Mozambique Media Guide - Final 050712

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MOZAMBIQUE
Media and Telecoms Landscape Guide
July 2012
If you wish to suggest any updates or amendments to this document,

please contact Robert Powell on [email protected]
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Index
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Introduction...................................................................................................... 3
Media overview................................................................................................16
Radio overview................................................................................................28
State radio…………………………………………………………………………...31
Community radio stations……………………………………………………….44
Private radio stations…………………….........................................................49
International radio stations……………………………………………………….61
List of community radio stations by region……………………………………64
Television overview.........................................................................................75
Television stations………………………………………………………………....79
Cable, satellite and digital TV companies……………………………………...91
Print overview..................................................................................................93
Newspapers…………………………………………………………………………97
Online media……...........................................................................................111
Traditional and informal channels of communication...............................119
Media resources............................................................................................120
Telecoms overview........................................................................................138
Telecoms companies.....................................................................................142
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Introduction
Mozambique is rich in coal, natural gas and agricultural potential. But it is still a
nation of poor people.
The country has a population of about 24 million. 80% live in villages where they
depend largely on subsistence agriculture.
Mozambique suffers periodically from floods and drought. These natural

calamities hit hardest at the rural poor.
However, disaster preparedness measures put in place since the devastating

floods of 2000 have helped to reduce the level of human suffering caused by
such emergencies.
The government has encouraged people to move their houses out of flood plains
that are vulnerable to flooding. It has also put in place early warning systems to
alert communities at risk.
The economy and infrastructure of Mozambique were devasted by a 16-year civil

war which began shortly after independence from Portugal in 1975.
Twenty years after the signing of a 1992 peace agreement which ended
hostilities, the country is still rebuilding roads, bridges and electricity lines that
were destroyed in the conflict.
The United Nations continues to classify Mozambique as one of the world’s

poorest and least developed countries.
The civil war pitted the ruling Frelimo (Frente de Libertação de Moçambique -
Mozambique Liberation Front) party against the Renamo (Resistencia Nacional
Moçambicana – Mozambican National Resistance) rebel movement.
Frelimo had earlier fought a 13-year guerrilla war against Portuguese colonial
rule. The liberation movement assumed control of the government at
independence and declared a socialist one-party state.
Renamo was formed as a rebel guerrilla movement with the encouragement of

the white minority government in neighbouring Rhodesia.
After Rhodesia achieved independence under black majority rule in 1980 and
changed its name to Zimbabwe, the apartheid regime in South Africa became
Renamo’s main external backer.
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Source: World Food Programme (WFP)

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Pretoria had a policy of destabilising black-ruled states like Mozambique which

actively supported the opponents of white minority rule in South Africa.
South Africa withdrew its support for Renamo after apartheid began to collapse in
1990, following the release of jailed (African National Congress) leader Nelson
Mandela.
This paved the way for the Mozambican government to sign a peace agreement
with the rebel movement in 1992.
Today, Frelimo remains in power, but it has quietly dropped the Marxist ideology
of its early years.
Following the collapse of the Soviet Union and Communism in Russia, Frelimo
embraced multi-party democracy and free market economics.
Renamo has meanwhile transformed itself from a guerrilla movement into a

parliamentary opposition party with a small presence in parliament, but a strong
grass roots support base in some parts of the north.
Communication
Although the road system remains poor, most large towns are connected by the
mobile phone network.
State-run Rádio Moçambique and its 10 regional stations cover most of the
country.
Rural areas are also served by a network of around 80 independent community

radio stations and state-run local radio stations.
There are also several private radio stations in the main cities. Some are purely
commercial. Others are run by Christian and Muslim organisations and carry a
strong element of religious programming.
Just over half the adult population can read and write, but only 40% speak
Portuguese, Mozambique’s official language.
Most people in urban areas speak some Portuguese, but the language is not
widely understood in remote rural communities.
Broadcasts in local languages by Rádio Moçambique and community radio

stations are therefore an important channel of communication.
According to UNESCO statistics, only 56.1% of Mozambicans over the age of 15

could read and write in 2010.
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However, the literacy rate of young people aged 15 to 24 wasis much higher at
71.8%.
More than 90% of children now attend primary school.
Mobile phones are widely used in and around the main towns, but network
coverage does not yet extend very far into rural areas.
There were 7.7 million active mobile phone lines in Mozambique at the end of
2011, giving a mobile penetration rate of 32%, according to the GSMA, the global
association of mobile network operators.
Real coverage may be less because many prepaid SIM cards issued have
expired and have not been renewed. Many phone owners also have SIM cards
for more than one network.
In 2011, 70% of all mobile phone users were concentrated in Maputo, according
to the state telecoms regulator, the National Institute of Communications of
Mozambique Instituto Nacional das Comunicações de Moçambique (INCM).
Most of the rest were located in the country’s other main towns and cities, where
network coverage is available.
In early 2012, Mcel, the country’s largest mobile operator, claimed to cover 75%
of the population and 60% of Mozambique’s territory with its network.
Language
There are 21 local languages spoken in Mozambique, according to the 2007

census. However, none of them have achieved the status of a national lingua
franca.This is still Portuguese.
The exact number of African languages spoken in the country is disputed.
Much depends on how you define a language, as opposed to a dialect.
For example Changana-speakers in Maputo province and Rhonga-speakers in

Gaza province use almost identical grammar and vocabulary, but insist that they
speak separate languages.
It is quite common for one language to be known by several different names.
For example, Nyanja, a language widely spoken in Northern Mozambique, is

called Cicewa in Tete province and in neighbouring Malawi.
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Even when there is an agreed name for a language, the spelling may vary.
The language which Portuguese speakers call Changana is often refered to as

Shangaan in English. Speakers of Changana/Shangaan refer to it as
Xichangana.
The most prominent local languages in Mozambique, according to the 2007

census, are:
• Makhuwa - About 4.1 million speakers in Cabo Delgado, Nampula,

Niassa, Zambezia and Sofala in central and northern Mozambique
• Changana – About 1.7 million speakers, mainly concentrated in Maputo,

Gaza, and Inhambane provinces in Southern Mozambique. There are also
some communities of Changana speakers in Niassa in the north.
• Sena – About 1.3 million speakers in Manica, Sofala, Zambezia and Tete
provinces in Central and northwestern Mozambique.
• Lomwe – About 1.2 million speakers in Nampula, Niassa and Zambezia

provinces in northern Mozambique.
• Chuwabu – About one million speakers in Sofala and Zambezi provinces

in central Mozambique.
• Nyanja – About 900,000 speakers in Niassa, Tete and Zambezia

provinces in northwestern Mozambique
English is widely spoken by the elite in government and business. Many

ordinary Mozambicans have picked up a smattering of the language while
working as migrants in South Africa.
Economy and living standards
Booming world commodity prices and the discovery of offshore natural gas, have
spawned a series of ambitious economic development projects in Mozambique
focussed on its abundant energy resources.
Coal mining has been revived in the northern province of Tete, offshore natural
gas has been developed for export and power from the giant Cahora Bassa
hydro-electric dam on the Zambeze river is being used to power industry.
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NB. This map only shows the dominant local language in each province. It is an
approximate guide. In reality the distribution of languages is more complex.
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There have also been initiatives to revive commercial farms growing cash crops
for export, such as sugar cane.
Some of these plantations were established in colonial times. Other new ones
have been set up.
Such capital-intensive projects have provided new sources of revenue for the
government and have improved Mozambique’s foreign exchange earnings.
The World Bank estimated that Mozambique’s economy grew by more than 7%
in 2011 as a result of such landmark projects.
Mozambique has some of the world’s largest untapped coal reserves.
It also has large offshore natural gas reserves. Major new gas finds were made
off ithe north-eastern coast in 2011.
Development of these hyrdrocarbons for export will eventually generate a lot of

revenue for the government. However, the booming energy sector will provide
relatively few opportunities for employment.
The country and its people remain desperately poor.
Foreign aid funded 46% of the government’s 2012 budget.
Millions of Mozambicans have spent time as migrant workers in South Africa to

escape poverty at home. Others have made their way to Portugal and Europe.
Education and healthcare facilities are limited and life expectancy is short.
The World Bank estimated in 2012 that 55% of Mozambicans still lived in
poverty.
11.5% of the adult population were HIV-positive in 2009, according to UNAIDS.
Life expectancy is just under 50 years.
In 2011, Mozambique ranked 184th out of the 187 countries listed in the United
Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Human Development Index.
Politics and government
Mozambique has remained peaceful since the end of the civil war, but the
country’s extreme poverty occasionally sparks unrest.
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At least 14 people were killed in September 2010 when crowds of people took to
the streets of Maputo to protest at a government-approved rise in bread prices.
A new constitution in 1990 introduced multi-party democracy and a free market

economy. It also guaranteed freedom of speech and an independent media.
However, no rival political movement has so far emerged to seriously challenge

the supremacy of Frelimo.
Many civil servants and security agents belong to the ruling party, a fact which
frequently fuels accusations that Frelimo uses the machinery of government to
skew the electoral process in its own favour.
The ruling party has increasingly outpolled Renamo in elections since the first
multi-party elections for parliament and the presidency were held in 1994.
Renamo meanwhile has suffered from internal splits
Frelimo leader Armando Guebuza won a second five-year term as President in

the 2009 elections with nearly 75% of the vote.
Renamo’s historic leader, Afonso Dhlakama, came a poor second with just over
16%.
The 2009 legislative elections gave Frelimo 191 seats in parliament and Renamo
51.
The Democratic Movement of Mozambique (Movimento Democrático de

Moçambique) (MDM), a Renamo splinter group, took the remaining eight seats.
The country is divided into 11 provinces, with Maputo city and Maputo province
governed as separate provincial entities.
The provinces in turn are divided into 128 administrative districts. These vary a
lot in size.
Humanitarian organisations must be able to communicate in Portuguese in order

to work effectively with the government and community representatives.
Despite the arrival of mobile phones and the internet, Mozambique has a strong
paper-based bureaucratic culture.
Organisations contacting government departments are usually expected to write

a letter to the appropriate person or institution, delivered by either hand or fax.
Fax is still an important means of communication with government departments.

