René Lavanchy

The Mozal aluminium smelter is a drain on revenues that the Mozambican state could be earning from power sales. That, at any rate, is the opinion of a source close to the negotiations between Mozal’s majority owner, Australian metal producer South32, and the government-appointed commission negotiating with it over a new power supply contract. This post is for paying subscribers only Subscribe now Already have an account? Sign in

Agricultural commodity traders can go back to exporting pigeon peas and similar products from this week, the Mozambican customs and cereal authorities have announced, in a bizarre reversal of an earlier decision that would have blocked all such exports until the end of September. This post is for paying subscribers only Subscribe now Already have an account? Sign in

President Daniel Chapo has ordered government ministries to draw up plans to close and merge their subsidiary agencies, as part of his agenda to make government more efficient, Zitamar News has learned. A memo from the Ministry of Finance sent out to ministries has asked them to provide “information on all the institutions overseen by [your] sector… as well as proposals for the merger or extinction of non-viable institutions, by means of integration within the direct administration of the state”.