POLITICS IN MOZAMBIQUE

Victoria Diogo says that Public Administration is not politicized
The Minister of Public Administration, Victoria Dias Diogo, said yesterday in the Parliament that the state apparatus is not politicized. Diogo responded to the request of the RENAMO parliamentary group to rule on what she would do to prevent the politicization of the state. In her argument, Diogo helped herself with legal provisions, saying that, does not appear in any law, that admission to the State apparatus, career progression and other mobility occurring in the public sector is guided on party affiliation.
O Pais. 29th April, 2010

Mozambique: More than 456 000 people live in "extreme food insecurity"
At least 456,000 Mozambicans are living in "extreme food insecurity" due to drought, which destroyed about 648,000 hectares of crops, according to a report released yesterday in the Parliament by the Minister of State Administration, Carmelita Namashulua.
She said the number of people affected by food insecurity has worsened in the country over the past four months, which comprises the provinces of Tete, with 142 000 people, Sofala, with 90 210, and Inhambane, with at least 40 000 people.
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Racism: Zimbabwean citizen impeded to work in Mozambique
The Mozambican government has just canceled with immediate effect, the work visa of Stewart Maguire Goss, a citizen of Zimbabwean nationality, banning him from working in the country.
According to a statement from the Ministry of Labor (MITRAB), part of grave violations committed by Mr. Goss are mistreatment and acts of racism against the Mozambican workers, dismissal without just cause, illegal employment of foreign labor, ban on trade union freedom and expression in the workplace, among other. The move comes as a result of the labor inspection work carried out by the provincial government of Tete and MITRAB.
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