The authorities may react more speedily to a fax than an email.
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Fax numbers for institutions are given wherever possible in this guide.
Where government officials do use email, they often use a private account, rather
than an official government email address.
People do not always answer phone calls. They often respond better to text
messages.
Disaster management
Mozambique set up the National Disaster Management Institute (Instituto

Nacional de Gestão de Calamidades) (INGC) in the 1980s to help communities
affected by the civil war and respond to natural disasters.
Following heavy loss of life and damage to infrastructure and private property
during the 2000-floods, disaster management was improved.
The National Emergency Operations Centre (Centro Nacional Operativo de

Emergência) (CENOE) was created to coordinate humanitarian response activity.
In 2000, several weeks of heavy rain in southern Mozambique caused swollen

rivers to burst their banks, inundating dozens of towns and villages.
800 people were killed and over 200,000 were made homeless by the rising
floodwaters.
Mozambique’s main north-south highway was cut in several places as vital

bridges were swept away, isolating the capital from the rest of the country.
In 2008, heavy rains in the interior of Southern Africa and northern Mozambique
funneled heavy water volumes into the Zambeze and its tributaries.
This caused widespread flooding in the Zambeze basin in central Mozambique.

About 76,000 people were forced to abandon their homes.
After the 2000 and 2008 floods, many people were resettled away from flood-
prone areas.
The INGC works throughout the year to prepare for the rainy season between
October and March, when floods are most likely to occur.
During an emergency, CENOE coordinates the government’s emergency

humanitarian interventions during the first 72 hours.
This organisation falls under the INGC.

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The UN aid agencies and international NGOs slot their response actions into
INGC/CENOE programmes, filling gaps where needed.
The government and international aid agencies divide the country into three
regions for operational purposes:
• South – Maputo City, Maputo, Gaza, and Inhambane provinces

• Centre - Manica, Tete, Sofala, and Zambezia provinces
• North - Niassa, Cabo Delgado, and Nampula provinces.
However, during an emergency, humanitarian interventions are undertaken at

district level.
The INGC and CENOE have been successful in setting up early warning
systems and training local volunteers across the country.
Emergency drills are carried out in disaster-prone areas so local populations

know how to act during a crisis.
The Mozambican Red Cross is usually a key player in emergency response

work. It has an impressive network of officials at the provincial level.
The Humanitarian Country Team Secretariat coordinates the activities of UN

agencies and international NGOs with Mozambican government’s programmes.
It is based in the UN Resident Coordinator’s Office.
Humanitarian organisations planning to launch communications initiatives with

intended beneficiaries should coordinate their actions with other stakeholders
through the Humanitarian Country Team.
In early 2012, the following eight clusters were active in Mozambique (lead
agency in brackets)
• Education and protection (UNICEF)

• Water and sanitation (UNICEF)
• Food security (WFP and FAO)
• Health (WHO)
• Nutrition (UNICEF)
• Shelter (Red Cross – crisis/UN Habitat - recovery)
• Logistics (WFP)
• Emergency telecommunications (WFP)
Key contacts for humanitarian coordination in emergencies:

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Humanitarian Country Team (HCT)
UN Resident Coordinator and HCT Chair - Jennifer Topping

Tel: +258 21 48 51 58
Email: [email protected]
Chair of HCT Working Group and WFP Representative - Lola Castro

Mob: +258 82 301 4280
Tel: +258 21 48 22 28
Emergency Officer HCT Secretariat - Casimiro Sande

[email protected],
Mob: +258 820736710
Tel: +258 21 48 51 59/ 65/67
National Disaster Management Institute (Instituto Nacional de Gestão de

Calamidades) (INGC)
Spokesman - Bonifácio António

Mob: +258 82 420 5300
Mozambican Red Cross
Director-General - Américo Ubisse

Mob: +258 82 306 2932
Foreign organisations that wish to work in Mozambique must be accredited with

the Department of International Organisations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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Mozambique at a glance
Population 23.6 million (UNDP, 2011)
Main languages Portuguese (official language),

Main local languages:
Makhuwa (4.1 million speakers)
Changana (1.7 million speakers)
Sena (1.3 million speakers)
Lomwe (1.2 million speakers)
Chuwabu (1.0 million speakers)
Nyanja (900,000 speakers)
(Figures from 2007 census)
GDP per capita $476.5 (UNDP, 2011)
Adult literacy rate 56.1% (UNESCO 2010)
Mobile phone penetration 31.7% (GSMA 2011)
Mobile phone users 7.7 million (GSMA 2011)
Mobile network coverage 44% (GSMA 2009)

(population)
Mobile network coverage (land area) 10% (GSMA 2009)
Internet users per 100 people 4.2 (ITU, 2010)
Ranking in UN Human Development 184 (out of 187)

Index 2011
Ranking in RSF World Press 66 (out of 179)
Freedom Index 2011-2012
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Media overview
Radio is the main source of news and information in Mozambique - particularly

for people who live in the interior without access to a reliable electricity supply.
Television is restricted to the main cities and nearby villages.
Newspapers are not widely read. They hardly circulate outside Maputo and the
provincial capitals.
Only 56% of Mozambican adults can read and write. Very few literate people can
afford to buy a newspaper on a regular basis.
The constitution guarantees freedom of expression, but in practice media

criticism of the head of state and other prominent government officials is not
tolerated.
Journalists are also subject to a wide variety of informal pressures which limit
their ability to report freely.
The 2000 assassination of Carlos Cardoso, one of Mozambique’s most

respected independent journalists, allegedly on the orders of the son of the
president, intimidated many journalists from tackling controversial issues for
several years afterwards.
The threat of such an action being repeated has receded, but most journalists
remain lethargic about tackling issues which might incur official displeasure.
State-run Rádio Moçambique is the only radio station which covers the entire
country on Medium Wave and FM.
For most Mocambicans it is the main source of national news.
However, much of Rádio Moçambique’s transmission equipment is old and less

powerful than it used to be. Some rural areas can no longer receive its
broadcasts.
Rádio Moçambique’s national service, broadcast from Maputo, consists

exclusively of programmes in Portuguese.
However, Rádio Moçambique’s 10 regional stations in the provincial capitals

produce and broadcast several hours of programming each day in local
languages.
There are also about 80 independent community radio stations and government
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controlled local radio stations in Mozambique. These are an important source of

local news.
Most of these local stations broadcast extensively in local languages as well as

Portuguese.
The government’s Social Communications Institute (Instituto de Comunicação

Social) (ICS) manages a network of 38 local radio stations.
These are officially described as community stations.
However, given the strong level of control exercised by local government officials
over their programming, it is perhaps more accurate to call them as government-
run local radio stations.
Besides broadcasting their own radio programmes, the ICS stations relay the
national news from Rádio Moçambique three times a day.
About 40 independent community stations, including several run by Christian

churches, belong to a different umbrella body; the National Forum for Community
Radios (Forum Nacional das Radios Comunitarias) (FORCOM).
This NGO, founded in 2004, helps its affiliated stations with training, the
maintenance and repair of equipment and fund raising.
In addition, there are several privately owned commercial FM stations in the

cities of Maputo, Beira, Gaza, Nampula, Tete and Quelimane.
Some of these were started by newspapers that wanted to diversify into

broadcasting. All of them address a predominantly urban audience.
Most of Mozambique’s private radio stations carry very little news or public
information.
The majority devote most of their air time to popular music and advertisements.
Five radio stations based in Maputo are owned by religious organisations. They
all include a strong element of religious content in their programming. They are:
• Radio Maria (Roman Catholic Church)

• Radio Capital (Protestant evangelical)
• Radio Miramar (Protestant evangelical)
• KFM ((Protestant evangelical)
• A Voz do Islam (Islamic Council of Mozambique)
The most popular foreign radio station in Mozambique is Portugal’s RDP Africa.
This broadcasts on FM in Maputo, Beira, Nampula and Quelimane.
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The Voice of America Portuguese Service is also widely listened to.
VOA broadcasts to Mozambique on Short Wave and its Portuguese language

programmes are relayed on FM by Top Radio in Maputo.
Radio France Internationale (RFI) broadcasts in Portuguese and French on

FM in the capital.
The BBC World Service shut down its Portuguese for Africa service in 2011.
However, it is still available in English on FM in Maputo and six other cities in
the interior.
Television only reaches Mozambicans who live in or near large cities and have
access to electricity.
State-run Televisão de Moçambique (TVM) operates the only nationwide TV

service, although it only claims to reach a potential audience of five million
people – less than a quarter of the country’s population.
TVM broadcasts on two channels from Maputo.
It also has provincial studios in Beira, Nampula, Lichinga, Quelimane and

Pemba.
Each of these regional TV centres broadcasts up to five hours per day of local
programming.
Three independent stations, Televisão Independente de Moçambique (TIM),

STV and Miramar, offer partial coverage of the interior through relay transmitters
in provincial capitals.
Besides operating a network of local radio stations, the ICS also runs 20 local TV
stations in the interior.
All except one are linked to an ICS community radio station in the same location.
The small town TV stations mainly relay national programming from TVM.
However, some also broadcast local news and a limited number of locally
produced educational programmes on issues such as water provision and health.
The Portuguese international channel RTP Africa is popular amongst TV owners

with a satellite dish and subscribers to the cable TV networks in Maputo and
Beira.
RTP Africa has its own studio in Maputo and is much followed for its coverage of
sporting events in Angola and Mozambique as well as Portugal.
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Several daily and weekly newsapers are published in Maputo in Portuguese.
The most widely read newspaper is the government daily Noticias,
It claims to print 40,000 copies per day in Maputo and is distributed nationwide.
However, some independent estimates put its daily sale as low as 15,000.
Noticias is increasingly challenged by O País, Mozambique’s only independent

daily newspaper. It claims to print 30,000 copies daily from Monday to Friday.
The only provincial daily newspaper is Diário de Moçambique, which is

published in Beira. It was formerly 100% state-owned, but a majority of its shares
have been sold to private investors.
Before the government liberalised ownership of the media in 1991, Noticias and
Diairio de Moçambique were Mozambique’s only daily newspapers.
Newspapers are seldom available outside the main towns and few people can
afford to buy them regularly.
The first private publication to appear in Mozambique was Mediafax in 1992.
This influential daily was distributed to paying subscribers by fax.It did not print
copies for sale in the street
This necessarily limited the readership of Mediafax to an affluent minority with

access to a landline and a fax machine.
However, this electronic newspaper, owned by a cooperative of journalists, was

widely read by decision makers. It soon became respected for its independent
reporting.
Following the arrival of the internet in Mozambique, Mediafax switched to

distribution by email. In early 2012, it had 3,100 paying subscribers, but was
undoubtedly read by a much greater number of people.
The founders of Mediafax went on to set up the respected weekly newspaper

