MoÇaMbOla 2018

The Songo Sports Union has once again set a course in its objective of revalidating the title of the Moçambola to be defeated from the "shrine of 25 June in Nampula" in front of the local Railroad. Further from the title fight is also the Costa del Sol who suffered in Matola their fourth loss in 9 days of the national football championship which continues to be commanded by Maputo locomotives despite their draw at Chibuto. In Nampula the champions in title suffered the third defeat of the season although Hélder Pelembe, with an acrobatic shot has opened the scoreboard after good attacking move of Union Sport of Songo. But before the interval Daniel Cosme saw a fault in the large area of ​​the "hydroelectric", that even the players of the "locomotives" of the house felt, and Mauricio did not forgive and made the penultimate a goal. Without forgiveness, Chiquinho Conde complained that another "church robbery" was expelled from the game. Nampula's Ferroviário returned from the interval to the attack but it was the União Desportiva do Songo that returned the lead by Mário Sinamunda who launched for Kambala and turned to the bottom of the hosts in the 77th minute. But in the 85th minute the "locomotives" again benefited of a new penultimate, this evident, and Maurício drew again. There was still time for the inevitable Kuali to make the somersault on the scoreboard and push the champions to 6th place in the standings with one point less than the Maputo Sports League.
The "Muslims" imposed the first loss to Horacio Gonçalves as coach of the Costa del Sol on opening day thanks to a solitary goal from Amâncio.
At Matola the "Canarinhos" suffered their fourth defeat in 9 days and sank in 11th place with the same points as the Nacala Railroad and the Incomáti.
Caló's pupils added an important tie in front of the local Railroad, the team of João Chissano to put the ball on the occasion of the ball in the bottom of the net but the bid was canceled by offside and is already in the seventh tie falling one more position.
In Inhambane ENH imposed a fifth defeat to Sporting de Nampula, with goals from Obede and Sande, and jumped from the uncomfortable relegation zone to 9th.
In the dispute for the leadership of the Moçambola the "warriors" and the "locomotives" did not leave the null and the Railroad of Maputo remained isolated leader while the Club of the Chibuto also maintained the 2 position, although with the same points of the "factory" of Manica.
In Soalpo Textáfrica stormed 2nd in the Moçambola by beating Nacala's Desportivo, Jongue opened the scoring in the 69th minute and then Henry from outside the box shot from the first to the second in the 75th minute.
Here are the results of the 9th round:
Nampula Rail 3-2 Songo Sports Union
Sports League of Maputo 1-0 Costa do Sol
1 ° Maio of Quelimane 0-0 Maxaquene
ENH Vilanculo 2-1 Sporting Nampula
Beira Railway 0-0 G.D de Incomáti
Textafrica 2-0 Sport of Nacala
Nacala Rail 0-0 UP of Manica
Clube do Chibuto 0-0 Railroad of Maputo
                                                                 
The Railroad Maputo, despite the tie continues to lead the classification that is this way rearranged:

Ranking	pts	won	drw	lst	gf	ga	g+-	m
1. Ferroviário Maputo	19	6	1	2	11:	6	+5	9
2. Textáfrica Chimoio	16	4	4	1	11:	8	+3	9
3. Clube de Chibuto	16	4	4	1	13:	5	+8	9
4. Ferroviário de Nampula	15	4	3	2	14:	10	+4	9
5. Liga Desportiva de Maputo	14	4	2	2	8:	6	+2	8
6. Ferroviário da Beira	13	2	7	0	12:	6	+6	9
7. Uniao Desportiva de Songo	13	4	1	3	10:	10	0	8
8. Univ. Pedagogica Chimoio	12	3	3	3	8:	9	-1	9
9. ENH FC de Vilankulo	11	3	2	4	6:	11	-5	9
10.Maxaquene Maputo	10	2	4	3	9:	9	0	9
11.Incomáti Xinavane	9	1	6	2	3:	4	-1	9
12.Ferroviário de Nacala	9	2	3	4	7:	12	-5	9
13.Costa do Sol Maputo	9	2	3	4	5:	5	0	9
14.Desportivo de Nacala	8	2	2	5	8:	9	-1	9
15.Primeiro de Maio Quelimane	8	2	2	5	6:	11	-5	9
16.Sporting de Nampula	6	1	3	5	6:	16	-10	9

FME wants to register construction firms

The Mozambican Federation of Contractors (FME) is leading the move to register construction companies, an initiative aimed at creating a national database that could allow the storage of detailed information on the exact number and location of such firms.This was revealed in Beira by the president of the association, Manuel Pereira, on the sidelines of the inauguration of the new social body of the Association of Building Contractors and Public Works of Sofala (AECOPS).

Pereira explained that the idea of creating a national register of construction companies is circumscribed by the need for FME to defend the interests of contractors on the one hand and, on the other hand, to mediate conflicts that may occur between the executioners of works and the Government, the latter being the largest supplier of works in the country.

“The government uses statistical data different from ours, based on companies that ask for permits, which boosts the number of companies. Our activity is very dynamic. There are companies that are created to serve specific projects and not necessarily to develop activities as a public works contractor and civil construction company and disappear soon thereafter, but in the government records these companies still exist,” Pereira said.He noted that since FME is a valid intermediary between the associates and the authorities, it needs to protect the contractors and interact with the government in the search for solutions when there are problems related to construction contracts.

“But for this to happen we need to have the register of existing contractors in the country, because from the register we will know their geographical location. No one is forced to register, but registering is good because companies need protection in case of problems related, for example, with poorly designed works or even a negotiation with the government on payment,” Pereira explained.Sofala’s permanent secretary, Augusta Maita, a representative of the government of the province at the inauguration ceremony of AECOPS’s new governing bodies, said that his executive had been made aware of the need to register contractors.

Maita revealed that due to problems related to the quality of works, the government would probably require that contractors who won public tenders for certain types of public works contracts were members of the Order of Engineers.

“These are clear challenges for the FME, because we all know that united we are stronger, so that this space was opened for all construction companies to improve their performance and power to, compete for the works through the FME,” Maita said. Cooperation of partners must be institutional in order to define the essential tasks, priorities, needs and aspirations of contractors.The FME has scored some significant victories, such as the reform of Decree 54/2005 of 13 December, repealed by Decree 15/2014 of 24 May. The previous legislation gave rise to much corruption as a result of the absence of public tendering giving rise to problems of transparency and consequently low competitiveness.Another important achievement was related to setting a clear definition of works that must be awarded to Mozambicans only, being those with a budget ceiling of five million meticais.