The height of indecency

Indecency has phases. 

In the first, the notion of priorities is lost. This happens when it becomes more important to show that something is being done. You lose concern about what is still not well and needs attention because for millions of young people it is a matter of life or death. A deputy doesn't need to go very far to see that. As you leave the Assembly building, you see the drama of survival.

In the second phase, a lot of energy is invested in the superfluous. It is not, contrary to what many people think, lick-botism. It is a sincere attitude that manifests itself without the expectation of personal gain. The person loses track of what is important. Scouring dictionaries looking for adjectives becomes more important than investing time to understand a subject that, handled well, can change people's lives for the better. This would entail reading, talking to experts, listening to those affected, etc.

In the third, an identity is created that has nothing to do with the reason that led an individual to a certain place. Thus, the person is more concerned with asserting himself as the deputy who makes everyone laugh with his eulogies to the president. Without realizing it, he begins to give more importance to this than to his own work. It becomes more serious not to make this kind of speech than to question the rulers. The person gets silly at the party.

In the fourth, and last, the person believes that what he does is funny. He doesn't do it anymore because he wanted to show that despite everything there is work being done. He does it because he thinks it's funny, a lot of it. What they fail to realize is that making jokes in the parliament of a country where millions of people go to bed - if they have a bed and shelter - without eating is an affront to the values ​​of their own party, society and, of course, their own family. .

Now, the height of indecency is when colleagues join in the laughter, clap loudly and show no sign of embarrassment. That's where you realize that the mozes are orphans of government.

And to make matters worse, not a single decent person in this party and government has publicly and loudly distanced themselves. Maybe it's because they know that it's aimed at decent people so that they know once and for all that boçalismo rules.

(E.Macamo in facebook)

Mozambique sends fuel to malawi

The Mozambican government is sending aid of 40,000 litres of fuel to Malawi, in response to the appeal launched by Malawian President Lazarus Chakwera, following the passage of tropical cyclone Freddy, which devastated southern Malawi, killing at least 438 people.The fuel will be delivered officially by the Mozambican High Commissioner in Malawi, Elias Zimba, in representation of President Filipe Nyusi.

According to Radio Mozambique, the fuel will be used in search and rescue operations in parts of Malawi flooded by the cyclone. 238 people are still listed as missing, and more than 345,000 people have lost their homes.

For Zimba, Nyusi’s gesture shows the brotherhood and friendship between African peoples, who, at times of catastrophe, need to unite their efforts to reduce the impact of natural disasters.Mozambique has thus joined Tanzania, which has disbursed a million US dollars, and made two military helicopters and 100 soldiers available to support rescue operations and humanitarian assistance in Malawi.

Malawi has also requested air support from Mozambique and Zambia for the search and rescue work. The Malawian government says that, with the improvement in the weather, it has become possible to use aircraft in the relief operations, but the country is desperately short of planes and helicopters – hence the appeal to neighbouring countries.

Civil society organisations want to destroy FRELIMO

Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi, speaking in his capacity as leader of the ruling Frelimo Party, on Thursday claimed that some of the country’s civil society organisations want to destroy Frelimo. Addressing a meeting in the southern city of Matola of the Frelimo disciplinary body, the Verification Commission, Nyusi said there are “intruders” in the party who want to weaken it and drag its name through the mud. He urged Frelimo members to be vigilant against all those who want to wreck the party. He called for cohesion among the membership as the only way to face challenges imposed by the forces acting against the Party.

“The Frelimo Party is operating in a world of intense political competition”, said Nyusi. “So we are called upon to perfect our methods of work in order to confront the forces that are opposed to our designs”. He warned that Frelimo’s opponents have been strengthening their methods of operation, “seeking to subvert the Party’s guidelines”.

 “Just as in the past, the main target of our adversaries is to destroy the unity and discipline of our Party”, Nyusi declared. “Tribalism, regionalism and other forms of discrimination are among the means invoked by some elements, inside or outside the party, to cover up their ambition for power, or to satisfy personal or group interests”. He stressed that Frelimo needs to reorganize itself to face the challenges of the municipal elections scheduled for October.

“This is a moment of extreme importance in the national political cycle”, Nyusi said. “Our Party has the challenge of maintaining the governance of the 44 municipalities currently under our rule, of recovering the nine that are currently run by the opposition, and of winning in the 12 new municipalities”.

He warned that such a victory can only be won on the basis of “transparency, responsibility, justice and integrity”. Above all, the Party must ensure that its election candidates are capable of attracting the support of the voters “for an overwhelming Frelimo victory”. Nyusi urged the Verification Commission to fight against corruption inside Frelimo, and in public institutions. The Commission, he said, must guarantee strict compliance with the Frelimo statutes.

Importers suspend trips to South Africa

The Mozambican Association of small scale importers, known as “mukheristas”, has decided to suspend trips to South Africa to prevent possible violence against Mozambican trucks during the current protests. According to the president of the association, Sudekar Novela, quoted by the Maputo daily “Noticias”, the action aims to safeguard the physical integrity of operators in the sector and avoid possible damage caused by the looting of goods.

Several South African services were closed on Monday, and the “mukheristas” fear that the attacks on vehicles with Mozambican number plates will worsen again with the protests called in South Africa for this week.

The protests are against the rising cost of living, and the constant power cuts, and led by the opposition Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party, which is calling for the resignation of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa. Despite this scenario, Novela guaranteed that his members have enough stock to supply the Mozambican market for short period.

“At the moment there is no reason for concern because the Zimpeto Wholesale Market in Maputo has goods to supply the city for a few weeks without any restrictions”, he claimed.

In recent days, the price of fresh products in Zimpeto has fluctuated as a result, on the one hand, of the flooding of crops in the production fields and, on the other, of rising acquisition costs in South Africa. Hundreds of people were arrested in South Africa on Monday, the first day of the EFF protests, but the country was not brought to a standstill.