Savana. This claims a print run of 15,000, but some independent analysts reckon
that actual sales are more like 5,000 copies per week.
Mediafax and Savana still produce some of the best news reporting in
Mozambique.
In recent years, the independent weekly paper Canal de Moçambique and its
online sister publication Canalmoz have acquired an equally good reputation.
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Another notable publication is the free weekly newspaper @Verdade.
This is widely read in the suburbs in the capital, where few people can afford to
buy a newspaper. @Verdade has acquired a large following for its reporting on
service delivery issues.
There are several other privately owned weekly newspapers.
There are also several electronic news services, set up in imitation of Mediafax.
These distribute information daily or weekly by fax and email.
Some of the daily email newsletters are linked to weekly newspapers, printed in
Maputo.
Others are standalone online publications.
Some are based in the interior and mainly cover local news. Many of the latter
are very critical of the government.
Mozambique has a high turnover of private newspapers.
They are cheap and easy to start, but harder and more expensive to maintain.
Advertising is hard to come by.
Tthese publications are often unreliable and their staff is contsntaly changing.
Journalists jump a lot from one publication to another or quit the media altogether
to find work with NGOs or UN agencies, which pay better.
This brain drain leaves only the most dedicated journalists in the newsroom,
along with inexperienced juniors and a rump of less skilled or poorly motivated
journalists who find it more difficult to move on.
Many of the private newspapers published in Maputo, are printed in Nelspruit,

200 km away, across the border in South Africa.
Very few people in Mozambique have access to the internet, but usage is
growing fast from a low base.
According to the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), only 4.2% of

Mozambicans used the internet in 2010.
The internet reference website www.internetworldstats.com estimated that there

were 975,000 internet users in Mozambique at the end of 2011.
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In 2002, the government launched a pilot project with UNESCO, Eduardo

Mondlane University in Maputo and international donors to set up community
multimedia centres (Centros Multimédia Comunitários) in selected rural areas.
A national programme to establish these centres throughout the country got

under way in 2009 and by 2012 more than 20 were in existence.
Local communities can access internet fax, copying machines and other
communication services at these centres for a symbolic fee.
Most of the community media centres are based in the south of the country and
are co-located with an ICS-run community radio station.
The limits to press freedom
Mozambique ranked 66 out of 179 countries listed in the Reporters Sans

Frontieres (RSF) 2011-12 World Press Freedom Index.
This was an improvement of over 30 places from 98th position in 2010.
However, Mozambique still sits well below the 45th position which it reached in
2006. That was the year in which Nyimpine Chissano, the son of former
president Joaquim Chissano, was charged with instigating the murder of
investigative journalist Carlos Cardoso.
Press freedom was slow to develop in Mozambique.
The media was part of the state apparatus for the first 16 years after
independence when Mozambique was a socialist one party state.
During this period, journalists were expected to disseminate government

messages to the general population and put a positive spin on all stories about
the government and ruling party.
A new constitution in 1990 introduced multi-party democracy and guaranteed

freedom of expression.
It paved the way for a 1991 press law that for the first time allowed private
ownership of the media.
During the 1990s, several privately owned newspapers appeared that were very
critical of the government.
They provided an independent voice holding the government to account at a time

when the former rebel group Renamo was still finding its feet as a parliamentary
opposition party after the 1992 peace accord.
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However, private newspapers and radio stations have become less strident and
outspoken in their criticism of government.
Although the 1991 press law liberalized ownership of the media, it forbade the
publication of defamatory reports about the president or any other foreign head of
state visiting Mozambique, even such reports were true.
The government does not openly censor media outlets, but it often uses other
more subtle ways to limit criticism.
One of these is to withdraw public sector advertising from publications whose

message it does not agree with.
Conversely, the government often “rewards” publications which support the

official line with abundant advertising.
Journalists are frequently invited to accompany senior government officials on

trips to the interior and on overseas missions.
The government pays for the journalists’ travel costs, accommodation and food
during these trips. It also provides them with a per diem that is sometimes more
than their meagre monthly salary.
Very few reporters who benefit from such largesse publish reports that are critical
of their benefactors.
Aid agencies also frequently pay journalists to cover their activities, a move that
likewise tends to guarantee favourable coverage.
Prominent businessmen have been known to pay bribe reporters in order to

ensure that they appear in a good light.
Publications which do publish unfavourable reports about powerful people may

face court charges of defamation or worse.
The weekly newspaper Zambeze was charged with threatening state security in
2008 when it questioned the Mozambican nationality of the then-Prime Minister
Luisa Diogo.
In the same year, the online newsletter Faisca, based in the northern town of
Lichinga, had to sell its equipment to pay damages after losing a libel suit
brought against it by a provincial government official.
Plaintiffs in defamation cases often claim exorbitant amounts damages that are
deliberately meant to cripple the offending publication.
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Media freedom becomes more tenuous the further north you go from Maputo and
the deeper you go into rural areas.
Away from the big cities, local officials frequently threaten and intimidate
reporters.
The governor of Tete province sent death threats to a local correspondent of the
government newspaper Noticias in 2009 because he was angry about his
reporting.
Questioning the actions of the authorities is often regarded as unpatriotic.
In 2000 journalist Carlos Cardoso was gunned down outside his offices in
Maputo after he exposed massive corruption during the 1996 privatisation of the
state-run bank Banco Comercial de Moçambique (BCM) in his electronic
newspaper Metical.
One of the men convicted of Cardoso’s murder subsequently said he had been
paid to kill the journalist by Nyimpine Chissano, the son of Mozambique’s
president at the time.
The US-based Committee for the Protection of Journalists (CPJ) found that,
following this incident, journalists became much more cautious about reporting
on sensitive issues.
The media often criticizes poor service delivery by the government. However, it
generally avoids hot topics like high-level corruption and drug trafficking.
The weekly newspapers Savana and Canal de Moçambique are notable

exceptions to this general rule. Both regularly expose high-level corruption.
In January and February 2011 Savana revealed that the President of the
Constitutional Council had used state funds to pay for private expenses.
The official subsequently resigned.
The government, UN agencies and NGOs use community radio stations

extensively to distribute messages to the general population during natural
disasters.
The South African-based NGO Community Media for Development produces

educational radio dramas about topics such as landmines, flood preparedness
and human trafficking in Portuguese, Changana and Sena.
The rural population does not use mobile phones very much, partly because of
poor network coverage.
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However, SMS messages were used to mobilise protestors in Maputo during the
food price riots of September 2010, in which 14 people were killed.
Text messages were sent from one person to another, encouraging people to
take to the streets to protest after the price of bread was suddenly increased.
The government responded by broadcasting patriotic text messages to prepaid

subscribers of the state-owned mobile network Mcel.
When this failed to stop the protests, the government blocked all pre-paid
customers of Mozambique’s mobile phone networks from sending or receiving
text messages.
This blockage lasted for five days.
Post-paid customers – who were more affluent and who could be easily traced
because their names and addresses were lodged with the operator – were
exempted from this temporary ban.
Shortly after the riots, the authorities imposed new rules, obliging all pre-paid
customers register their SIM cards under their name and address.
In June 2012 INCM employees were once again watching SMS traffic closely as
a fresh wave of incendiary text messages encouraged people to take to the
streets to protest against the government. Nothing came of the calls.
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Media Groups
Mozambique’s media remain dominated at a national level by the state-run
broadcasters Rádio Moçambique and Televisão de Moçambique (TVM).
These are the only broadcasters with truly national coverage.
The only large privately owned multi-media group in Mozambique is the

Sociedade Independente de Comunicacões (SOICO).
This runs a TV station, a radio station, Mozambique’s largest independent daily

newspaper and a monthly magazine.
Three other media groups owned by Christian evangelical churches also provide
radio and TV coverage of Maputo and selected cities in the interior.
Miramar, a subsidiary of Brazil’s Record television network, operates a TV

station in Maputo, called TV Miramar. This has relay transmitters in all the
provincial capitals except Pemba.
Miramar also operates FM radio stations in Maputo, Beira and Nampula,

Mozambique’s three biggest cities, under the Radio Miramar brand.
Each of these radio stations provides separate programming for most of the day,
but all of them link up with TV Miramar to relay its daily midday phone-in
programme Balanco Geral.
Miramar’s Brazilian parent group is owned by a powerful Brazilian protestant

evangelical organisation, the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (Igreja
Universal do Reino de Deus - IURD).
Its TV and radio stations broadcast a good deal of Christian religious

programming, alongside news and entertainment.
Another Brazilian protestant evangelical organisation, the Universal Church of

the Power of God (Igreja Universal do Poder de Deus) owns the Maputo-based
radio and TV stations KTV and KFM.
This church was created as a splinter group from the IURD, which owns the
Miramar broadcasting group in Mozambique.
KTV and KFM both broadcast entertainment, music and news programmes.
Church services and sermons are broadcast late at night.
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Igreja Maná, a Portuguese evangelical Christian organization, runs the radio

station Viva FM and the television station, TV Maná.
Both carry a mixture of news, music and evangelical content.
They broadcast from studios and transmitters in Maputo and Nampula.
SOICO www.soico.co.mz
SOICO started life as a marketing company. It ventured into media with the
launch of a commercial radio station SFM 96.4 in the late 1990s.
This commercial FM station in Maputo plays pop music interspersed with news
bulletins.
SOICO expanded into television with the launch of STV in 2002.
By early 2012, STV was broadcasting news, current affairs and entertainment
programmes 24 hours per day to the provincial cities of Beira and Nampula as
well as Maputo.
SOICO acquired the weekly newspaper O País in 2005 and turned it into
Mozambique’s only independent daily.
O País is published five days a week and claims to print 30,000 copies per day.
Most of these are sold on the streets of the capital, but some are distributed by
air to cities in the intererior.
The newspaper also publishes news online through its website www.oPaís.co.mz
In addition, SOICO owns the monthly magazine Fama, which covers show
business, entertainment, celebrities and popular culture.
SFM 96.4 is now managed independently by a separate company.
A team of about 20 journalists provide news for SOICO’s other media outlets.
The group has provincial offices and journalists in Beira and Nampula. However,
STV only has TV studios in Maputo. Tapes of all film shot in the interior have to
be flown to the capital for broadcasting.
Correspondents provide news coverage for STV and O País from other cities in
the interior.
STV and and O País both provide insightful coverage of business and economic
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issues in Mozambique.
Occasionally the also provide good analysis of current affairs.
In 2010, the Portuguese company Ongoing Media acquired a minority stake in

SOICO. The Portuguese group also has media investments in Angola and Brazil.
Chief Executive – Daniel David

