The contagion of hospital strikes

A report on Thursday said the funds were needed to support over half a million people affected by conflict and natural disasters

Today’s front pages in Maputo. Notícias leads with intense rains in Maputo province which it says killed four people and affected over 12,000 families. Other stories cover the quality monitoring of fuel sold in Mozambique, and the government’s belief that the country will receive a “favorable outcome” in the “hidden debts” corruption trial in London. Evidencias leads with transport and communications minister Mateus Magala receiving holiday funding from South African company Fly Modern Ark. A second headline covers opposition party Renamo leader Ossufo Momade’s attacks on his leadership competition. O Pais leads with restart of the healthcare workers’ strike on Thursday, and calls for the removal of people living around the lower areas of a river in Boane, Maputo province, as they risk facing flooding from the Pequenos Libombos dam after heavy rains. Sign up to the Zitamar Daily Briefing for an in-depth look at the biggest stories in the Mozambican media on weekdays 📷 Faizal Chauque / Zitamar News

Bishop Carlos Matsinhe, the head of the Anglican Church in Mozambique and Angola, is to resign, according to a statement signed by him and released by the Diocese of Libombos, of which he is bishop. The diocese said that a service held on 14 July would mark the end of his term of office. Matsinhe has been under pressure to resign following his failure to challenge the results of the local elections in Mozambique last year, in his role as president of the National Elections Commission, in spite of overwhelming evidence of widespread fraud in favour of ruling party Frelimo. In November 2023, Matsinhe’s fellow bishops issued a statement calling for him to resign immediately. According to the statement, Matsinhe has been a priest for 45 years.