Good afternoon. In just ten days, and as Zitamar News predicted, ruling party Frelimo’s Central Committee will meet to choose its presidential candidate for Mozambique’s presidential election in October (see below). But although the party’s Political Commission confirmed the date of the meeting at its session yesterday evening, no shortlist of names was released — not, as we understand, because the names are a secret, but because they have not yet been finalised.
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Zitamar Mozambique Live Blog
😂 Frelimo’s Central Committee will meet on Friday 3 May to select the party’s candidate for Mozambique’s presidential election in October, the party’s Political Commission decided yesterday. Party spokeswoman Ludmila Maguni said after a meeting of the commission yesterday afternoon that there was not yet a shortlist ready to be announced, but more details about the candidates may be forthcoming in the next few days. The meeting on 3 May will take place at the Frelimo Central School in the city of Matola, Maputo province. More on the process: https://www.zitamar.com/zitamar-explains-who-will-be-frelimos-next-president/
Zitamar Mozambique Live Blog
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has extended the deployment of up to 1,495 members of the South African National Defence Force in Cabo Delgado province until 31 December 2024 as part of the Southern African Development Community Mission in Mozambique (Samim). The announcement comes despite the Southern African Development Community and the Mozambican government confirming that Samim will end on 15 July, with troop withdrawals having already started. The current South African contingent, known as Combat Team Charlie, will likely be rotated out before July. Read Zitamar’s report on the withdrawal here