Mob: +258 82 301 7620
Tel: +258 21 315 117
+258 21 315 118
Fax: +258 21 201 865
Group Information Director - Jeremias Langa

Mob: +258 84 300 47 57
Group News Editor - José Belmiro

Mobl: +258 82 528 9053
Email: José[email protected]
Group News Editor - Francisco Mandlate

Mob: +258 82 398 5426
Address: SOICO, Rua Timor Leste 108, Maputo
Nampula Delegate - Nelson Belarmino

Mob: +258 82 396 1429
Beira Delegate - Francisco Raiva

Mob: +258 82 386 5480
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Radio overview
Radio is the widest reaching and most influential source of news and information
in Mozambique.
Rural audiences depend heavily on the 10 regional stations of state-run Rádio

Moçambique and the country’s network of around 80 community radio stations.
stations.
Between them, they cover nearly all the country on FM and Medium Wave
Rádio Moçambique and the community stations broadcast extensively in more

than 20 African languages as well as Portuguese.
Together they constitute a vital source of news and broadcast entertainment for
the 60% of Mozambicans who do not speak the country’s official language.
Rádio Moçambique and the community radio stations are also an important
source of information for the 44% of Mozambicans who cannot read and write.
Rádio Moçambique is the dominant provider of national news. It has a good

reputation for straightforward reporting despite the fact that it is government
owned.
The 2009 Synovate/Steadman Media Diary Survey of Mozambique found that

68% of respondents had listened to Rádio Moçambique in the previous week.
However, respondents in the provinces said they preferred broadcast content

that catered to their local needs.
The community stations provide local news for remote areas of the interior that
have little do with life in the distant capital.
These local stations are widely used by aid agencies to distribute information
during flood emergencies.
A group of 38 local radio stations are controlled by the state-run Social

Communications Institute (Instituto de Comunicação Social) (ICS).
They are officially described as community radio stations, but in reality they are
really government-controlled local radio stations.
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The ICS stations relay national news programmes from Rádio Moçambique three
times a day, including the two-hour breakfast show Jornal de Manha from 06.00
to 08.00.
At other times of day they transmit local programming. This is determined by a

comimttee chaired by the government’s district administrator.
The ICS stations broadcast in Portuguese and up to two local languages.
Twenty of them are run in conjunction with a community TV station. Very few of
these community TV stations generate local programming. Most simply relay
state television.
There are also more than 40 independently owned community radio stations in
Mozambique.
Nearly all of them belong to an alternative grouping, the National Forum of

Community Radios (Forum Nacional das Radios Comunitarias) (FORCOM)
http://forcom.iuscontaeservicos.com
This NGO, founded in 2004, serves as a networking organisation for independent

community radio stations and as a lobbying organisation which represents their
interests.
It also provides training, technical support and assistance with fund raising for its
members.
Most of the FORCOM stations are owned by local NGOs and church-based
organisations.
The first community radio stations in Mozambique were established in 2002.
Many were set up with support from UNESCO and the Danish NGO Ibis.
The following list shows the local languages used by radio stations in
Mozambique’s 10 provinces:
Cabo Delgado Makhuwa, Mwani, Makonde and Swahili

Gaza Changana and Copi
Inhambane Tonga, Tshwa and Ndau
Manica Manyika, Tewe, Barwe and Ndau
Maputo Changana and Rhonga
Nampula Makhuwa
Niassa Makhuwa, Yao and Cicewa
Sofala Ndau and Sena
Tete Nyanja, Nyungwe and Sena
Zambézia Chuwabu, Lomwe, Lolo, Sena and Cicewa
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City-based commercial radio stations mostly play music, interspersed with

discussion programmes on topics of current interest.
Two radio stations in Maputo are directly connected to Mozambique’s two main
political parties through their respective war veterans associations. This colours
their news agenda.
Radio Indico is linked to the ruling Frelimo party, whereas Radio Terra is
affiliated with the Renamo opposition movement.
Five radio stations based in Maputo are owned by religious organisations. They
all include a strong element of religious content in their programming. They are:
• Radio Maria (Roman Catholic Church)

• Radio Capital (Protestant evangelical)
• Radio Miramar (Protestant evangelical)
• KFM ((Protestant evangelical)
• A Voz do Islam (Islamic Council of Mozambique)
Private radio stations struggle to survive on commercial revenues alone.
Advertising and commercial programme sponsorship seldom provide sufficient

income to break even and many stations face major technical problems.
Many radio stations rely heavily on income generated from broadcasting

sponsored programming and public service announcements on behalf of aid
agencies.
Radio stations that are church or mosque-sponsored are often subsidised by

their owners.
The most popular foreign radio station in Mozambique is Portugal’s RDP Africa.
It broadcasts on FM in Maputo, Beira, Nampula and Quelimane.
The Voice of America Portuguese Service also commands a large following.
VOA broadcasts to Mozambique on Short Wave and its Portuguese language

programmes are relayed on FM by Top Radio in Maputo.
Radio France Internationale (RFI) broadcasts in Portuguese and French on

FM in the capital.
The BBC World Service shut down its Portuguese for Africa service in 2011. It
is now only available in English on FM in Maputo and six other cities in the
interior.
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State radio
Rádio Moçambique www.rm.co.mz
Rádio Moçambique is the national state radio network.
It is the only radio network that reaches the entire country. It is also the main
source of national news for all Mozambicans.
Rádio Moçambique’s flagship service Antena Nacional broadcasts nationwide in

Portuguese on Medium Wave and FM.
The state radio network also runs 10 regional radio stations in the provincial
capitals. These broadcast in a mixture of Portuguese and 19 African languages.
One station in Maputo also broadcasts exclusively in English.
Its main news programmes are relayed three times per day by a network of 38
local radio stations managed by the state run Social Communications Institute
(Instituto de Comunicação Social – ICS).
With more than 800 employees – including nearly 340 journalists – Rádio
Moçambique is the largest media organisation in the country.
Its nationwide network of journalists provides better coverage of news from the
interior than any other media organisation.
The 2009 Synovate/Steadman Media Diary Survey found that 68% of

respondents had listened to Rádio Moçambique in the past week.
The survey showed that Rádio Moçambique was particularly popular in the
northern provinces of Tete, Niassa and Cabo Delgado.
These are traditional strongholds of the ruling Frelimo party, but they are also
provinces where there are few listening alternatives.
The survey showed Rádio Moçambique had a weaker following in Nampula

province, a northern stronghold of the opposition party Renamo and home to
Mozambique’s third largest city.
Rádio Moçambique was created at independence in 1975 from an amalgamation

of nationalised radio stations. It was transformed into a public company in 1994.
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It remains 100% state owned and its management is appointed by the

government.
International studies by the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA), the

European Union and the Carter Centre, among others, have consistently found
that Rádio Moçambique's news coverage is more objective than that of the state
television network Televisão de Moçambique (TVM).
However, Rádio Moçambique is still some way from being an independent public
service broadcaster.
Its news agenda closely follows that of the government agenda. News bulletins
typically lead with the president’s latest official activities.
The radio often interviews ministers about issues concerning their portfolios.
Opposition politicians and other critics of the government are rarely heard on air.
Rádio Moçambique’s geographical reach has shrunk in recent years because

many of its FM and Medium Wave transmitters are old and less powerful than
they once were.
There is a lack of money to replace them. The last major drive to install new
equipment ended in 2003.
According to Rádio Moçambique’s website, the network’s radio stations could be

heard in 26% of the country on FM and 94% of the country on Medium Wave in
late 2011.
The flagship service Antena Nacional carries a wide range of news, current
affairs, music and entertainment programming aimed at all sectors of the
population.
The main news programmes are broadcast at 06.00, 12.30 and 19.30
Antena Nacional is broadcast from a transmitter in Matola, an industrial city

adjacent to Maputo. It is relayed on FM by transmitters in the 10 provincial
capitals and another in the northern port city of Nacala.
Rádio Moçambique operates regional radio stations in the following cities:
Beira
Chimoio
Inhambane
Lichinga
Maputo
Nampula
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Pemba
Quelimane
Tete
Xai-Xai
These opt out of the national network for most of the day to broadcast locally
produced programming on FM and Medium Wave.
All the provincial stations link up with Antena Nacional from 06:00 to 08:00 for its
main morning news and current affairs programme Jornal da Manhã. They also
broadcast its national news bulletins throughout the day.
In addition to its regional stations, Rádio Moçambique operates four specialist

radio stations in Maputo and Beira.
Radio Cidade Maputo and Radio Cidade Beira are both city-based FM music
and entertainment stations aimed at youth audiences in Mozambique’s two
largest cities.
RM Desporto is a sports radio station based in the capital. It can also be heard
in Inhambane, Beira and Nampula.
Radio Maputo Corridor is an English language FM station aimed at

Anglophones living in Maputo and along the road and rail routes to the border
with South Africa, 90 km away. It relays a lot of programming from the BBC
World Service. It also broadcasts English lessons for Mozambicans wishing to
learn the language.
Separate profiles of all the Rádio Moçambique local stations are given below.
Director of Information - Antonio Bernardo Cuna

Tel: +258 21 43 16 87
+258 21 43 16 88
Fax: +258 21 42 98 26
+258 21 32 18 16
Newsroom
Tel: +258 21 42 99 08 (Newsroom)
Email: [email protected] (central news desk)
Information Department
Tel: +258 21 42 99 08
Fax: +258 21 42 12 21
Email: informaçã[email protected]
Department of Programmes
Tel/Fax: +258 21 42 99 05
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Address: Rádio Moçambique, Rua da Rádio 2, Maputo 2000
RM Cabo Delgado
RM Cabo Delgado is a regional station of state-run Rádio Moçambique based in

the northern port city of Pemba. It serves the northern province of Cabo Delgado.
The station broadcasts on FM and Medium Wave in Makhuwa, Makonde,

Mwani, Swahili and Portuguese to a provincial population of around two million
people
RM Cabo Delgado transmits on 90.4 FM and 1224 Khz in the AM or Medium

Wave band.
Language Broadcast Hours per % of speakers % of hours

times day in province broadcast
Makonde 05.00 – 06.00 2 hours 20% 11%
08.00 - 09.00
Mwani 09.00 – 11.00 2 hours 6% 11%
Portuguese 06.00 – 08.00 10 hours 3% 53%
11.00 – 14.00
19.00 – 00.00
Makhuwa 14.00 – 18.00 4 hours 67% 21%
Swahili 18.00 – 19.00 1 hour 1% 5%
Provincial Representative - Fernando Canana

