of Beira - The Minister of State Administration, Lucas Chomera, has rejected the call by Mozambique's main opposition party, the former rebel movement Renamo, for him to sack the mayor of Beira, Daviz Simango. [AA Network News]

Tete Bridge Over the Zambezi in Danger

Tete Bridge Over the Zambezi in Danger - The Samora Machel bridge, over the Zambezi river in the western Mozambican city of Tete, is in serious danger, reports Monday's issue of the Maputo daily "Noticias". [AA Network News]
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