Mozambican police have fired several shots in the course of reopening the Maputo toll booth on the N4, the main entrance to the capital, which has been blocked since the early hours by users protesting the resumption of tolling.

Access to the Maputo N4 toll road, the main entrance and exit to the Mozambican capital, was partially blocked this morning by demonstrators and barricades protesting the resumption of toll collection after weeks of suspension during post-election protests.

Ronald Lamola congratulates Maria Manuela dos Santos Lucas on her new role as Mozambique's Foreign Affairs Minister, following her impactful tenure as High Commissioner in South Africa.

South Africa’s mining industry continues to experience a decline in productivity month-on-month, mainly due to logistical constraints. The industry’s mining output volumes contracted by 0.2% month-on-month in November 2024,

Political analyst Professor Bheki Mngomezulu defends President Ramaphosa’s attendance at Mozambique’s inauguration amid election disputes, highlighting regional responsibilities and the implications for South Africa.

The Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ronald Lamola, has extended his congratulations to Ambassador Maria Manuela dos Santos Lucas following her appointment as Mozambique’s new Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation.

A federal court in New York has sentenced Mozambique's former finance minister to another two-and-a-half years behind bars for his role in the "tuna bond" corruption scandal that triggered a financial crisis in the African nation.

Mozambique's largest port, Maputo, reported a 1% decline in volumes in 2024 mainly due to post-election protests that forced border closures and road blockages, the port operator said on Tuesday.

Poor governance and incompetence plague South Africa’s public administration, particularly at the local level.

Nonetheless, South32 is maintaining its full year production guidance of about 2 million wet metric tons for manganese ore from SA while it continues to “monitor and respond to market” conditions.

Can Mozambique’s newly sworn in President Daniel Chapo and the main opposition leader Venancio Mondlane, put their differences aside for the benefit of the country’s future?

It will be a "mammoth task" to identify the bodies brought up from a disused mineshaft in South Africa this week, a police spokesperson says.