Mob: +258 82 326 0050
Tel: +258 27 22 12 13
Broadcast Director - Mário Aleixo Timbanga

Mob: +258 82 026 5430
RM Niassa
RM Cabo Delgado is is a regional station of state-run Rádio Moçambique based

in the northern city of Lichinga. It serves the northern province of Niassa.
The station broadcasts on FM and Medium Wave in Makhuwa, Yao, Nyanja and
Portuguese to a provincial population of around 1.5 million people
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RM Niassa transmits from Lichinga on 101.7 FM and on 1260 Khz in the AM or

Medium Wave band and from a relay station at Madjedje, near Cuamba in the
south of the province, on 92.8 FM.
Language Broadcast time Hours per % of speakers % of hours

day in province broadcast
Makhuwa 05.00 – 06.00 3 hours 26%
17.00 – 19.00
Yao 06.00 – 12.00 6 hours 21%
Portugue 12.00 – 14.00 9 hours 47%
se 19.00 – 00.00
Nyanja 14h00 – 17h00 3 hours 8.4% 16%
Provincial Representative: Joséfa Macadona

Tel: +258 27 12 02 25
Broadcast Director: Carlos Andrigo

Mob: +258 82 919 9037
RM Nampula
RM Nampula is a regional station of state-run Rádio Moçambique based in the

Nampula, the third largest city in Mozambique.
It broadcasts on FM and Medium Wave in Makhuwa and Portuguese to a

provincial population of around 4.5 million people
The station transmits from Nampula on 95.1 FM , 105.5 FM and 765 Khz in the
AM or Medium Wave band. It also has relay stations in Nacala (90.3FM),
Carrupeia (87.6 FM) and Malema (87.6 FM), (91.9 FM, 90.3 FM and 88.3 FM).

time day in province broadcast
Makhuwa 05h00 – 06.00 7 hours 87% 37%
08.00 - 09.00
14.00 – 19h00
Portuguese 06.00 - 08.00 12 hours 9% 63%
09.00 – 14.00
19.00 – 00.00
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Provincial Representative: João Matola

Mob: +258 82 306 5560
Tel: +258 26 21 31 71
Broadcast Director: Pedro Fernandes

Mob: +258 82 439 2500
RM Zambézia
RM Zambézia is is a regional station of state-run Rádio Moçambique based in

Quelimane, capital of the central province of Zambézia.
It broadcasts on FM and Medium Wave in Lomwe, Chuwabu, and Portuguese.

to a provincial population of around 4.5 million people
The station transmits on 97.8 FM and 1179 Khz in the AM or Medium Wave band
and has FM relay stations in Caia and Dondo.
Language Broadcast Hours per % of % of hours

time day speakers in broadcast
province
Lomwe 05.00 – 08.00 5 hours – 39% 26%
0.800 – 09.00
16.00 – 19.00
Chuwabu 09.00 – 12.00 5 hours 31% 26%
14.00 – 16.00
12.00 – 14.00
19.00 – 00.00
Provincial Representative - Santana Abílio

Mob: +258 82 547 9066
Tel: +258 24 21 30 24
Broadcast Director - Elsa Germano

Mob: +258 82 031 9580
RM Tete
RM Tete is is a regional station of state-run Rádio Moçambique based in the

Northwestern city of Tete in Mozambique’s coal mining region.
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It broadcasts on FM and Medium Wave in Nyanja, Nyungwe, Sena and

Portuguese to a provincial population of around 3.5 million people
The station transmits from Tete on 90.7 FM and 87.8 FM and 963 Khz in the AM
or Medium Wave band. It has a relay station in Calowera (100.7 FM).
Language Broadcast Hours % of speakers in % of hours

time per day province broadcast
Nyanja 05.00 – 06.00 5 hours 26%
08.00 – 09.00
14.00 – 17.00
Nyungwe 09.00 – 12.00 5 hours 26%
17.00 – 19.00
Portuguese 06.00 – 08.00 9 hours 47%
12.00 – 14.00
19.00 – 00.00
Sena Only news highlights
Provincial Representative- Angela de Sousa

Mob: +258 82 592 2630
Tel: +258 25 22 31 74
Broadcast Director- César Tomás

Mob: +258 82 427 4820
+258 84 209 7876
RM Manica
RM Manica is is a regional station of state-run Rádio Moçambique based in

Chimoio, the capital of the central province of Manica.
It broadcasts on FM and Medium Wave in Tewe, Manyika, Barwe and

Portuguese to a provincial population of around two million people
The station transmits on 102.5 FM and 1026 Khz in the AM or Medium Wave
band.
Language Broadcast time Hours per % of speakers % of hours

day in province broadcast
Tewe 05.00 – 06.00 4hours 23% 26%
08.00 - 09.00
14.00 – 16.00
Manyika 09.00 – 12.00 3 hours 12% 16%
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Barwe 16.00 – 19.00 3 hours 9% 16%

12.00 – 14.00
19.00 – 00.00
Provincial Representative: Américo Viana

Mob: +258 82 438 3620
Tel: +258 25 12 25 63
Broadcast Director: Zainadine Omar

Mob: +258 82 599 7030
email: [email protected]
RM Sofala
RM Sofala is is a regional station of state-run Rádio Moçambique based in Beira,

Mozambique’s second largest city and capital of the central province of Sofala.
It broadcasts on FM and Medium Wave in Sena, Ndau and Portuguese to a

provincial population of around two million people
The station transmits from Beira on 96.5 FM, 97.6 FM, 105.2 FM and 873 Khz in
the AM or Medium Wave band. It has relay stations in Caia (98.6 FM) and
Dondo (88.5FM, 94.8 FM).

Sena 05.00 – 06.00 5 hours 49% 26%
08.00 – 10.00
14.00 – 16.00
Ndau 10.00 – 12.00 5 hours 30% 26%
16.00 – 19.00
12.00 – 14.00
19.00 – 00.00
Provincial Representative - Sacur Latibo

Mob: +258 82 727 3530
Tel: +258 23 32 46 74
Broadcast Director -Hélder Samo

Mob: +258 82 587 5150
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RM Inhambane
RM Inhambane is a regional station of state-run Rádio Moçambique based in the

Southern coastal city of Inhambane. It serves the whole of Inhambane province
It broadcasts on FM and Medium Wave in Tshwa, Tonga, Copi and Portuguese

The station transmits from Inhambane on 101.6 FM and 1206 Khz and 873 Khz
in the AM or Medium Wave band.
It has FM relay stations in Massinga (89.9 FM), Maxixe (104.1 FM) and
Nhamposa (105.1 FM).

Tshwa 05.00 – 06.00 3 hours 55% 16%
08.00 – 08.00
17.00 – 19.00
Tonga 08.00 – 12.00 4 hours 23% 21%
Copi 14.00 – 17.00 3 hours 10% 16%
19.00 – 00.00
Provincial Representative - Jeremias Angelo

Mob: +258 82 522 1241
Tel: +258 29 32 04 56
Broadcast Director - Etelvino de Aguiar

Mob: +258 82 928 1780
RM Gaza
RM Gaza is is a regional station of state-run Rádio Moçambique based in the

coastal town of Xai-Xai, the capital of Gaza province.
It broadcasts on FM and Medium Wave in Changana, Copi and Portuguese

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The station transmits from Xai-Xai on 90.9 FM and 810 Khz in the AM or
Medium Wave band. It also has FM relay stations in Chicualala (87.8 FM),
Chokwe (96.7 FM), Massingir (101.7 FM), and Xicumbane (87.8 FM).
Language Broadcast Hours per % of speakers in % of hours

time day province broadcast
Changana 05.00 – 06.00 4 hours 87% 21%
08.00 - 10.00
17.00 – 19.00
Copi 10.00 – 12.00 5 hours 6% 26%
14.00 – 17.00
12.00 – 14.00
19.00 – 00.00
Provincial Representative- Fátima Cossa

Mob: +258 82 391 3030
Tel: +258 28 22 68 34
Broadcast Director - Horácio Dengo

Mob: +258 82 474 7400
RM Provincia de Maputo
This is a regional station of state-run Rádio Moçambique broadcasts from the

capital to the surrounding province of Maputo.
It broadcasts on FM and Medium Wave in Changana, Rhonga and Portuguese

to a population of around 1.5 million people in the rural area around Maputo city.
The station transmits from Maputo on 102.3 FM and 738 Khz and 1008 Khz in
the AM or Medium Wave band.
Language Broadcast Hours % of speakers % of hours

time per day in province broadcast
Rhonga 05.00 – 06.00 8 hours 14% 42%
08.00 - 09.00
12.00 – 16.00
09.00 – 12.00
Changana 16.00 – 00.00 8 hours 46% 42%
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Provincial Representative - Angelo Chipanga

Mob: +258 82 861 1370
Tel: +258 21 31 15 40
Broadcast Director- David Miambo

Mob: +258 82 653 6580
Radio Cidade Maputo
Radio Cidade Maputo broadcasts in Portuguese on 97.9 FM to a youth

audience in the capital and the adjacent industrial city of Matola.
It carries popular music and programming about youth and student issues.
These include education, job access, HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment, sport
and moral issues.
Radio Cidade Maputo is part of the Rádio Moçambique network. It is on air 24

hours per day and has a nightly offering of classical music.
Rádio Moçambique operates a similar youth station, Radio Cidade Beira in the
the city of Beira.
The 2009 Synovate/Stedman Media Diary Survey showed that the two Radio
Cidade stations were the second most popular stations in Maputo and Beira after
Rádio Moçambique, with an audience share of 25%.
Director: Rogério Guambe

Mob: +258 82 306 9613
+258 82 426 7060
Tel: +258 21 30 71 14
Rádio Cidade Beira
Radio Cidade Beira broadcasts in Portuguese on 105.2 FM to a youth audience

in Mozambique’s second city Beira.
It has a similar format of popular music and talk programmes about issues
relevant to young people as its sister station, Radio Cidade Maputo, in the
capital.
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Both stations form part of state-run Rádio Moçambique.
Radio Cidade Beira is on air for 18 hours per day during the week and 24 hours
per day at weekends.
The 2009 Synovate/Stedman Media Diary Survey, showed that the two Radio
Cidade stations were the second most popular stations in Maputo and Beira after
Rádio Moçambique, with an audience share of 25%.
Director: Reginaldo dos Santos

