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Mozambique country of contrast and a land of smiles
Mozambique is one of the most attractive and intriguing tourist destination
in South Africa. Many new international hotels and luxury lodges have opened,
while the national parks and game reserves, some under private management are
being returned to their former glory. The major draw for tourist have long been
Mozambique's 2,500 km of white, palm-fringed beaches as well as the Islands of
the Bazaruto Archipelago. The vast coral reefs host a range of unique main life
and offer unbelievable diving and fishing opportunities.
Mozambique's other exotic destinations include the mysterious mountains of Namuli
and Unango, the historical settlements of Angoche, the World Heritage Site of
Mozambique Island, The magnificent natural harbour of Pemba, and the Quirimbas
Archipelago.
Mozambique provides a contrast to other countries in Southern and East Africa,
with its rare blend of African, Arab, and Portuguese influences. This mix is
noticeable in the Afro-Portuguese cuisine adnd the Latin beat of the music in
the clubs and discos.
Mozambique History
Mozambique was explored by Vasco da Gama in 1498 and colonized by Portugal in 1505. By 1505 the Portuguese had control of all of the former Arab sultanates on the East African coast. From about 1500 Portuguese trading posts and forts became regular ports of call on the new route to the East. Mozambique is a member of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries and the Commonwealth of Nations.
Mozambique Geography
Mozambique covers an area of over 800,00 sq. km, three times the size of
Great Britain. Situated South East of the African continent, it shares borders
with six other countries, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia to the North, Zimbabwe to the
West, South Africa and Swaziland to the South. The coastline is 2,500 km's long
and boasts numerous majestic beaches fringed by lagoons, coral reefs and strings
of small islands.
A vast, low grassland plateau which rises from the coast towards the mountainsin
the North and West covers near nearly half the country's land area. The Zambezi
river is the largest of the country's 25 rivers. Mozambique is rich in mineral
resources such as gold , emeralds, copper, iron ore and bauxite and is currently
in oil exporation.
Mozambique Climate
Tropical to sub-tropical with coastal temperatures high for much of the year while the interior is warm to mild, even in the cooler, dry season from April to September. It is usually sunny throughout the year.
Mozambique National Holidays
Dates and information for Mozambiques' National Holidays- 1st January - New Year's Day
- 3rd February - Heroes' Day
- 7th April - Women's Day
- 1St May - Worker's Day
- 25th June - Independence Day
- 7th September - Victory Day
- 25th September - Revolution Day
- 4th October - Day of Peace and Reconciliation
- 25th December - Christmas
Mozambique Coat of arms
The Mozambique Coat Of Arms was adopted in 1990 in the Constitution of Mozambique article 194. It shows a gear wheel, representing labor and industry. This is bordered by corn stalks and sugarcane, The corn stalks and sugarcane represent agricultural wealth. In the middle there is a red sun which symbolizes the building of a new life, over a map of Mozambique in green, and blue waves, an AK-47 which represents defense and vigilance crossed with a hoe which represents peasantry and agriculture production, and a book which represents education. The wreath is tied with a ribbon bearing the name of the Country. And the res star above is for socialism , symbolizes he spirit of international solidarity of the Mozambican people.
Mozambique Flag
The Mozambique flag was adopted on 1st May 1983. It has a image of a AK-47 and is the only flag in the world to show such a modern rifle. The rifle stands for defence and vigilance. The green in the flag stands for the riches of the land, the small white stripes signify peace, the black represents the African continent, the yellow symbolizes the countries minerals, the red represents the struggle for independence. The open book symbolizes the importance of education, the hoe represents the countries agriculture and the star symbolizes Marxism and internationalism.
Mozambique Latest News
The Governor of the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado, Eliseu Machava, has confirmed that the graphite mine in the district of Ancuabe, paralysed for the last ten years, will resume production in mid-2009.
Six silos with the capacity to store 50,000 tonnes of grain have been built on the outskirts of the western Mozambican city of Tete, as part of the country's efforts to minimize the effects of the world food crisis, according to Leonor Neves, the Tete Provincial Director of Agriculture.
The Mozambican Defence Ministry has tacitly admitted that, as in previous years, the majority of young people who should register for military service in 2009 will not do so.
The government of the central Mozambican province of Sofala has admitted that so far the repayment of loans under the Local Initiative Investment Budget (OIIL) has been "insignificant", reports Monday's issue of the Maputo daily "Noticias".