Mob: +258 82 578 9300
+258 84 478 9300
Tel: +258 23 32 44 11
RM Desporto www.radioMoçambique.com/rm/desporto
RM Desporto is Mozambique's only dedicated sport radio station.
This Rádio Moçambique subsidiary was started in 2003 to broadcast national

and international sports events on FM to fans in the country’s main cities.
RM Desporto sends correspondents to major international events such as the

football World Cup or the Olympic Games.
It also works closely with Radio Nacional de Angola and the Portuguese state
radio station RDP Africa to provide coverage of international sporting events.
Mozambicans are avid football fans and follow both local and European leagues.
The station is on air from 05.00 in the morning until midnight.
RM Desporto broadcasts from the capital on FM to Maputo on 93.1 FM, to

Maputo province from a relay station at Manhiça on 93.1 FM, to Beira on 99.2
FM, Nampula on 93.6 FM and Inhambane on 98.1 FM.
News Editor: Fernando Chilungvane

Mob: +258 82 427 7560
Tel: +258 21 32 79 02
Maputo Corridor Rádio

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This English-language station of the Rádio Moçambique network broadcasts

from Maputo on 105.9 FM.
It is aimed mainly at Anglophone residents in the capital and people travelling to

and from nearby South Africa by road and rail.
The station also targets Mozambicans wishing to improve their English. Its
regular programmes include short English lessons.
Maputo Corridor Radio can be heard in Maputo and along the road and rail
corridor that connects the capital to South Africa.
The station is on air daily from midday until 01.00.
It mixes local content with BBC World Service programmes, including the
evening news magazine programme Focus on Africa.
Maputo Corridor Radio also showcases Mozambican and African music.
It was launched in 1999.
Contact: José Tembe

Mob: +258 82 314 6190
+258 84 786 3227
Tel: +258 21 32 43 01
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Community radio stations
Rural Mozambique has about 80 local radio stations, officially described as

community radio stations.
Half are independently owned and managed.
The rest are state owned and their broadcast output is controlled by the
government.
All broadcast in one or two local languages as well as Portuguese. They are
extremely important for disseminating news and information to local
communities.
Mozambican community radio stations typically have a 500 watt transmitter,

giving them a range of up to 50 km.
The country’s community radio stations are divided into two main groups;
• Radio stations run by the government. These are administered by the

Institute of Social Communication (Instituto de Comunicação Social)
(ICS) and are directly controlled by the local government administrator. It
would be more accurate to describe them as local government stations,
but they are officially described as community stations.
• Independent radio stations owned by NGOs, local associations and

church-based organisations. These are affiliated to the National Forum for
Community Radios (Fórum Nacional das Rádios Comunitárias)
(FORCOM)
The first community radio stations in Mozambique were established in 2002.
Many were set up with support from UNESCO and the Danish NGO Ibis.
ICS community radio stations
Thirty eight community radio stations were operated by the government-run

Institute of Social Communication (Institituto da Comunicação Social) (ICS) in
early 2012.
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Their broadcast output is decided by local committees chaired by the district

administrator. This allows the government to strongly influence their
programming. They were exluded from FORCOM, the forum for independent
radios, because of this link with the state.
ICS stations relay the national news programmes of Rádio Moçambique three
times a day, at 06.00, 12.30 and 19.30. They broadcast their own locally
produced programming in between.
Twenty of the ICS stations are linked with a community television station.
However, most of the community TV stations do not provide any local
programming. They simply relay programming from the public broadcaster,
Televisão de Moçambique (TVM).
Some ICS stations are also linked to a government-sponsored Community

Multimedia Centre (Centro Multimedia Comunitario) which provides IT services
to the public.
Local people can access the internet at these centres or use a fax machine and
photocopying facilities for a nominal charge.
National ICS coordinator - Boaventura Massango

Mob: +258 82 413 9073
+258 84 703 1475
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List of ICS-managed community radio stations
Source: ICS
Province Name/Location TV Local languages Contact Telephone

1 Maputo RC de Moamb - Changana, Rhonga João Sambo +258 82 478 3210
2 Maputo RC de Inhaca - Changana, Rhonga Dinis +258 82 514 4570
3 Gaza Xai-Xai - Changana, Copi Teresa Zitha +258 82 224 0680
4 Gaza Mabalane - Changana Lazaro Uamusse +258 82 903 0555
5 Gaza Chibuto - Changana Fernando Mucatso +258 82 664 551
6 Inhambane RTV Vilankulo Y Tshwa Herminio +258 82 462 4670
7 Sofala RTV Marromeu Y Sena Mouzinho Carlos +258 82 954 2458
8 Manica RC de Sussundenga - Manyika, Tewe Matai +258 82 324 1384
9 Manica Mossurize - Manyika, Tewe Kele Zacarias +258 82 764 3454
10 Manica Tambara - - Bilema +258 82 437 5550
11 Tete RTVC de Mutarara Y Sena Aibo Papel +258 82 404 4952
12 Tete RTVC de Bawa Y Nyanja, Chicunda José Hilario +258 82 854 5214
13 Tete RTVC de Y Nyanja, Nyungwe - -
Ulongue/Angonia
14 Tete RTVC de Enkhanta Y Sena - -
15 Tete Changara - Sena - -
16 Zambézia RTVC de Y Chuwabu, Rosalina Januário +258 82 391 0500
Licungo/Mocuba Manhawa
17 Zambézia RTVC de Gurue Y Lomwe Celestino Conforme +258 82 545 3730
18 Zambézia RTVC de Alto- Y Lomwe Tomé Candieiro +258 82 801 8080
Molócué
19 Zambézia RC de Maganja da - Nharinga - -
Costa
20 Zambézia RTVC de Y Sena, Lolo José Tomo +258 82 517 0043
Morrumbala
21 Nampula RTVC de Namialo Y Makhuwa Carlitos Sabonete -
22 Nampula RC de Namapa - Makhuwa - -
23 Nampula RC de Nacala - Makhuwa Omar Mussá +258 82 601 8580
+258 82 906 9210
24 Nampula RTVC de Eráti Y Makhuwa Eugénio A. Pedro +258 82 385 8134
+258 84 563 0624
25 Nampula RC de Memba - Makhuwa Assuat +258 82 727 5778
26 Nampula RTVC de Ribaue Makhuwa Jackson Francisco +258 82 446 9040
27 Nampula RC de Mossuril - Makhuwa Judeu Rosário -
28 Niassa RTVC de Mandimba Y Nyanja, Yao António Avisado +258 82 472 0860
29 Niassa RTVC de Marrupa Y Nyanja, Yao - -
30 Niassa RC de Nipepe - Nyanja, Yao Juriassi Fitaube -
31 Niassa RC de Majune - Nyanja, Yao - -
32 Niassa RC de Sanga - Nyanja, Yao - -
33 Niassa RC de Mavango - Nyanja, Yao - -
34 C/Delgado RTVC de Chiure Y Makhuwa Lázaro Minrange -
35 C/Delgado RTVC de Mueda Y Makonde Tiago Afonso +258 82 728 4036
36 C/Delgado RTVC de MontePuez Y Makonde Fernado Geraldo +258 82 389 1467
37 C/Delgado RTVC de Nacedje Y Makonde Júlio -
38 C/Delgado RC de Girimba - Makonde - -
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FORCOM community radio stations
There are more than 40 community radio stations which are independently
owned. These have greater editorial freedom than the ICS stations.
Most are owned and operated by local associations, NGOs and church
organisations.
Nearly all of the independent community stations belong to the National Forum
for Community Radios (Fórum Nacional das Rádios Comunitárias)
(FORCOM) http://forcom.iuscontaeservicos.com
This NGO, founded in 2004, serves as a networking organisation for community

radio stations and acts as a lobbyist to promote their interests.
FORCOM also provides members stations with training, technical support and
assistance with fund raising.
In May 2012 FORCOM had 41 member radio stations.
FORCOM Executive Director - Benilde Nhalivilo

Mob: +258 82 552 0286
Email: [email protected] (NB: Ms Nhalivilo’s surname is spelled
differently in her email address)
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List of FORCOM community radio stations Source: FORCOM website
African languages
Station name Location/District Province broadcast
1. Radio Esperança Lichinga Niassa Yao , Nyanja

2. RC daCuamba Cuamba Niassa Yao , Nyanja
3. RC do Lago Metangula Niassa Yao , Nyanja
4. Mandimba Mandimba Niassa Yao , Nyanja
5. RC deN’gauma Massangulo Niassa Yao , Nyanja
6. RC Rurumwana Maua Niassa Yao , Nyanja
7. RC Luvila Muembe Niassa Yao , Nyanja
8. RCMira-Lago Mecanhelas Niassa Yao , Nyanja
9. Radio Sem Fronteiras Pemba Cabo Delgado Makonde
10. RC Sao Francisco de Nangololo Cabo Delgado Makonde
Assis
11. Radio Encontro Nampula Nampula Makhuwa
12. Radio Watana Nacala Nampula Makhuwa
13. RC On’hipite Iha de Moçambique Nampula Makhuwa
14. Radio Escola Femenina Nacala Nampula Makhuwa
15. RC de Parapato Angoche Nampula Makhuwa
16. RC Monapo Monapo Nampula Makhuwa
17. RC Luluti Luluti Nampula Makhuwa
18. RC Thumbine Milange Zambezia Cicewa , Marenge
19. Nova Rádio Paz Quelimane Zambazia Chuwabu
20. RC Planalto de Furangcungo Tete Tewe, Manyika, Nyungwe
Funrancungo
21. RC N’sanangwe Chitima Tete Tewe, Manyika, Nyungwe
22. Gesom Chimoio Manica Tewe, Manyika
23. Radio Macequece Macequece Manica Manyika
24. RC Catandica Barue Manica Tewe, Chicunda , Manyika
25. RC do Dondo Dondo Sofala Ndau, Sena
26. Rádio Pax Beira Sofala Ndau, Sena
27. RC doBúzi Búzi Sofala Ndau
28. RC de Nhamatanda Nhamatanda Sofala N/A
29. RC de Chemba Chemba Sofala N/A
30. RC de Gorongosa Gorongosa Sofala N/A
31. RC de Homoíne Homoíne Inhambane Tonga
32. RC Save Govuro Inhambane Tshwa, Botonga
33. RC Kusinga Massinga Inhambane Changana
34. RC Vembe Chokwe Gaza Changana
35. Xinavane Xinavane Maputo Changana
36. RC Komati Manhiça Maputo Changana
37. Rádio Maria Machava Maputo Changana, Tshwa
38. RC Cascatas Namaacha Maputo Changana
39. Rádio Muthyana Bairro Ferroviario, Maputo City Changana
40. RC Voz Coopoerativa Bairro de Bagamoyo, Maputo City Rhonga
41. RC de Caia Caia Sofala N/A
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Private radio stations
SFM (94.6 FM)
SFM is a popular commercial radio station in Maputo that belongs to

Mozambique’s largest private media group SOICO.
It plays Mozambican and international pop music, interspersed with news

bulletins.
The 2009 Synovate Stedman Media Diary Survey found SFM to the third most
popular radio station in Maputo after Rádio Moçambique and Radio Cidade
Maputo.
SFM’s management has been sub-contracted to a separate company.
As a result, the station does not share the news gathering resources of SOICO’s
other two main media outlets, the daily newspaper O País and the TV station
STV.
SOICO Chief Executive – Daniel David

Mob: +258 82 301 7620
Tel: +258 21 315 117
+258 21 315 118
Fax: +258 21 201 865
Group Information Director: Jeremias Langa

Mob: +258 84 300 47 57
Radio Miramar www.miramar.co.mz
The Brazilian-owned Record media group runs three FM radio stations and a TV
station in Mozambique under the brand name Miramar.
The Radio Miramar stations are based in the country’s three largest cities –
Maputo (101.4 FM), Beira (98.1 FM) and Nampula (98.4 FM).
They play music, interspersed with news bulletins, a variety of talk programmes
and religious programmes.
Their broadcasts are targeted at people over the age of 20.

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The main news programmes are at 06.00 and 11.00, but news flashes are
broadcast throughout the day.
Each Miramar FM station produces and broadcasts a lot of local programming,

but the three share some common content.
All three radio stations relay TV Miramar’s daily lunchtime phone-in programme
Balanço Geral (General Evaluation) which deals with topical current affairs
issues.
They also share some religious programming.
Record, Miramar’s Brazilian parent, is owned by a wealthy and influential

protestant evangelical church Igreja Universal do Reino de Deus (Universal
Church of the Kingdom of God).
The Radio Miramar station in Maputo opened in 1995. It can be heard within
100km of the capital.
The Beira and Nampula stations were established later. They only cover the
urban area of each city.
The 2009 Synovate/Stedman Media Diary Survey showed Radio Miramar to be

one of the most popular stations in areas where it can be heard, with an
audience share of 15%.
Information Director - Selma Marivate

Mobl: +258 82 304 2419
+258 82 302 6286
+258 82 130 6990
Marketing Director - Alexandre Mari

Mob: +258 82 280 5340
Address: Avenida Julius Nyerere 1555, Bairro Polana Cimento, Maputo

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Viva FM
This radio station is owned by Maná Igreja Cristã www.igrejamana.com, a

Portuguese-based protestant evangelical church.
It broadcasts in Portuguese and Changana in Maputo on 99.6 FM and in

Nampula on 90.8 FM
The station features news programming and family content the morning, music
for young people (mostly R&B) in the afternoon, and evangelical programming
the evening.
Viva FM broadcasts news flashes on the hour, based on information published

on the internet. The station does not have its own reporters to gather local news.
Maná Igreja Cristã also owns a TV station in Mozambique called TV Maná. This
also broadcasts in Maputo and Nampula.
Viva FM began broadcasting in 2002.
Director: Bruno Pedro

Mob: +258 84 837 2739
Address: Avenida Emilia Daússe 1735, Alto Maé, Maputo
Rádio Índico
Rádio Índico is a Portuguese-language station linked to the ruling Frelimo party

that targets a youth audience.
It is based in Maputo and broadcasts to the city on 105.5 FM.
Rádio Índico has relay transmitters in the following provincial capitals:
Inhambane (89.7 FM)

Quelimane (88.2 FM)
Beira (90.0 FM)
Xai-Xai (90.0 FM)
Chimoio (90.0 FM)
Tete (90.0 FM)
Nampula (90.0 FM)
Pemba (90.0 FM)
Lichinga (90.0 FM)
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The station is owned by the Liberation War Veterans’ Association (Associação

dos Combatentes da Luta de Libertação Nacional), which is linked to ruling party
Frelimo.
Rádio Índico was launched in 2007, with President Armando Guebuza attending
the opening ceremony.
Rádio Índico spends around 40% of its airtime on music, 40% on information and
20% on advertisements.
It broadcasts national and international news on the hour on weekdays, and at

13.00 and 19.00 on weekends.
Director: Celso Vasco

Mob: +258 82 351 7410
Tel: +258 21 49 60 45
+258 21 49 60 08
Rádio Maria FM www.radiomaria.org.mz / www.radiomaria.org
Rádio Maria FM is a Roman Catholic Church station that broadcasts to a large

swathe of southern Mozambique
Its studios are based in Matola, an industrial city adjacent to the capital Maputo.
The station broadcasts mainly in Portuguese. Other languages used include

Ronga, Changana, Tonga, Xitswa, Copi and Ndau.
The station broadcasts religious content along with music and programmes about
cultural and social issues.
Rádio Maria FM forms part of an international chain of Catholic stations called

The World Family of Radio Maria. This NGO was started in 1998 and has
branches in over 50 countries. It is independent from the Catholic Church, but
works closely with the institution.
Radio Maria began broadcasting in Mozambique in 1995. It has transmitters in:
Maputo (103.1 FM)

Chokwe (101.4 FM)
Xai Xai (102.0 FM)
Maxixe (102.0 FM)
Vilanculos (102.0 FM)
Nova Mambone (102.5 FM)
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Director – Father Alberto Buque Alberto

Mob: +258 82 409 6257
Tel: +258 21 75 05 05
+258 21 75 21 24
Fax: +258 21 75 21 24
Address: Rádio Maria FM, Rua da Igreja 156A, Machava Sede,

Matola
A Voz do Islam (The Voice of Islam)
A Voz do Islam is a Muslim radio station that broadcasts from Matola, an

industrial city just outside Maputo, on 96.3 FM
The station was launched in 2002 and was originally known as Radio Imane.
It is owned by Sheikh Mahamad Aminuddin, the president of the Islamic Council

of Mozambique.
The station claims to reach 200,000 people in Southern Mozambique.
In early 2012, it had plans to extend its transmissions to Quelimane, Nampula

and Pemba in the North.
A Voz do Islam broadcasts mainly in Portuguese, Arabic, Urdu and English.
It also has some programmes in local languages.
The station says its programming aims to “entertain, inform, instruct and
sensitise” the Muslim community about current affairs and promote the values of
Islam.
Director: Inusso Zacarias

Mob: +258 82 425 6180
+258 84 327 3021
+258 82 627 3020
Tel: +258 21 72 29 90
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99 FM/Rádio TGV www.99fm.co.mz
Rádio TGV, also known as 99FM, is a music and entertainment radio station
aimed mainly at a youth audience. It is based in Maputo.
The station broadcasts on 99.3 FM in the capital and has relay stations in the
following cities:
Beira (89.3 FM)

Nampula (97.3 FM)
Xai Xai (95.0 FM)
Inhambane (96.0 FM)
Tete (95.0 FM)
Pemba (99.5 FM)
The station is owned by businessman Nelson Camal.
Director: Dário Alcibes

Mob: +258 82 309 3170
+258 84 309 3170
Tel: +258 21 41 42 24
Rádio Savana
Radio Savana is a pop music radio station based in Maputo. It broadcasts in

Portuguese on 100.2 FM.
The radio station is a subsidiary of Mediacoop, the independent journalists’

cooperative which also publishes the online daily newspaper Mediafax and the
weekly news magazine Savana.
Radio Savana has been broadcasting on an experimental basis since 2009.
It was planning to launch news programmes and other talk programmes in 2012.
Administrator: Naita Ussene

Mob: +258 82 324 8310
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Top Rádio (104.2 FM)
Top Rádio is an independent music station that broadcasts in Portuguese on

104.2FM from Maputo.
It relays Portuguese language programmes of Voice of America (VOA).
The station carries information programmes on current events and sports from
midnight to 12.00 every day, and a youth programme on popular culture from
14.00 to1800.
It also plays Mozambican and international music.
Top Rádio relays VOA’sPortuguese language news programme for Lusophone

Africa from 19:30-20:00 and a daily one-hour VOA English lesson from Monday
to Friday.
It also carries a two-hour VOA health show, Vida sem Medo (Life without Fear),
on Saturday afternoons.
Top Rádio used to have a Chagana-language programme, but this was off air in
early 2012.
Station Manager - David Muianga

Mob: +258 84 203 0810
Tel: + 258 21 31 52 12
Rádio Terra
Rádio Terra is a radio station linked to the opposition party Renamo that
broadcasts from Maputo in Portuguese and Changana on 98.6 FM.
It first went on air in 1993, a year after the peace agreement that ended
Mozambique’s 16-year civil war. The station was known in its early days as
Rádio Terra Verde.
It belongs to the Association of Ex-combatants of the Fight for Democracy

(Associação dos Antigos Combatentes da Luta pela Democracia) (Acolde),
which is the war veterans association of Renamo.
Its broadcast content is frequently critical of the Frelimo-government.
Rádio Terra broadcasts general information on democracy and human rights and
programmes about HIV/AIDS.
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The station also features religious and entertainment programmes and

programmes for children.
News bulletins are broadcast daily at 12:00 and 15:00, with news summaries at
10:00, 15:00 and 16:00.
Director: Florentino Escova

Mob: +258 84 488 8810
+258 82 406 9940
Address: Rádio Terra, Unit 62, 5th floor, Avenida Eduardo Mondlane 2623,
Maputo
Rádio Capital
Rádio Capital is a Christian radio station broadcasting in Portuguese in Maputo

city on 90.7 FM.
It features programmes produced by the South African Christian evangelical

organisation Trans World Radio.
Coordinator: Nelson Pereira

Mob: +258 82 750 1132
+258 84 820 7544
Email: [email protected]/ [email protected]
Lifetime Music Radio (LM Radio) www.lmradio.co.mz
LM Radio is the only private English language radio station serving Maputo.
It broadcasts music and tourism information to the capital and the surrounding
region on 87.8 FM.
The station competes with Maputo Corridor Radio, an English language

subsidiary of Rádio Moçambique.
LM Radio began broadcasting in 2009. It aims to revive Lourenço Marques

Radio, the first LM Radio, which broadcast from Maputo from 1935 until it was
shut down at independence in 1975.
Maputo was called Lourenço Marques during the colonial era.
The new LM Radio broadcasts popular American, British and South African
music of the 1960s, 70s and 80s and Latin and Brazilian music.
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It also broadcasts information about tourism, music, arts and culture in and
around Mozambique.
In its own words, LM Radio follows a model of “More Music, less talk and no
news”.
Local and international headlines are broadcast twice a day, once during the
morning breakfast show, and once in the afternoon drive time show. News is
provided by local news aggregator Club of Mozambique (see online news
section).
LM Radio claims to reach an audience of up to 100,000 listeners, primarily

English speakers in Maputo and neighbouring city Matola, many of whom are
South African. It can be heard within 80 km radius of the capital
The station also has a loyal following amongst older South Africans within South
Africa, who remember it as the only station that played banned pop music during
apartheid times.
Two-hour segments of its programming are broadcast daily on Medium Wave by

relay stations in Maseru, the capital of Lesotho, and Johannesburg.
In early 2012 LM Radio was applying for a full broadcast license in South Africa.
The station is owned by Mozambique Radio Holdings.
Director: Chris Turner

Mob: +258 84 768 5112/ +27 76 372 1847
Address: LM Radio, T&W Mozambique Lda, Shop 6, Hotel Cardoso, Avenida

Mártires de Mueda, Maputo
Rádio Quelimane
Rádio Quelimane is a community radio station run by a local association in

Quelimane, the capital of Zambezia province, but is classified a commercial
station by authorities.
It broadcasts from Quelimane, the capital of Zambezia province, on 94.5 FM.
The station started operations in 2009. It does not appear to be a member of

either Forcom or the ICS.
Rádio Quelimane broadcasts in Portuguese and Chuwabu.