The flood on the Pungue river, in the central Mozambican province of Sofala is worsening, with new areas inundated in Dondo and Nhamatanda districts, reports Monday's issue of the Maputo daily "Noticias".
Mozambique's first black lawyer, Domingos Arouca, died, after a brief illness, early on Saturday morning at his Maputo home, at the age of 80.
Five policemen from the Maputo City Police Command have been arrested on charges of extortion and of supplying firearms to gangs of criminals, according to the Maputo director of the Criminal Investigation Police (PIC), Dias Balate.
The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is implementing a new project aimed at improving food access for more than 100,000 Mozambicans living in rural areas, in Zambezia province, through a three-year income generation project.
The surrounding areas of the towns of Chókwè, Xai-Xai, Chibuto, in the province of Gaza, and Inharrime, Inhambane and Maxixe, province of Inhambane, all in the southern region of Mozambique, could face localized flooding due to the persisting rains and increased water levels in the river basins, reports the Thursday's issue of the daily "Noticias".
Mozambican President Armando Guebuza reiterated in Maputo on Wednesday that 2009 will be a year for continuing the efforts in the fight against poverty, public sector reforms and promoting country's development.
The National Meteorology Institute (INAM) said in Maputo on Tuesday that there is a strong likelihood that Mozambique could see rainfall above average during the next raining season, between January and March 2009.
The Mozambican authorities have aborted an apparently illicit attempt to export 93 containers of logs from the northern port of Pemba, reports Tuesday's issue of the Maputo daily "Noticias".
The Swiss company Timcal Graphite & Carbon has been awarded the contract for the exploitation of Ancuabe graphite mines, in the northern province of Cabo Delgado.
Mozambican Prime Minister Luisa Diogo has agreed that the interest rates charged by the country's commercial banks are far too high.
Somewhere between six and ten prisoners escaped from a cell in a police station in the southern Mozambican city of Matola on the night of 25 December, according to a report in the independent daily "O Pais".
Traffic resumed on Monday morning along the stretch of Mozambique's main north-south highway through Inhambane province that had been damaged by torrential rains on Saturday,
The Mozambican Interior Ministry has sacked the entire leadership of the Maputo City Police Command following revelations that it was they, and not mere low level prison guards, who were responsible for the escape of three assassins earlier this month.
The Pungue river has burst its banks in the central Mozambican province of Sofala, submerging hundreds of hectares of crops in Nhamtanda and Dondo districts, according to a report in Monday's issue of the Maputo daily "Noticias".
Mozambique's publicly owned ports and rail company, CFM, made a profit of slightly more than 293 million meticais (about 11.7 million US dollars) between January and November, according to CFM chairperson Rui Fonseca, in his end of year message.
Torrential rains in the southern Mozambican province of Inhambane have cut the country's main north-south highway at Mahoche, between the towns of Morrumbene and Massinga.
Mozambique's ruling Frelimo Party won an overwhelming victory in the municipal elections held on 19 November, "because we prepared and we organised - we won the elections because we worked", declared the head of the Frelimo parliamentary group, Manuel Tome, on Friday,
The Mozambican parliament, the Assembly of the Republic, on Friday passed the second and final reading of a government bill revising the country's fiscal benefits code, despite claims by the opposition Renamo-Electoral Union coalition that it is "discriminatory".
The Mozambican parliament, the Assembly of the Republic, on Friday passed the final reading of government bill to set up a human rights commission.
More than 350,000 people in Mozambique are in need of food aid with hamstrung aid relief agencies saying the onset of the annual flood season in Mozambique will also jeopardise other food interventions for vulnerable children, home-based care recipients and people living with HIV/AIDS.
All the deputies from the opposition Renamo-Electoral Union coalition boycotted the State of the Nation address given by President Armando Guebuza to the Mozambican parliament, the Assembly of the Republic, on Wednesday.
Leprosy "is no longer a public health problem in Mozambique", President Armando Guebuza announced on Wednesday.
The face of Mozambique's rural districts is changing, thanks to government interventions such as the allocation of district investment budgets, said Mozambican President Armando Guebuza on Wednesday.
The Mozambican government on Tuesday suspended, for a period of two years, the surtax on cement imports.
Mozambique's main mobile phone provider, the publicly owned Mcel, has suffered a catastrophic breakdown, leaving many of its three million subscribers unable to make or receive calls.
For the third time in the space of a week, deputies of the former rebel movement Renamo attempted to call Interior Minister Jose Pacheco to the country's parliament, the Assembly of the Republic, to explain "the repeated escapes of Anibal dos Santos Junior".