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It targets women and the youth with popular music, programmes on health,
entrepreneurship, culture and sport.
News bulletins are broadcast on the hour from Monday to Saturday.
Director: Antonio Zumbira

Mob: +258 82 929 3690
Tel: +258 24217540
Coorindator - Jocas Achar

Mob: +258 82 449 2020
Address: Radio Quelimane, Avenida Julius Nyerere 1033, Bairro Sinacura,

Quelimane
Rádio SiRT 104.3 FM
Rádio SiRT is a commercial station based in the Northwestern town of Tete.
It covers a large part of Tete province and parts of adjacent Manica.
Rádio SiRT broadcasts local music and information as well as religious content
from Brazilian Igreja Universal do Reino de Deus (Universal Church of the
Kingdom of God) which owns the Miramar broadcasting group in Mozambique.
The station also relays programmes from Germany’s Radio Deutsche Welle and
Portugal’s RDP África.
Local news bulletins are broadcast at 12.00 and 19.00 Monday to Friday.
It receives technical assistance from Radio Capital FM in nearby Malawi.
Radio SiRT began broadcasting in 2001. It was set up by Virgílio Ferrão, who
was the governor of Tete province at the time. He continues to own and manage
the station.
SiRT also runs a local TV station in Tete which rebroadcasts programming from
the Portuguese international station RTP Africa.
The acronym SiRT stands for Sistema Independente de Radio e Televisão

(Indpendent Radio and Television Company).
President - Virgílio Ferrão

Mob: +258 82 321 8540
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Director - José Francisco

Mob: +258 82 599 8240
Tel/Fax: +258 25 22 34 60
News Editor - Sarmento Macuacua

Mob: +258 82 022 1381
+258 84 901 6855
Address: Access road perpendicular with Avenida 25 de Junho, Tete
Rádio Haq
Radio Haq is a Muslim station based in northern city Nampula. It broadcasts on

104.4 FM in Portuguese, Arabic and Makhuwa to the city and the surrounding
district.
It broadcasts Islamic programmes and readings from the Quran for Muslim
listeners, along with a wide range of educational and discussion programmes.
Many of these are phone-ins.
Islam em Foco (Islam in Focus) is a two-hour daily programme hosted by a

religious leader who talks about proper behaviour in society. Sometimes he
receives a guest speaker and interacts with the public. It begins at 09.00
Radio Haq is owned by Muslim NGO Munazzamat-ALDUA. This is based in

neighbouring Malawi, but it collaborates with the Islamic Council of Mozambique.
The station was opened in 2005 and is on air 24 hours a day.
It broadcasts five news bulletins per day, mostly in Portuguese.
Radio Haq also broadcasts religious music, information about entrepreneurship,

politics and health, including HIV/AIDS and educational programmes for children.
Director: Jumito Zeferino

Mob: +258 84 421 4532
Mob: +258 84 421 4575
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KFM
KFM is a Maputo radio station owned by the Brazilian Protestant church Igreja
Mundial do Poder de Deus (Worldwide Church of the Power of God).
This broke away from the powerful Igreja Universal do Reino de Deus church,
which operates the rival chain of Miramar radio and TV stations in Mozambique.
KFM broadcasts pop music and information on sport and culture, with some
debate programmes as well.
Two journalists produce hourly news bulletins. The station links up with its
television sister station, KTV, for the 19.30 news every day.
Pre-recorded church services are broadcast late at night.
KFM and KTV began life as Rádio e Televisão Klint (RTK), a small private
broadcasting group set up by Carlos Klint, a former Frelimo commander.
He subsequently became a member of parliament for the ruling party for

Zambezia province.
RTK closed down following Klint’s death in 2002, but its radio and TV
broadcasting license were subsequently acquired by the Igreja Mundial do Poder
de Deus.
The church opened KFM and KTV in 2010.
News editor – Feliz Mangane

Mob: +258 82 402 9251
Director- General – Izilda Kayroniss Mussa

Mob: +258 84 960 3678
Mob: +258 82 701 3270
Tel: +258 21 321 3718
Address: KTV, Avenida Agostinho Neto 946, Maputo

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International radio stations
RDP África www.rtp.pt/rdpafrica
RDP Africa, an international radio station of Portugal’s state broadcaster

Radiodifusão Portuguesa (RDP), is the most popular foreign radio station in
Mozambique.
It broadcasts 24 hours per day on Short Wave and on FM in the following cities:
Beira (94.8 FM)

Maputo (98.2)
Nampula (91.9 FM)
Quelimane (89.0 FM)
RDP Africa broadcasts news, current affairs, sport and music in Portuguese.
It was the most widely listened to foreign radio station in Mozambique, according
to the 2009 Synovate/Stedman Media Audience Diary Survey.
Head of Programmes RDP Africa - Nuno Miguel Sardinha

Tel (Portugal): +351 217 947 000

Fax (Portugal): +351 213 820 081
Address: RDP Africa, Avenida Marechal Gomes da Costa 37, 1849-030 Lisbon,
Portugal
BBC World Service (95.5 FM) www.bbc.co.uk
The BBC was once very popular in Mozambique. However its audience in share
is likely to have declined substantially since the the UK government funded
broadcaster ended its Portuguese for Africa service in February 2011.
The 2009 Synovate/Stedman Media Diary Survey found the BBC to be the
second most popular international news station in Mozambique after Portugal’s
RDP Africa. The Portuguese for Africa service was still broadcasting 11 hours
per week at that time.
The survey showed that the BBC commanded a particularly strong audience in
the northwestern province of Tete. This lies on major trade routes linking three
landlocked Anglophone countries – Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi – to the
Indian Ocean.
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The BBC World Service in English broadcasts on FM in the following locations:
Beira (88.5 FM)

Chimoio (99.0 FM)
Maputo (95.5 FM)
Nampula (88.3 FM)
Quelimane (95.3 FM)
Tete (87.8 FM)
Xai-Xai (100.9 FM)
Elsewhere in Mozambique the BBC World Service is only available on Short

Wave.
BBC World Service programmes in English are also relayed by Radio Maputo
Corridor, the English language FM radio station of Rádio Moçambique in the
capital.
Mozambique Correspondent - José Tembe (he also works for Rádio

Moçambique’s Maputo Corridor Radio)
Mob: +258 82 314 6190
BBC Africa Service
Tel (UK): +44 20 7240 3456

Fax (UK): +44 20 7557 1258
BBC World Service Africa, Bush House, Strand, London WC2B 4PH, UK
Voice of America VOA (www.voanews.com/portuguese www.topradio.co.mz
The US government-funded radio station Voice of America (VOA)

broadcasts programmes in Portuguese for Africa for two and a half hours per
day, but some of these are aimed specifically at audiences in Angola.
Many VOA programmes are relayed on FM Maputo by the independent

commercial station Top Rádio.
This local station broadcasts VOA news in Portuguese from 19.30 to 20:00 on
weekday evenings.
It also broadcasts a daily English lesson from VOA and a weekly two-hour VOA
health show Vida sem Medo (Life without Fear), on Saturday afternoons.
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Portuguese Service Director - Ana Guedes

Tel (USA): +1 202 203 4144
Africa Coverage Editor - Jennifer Janin

Tel (South Africa): +27 11 726 4225
Tel (USA): +1 202 203 4136

Fax: +1 202 401 2073
RFI Afrique (105 FM) www.rfi.fr
The African service of Radio France Internationale broadcasts in French and

Portuguese in Maputo on 105.0 FM.
Its Portuguese for Africa service is on air from 16.00 to 20.00 daily.
RFI covers current affairs and politics in Portuguese-speaking Africa, as well as

in France and the world in general.
Mozambique Correspondent – Gervásio Jesus

Tel: +258 21 32 01 20
Fax: +258 21 31 45 31
Address: RFI, Avenida Zedequias Manganhelo 10, Bairro Central, Maputo
News Editor, Portuguese for Africa Service -: Ursula Soares

Tel (France): +33 1 56 40 15 20
Tel (France): +33 1 44 30 83 92
Fax:(France) +33 1 56 40 10 58
: [email protected]
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List of community radio stations and community multimedia

centres by region
Northern Mozambique
Province Radio stations and CMCs Contact details

CMC de Cuamba
Coordenador: Stiven Mapira
Telecentro Cuamba
Celular: 825588233
Rádio Comunitária de Cuamba
Gestor: Antonio Bernando Siveleque
Cuamba
Celular: 824624310
Telefax: 27162899
Técnico: Fernando Paulino
OXFAM: 27162537
Celular: 828245361
Celular: 826756810
Coordenador: António Avisado
Celular: 824720860
CMC de Mandimba E-mail: [email protected]
Telecentro de Mandimba Administrativo: Camilo Cássimo
Rádio Comunitária de Celular: 827832440
Mandimba Coordenador Telecentro: Alexandre Camilo
Mandimba Calisto
Celular: 827083250
E-mail: [email protected]
Coordenador: Damião Silvestre
Celular: 824010326
Rádio Comunitária do Lago Gestora: Graça Majáua
Metangula Celular: 825512855
Técnico: Tomé Ernesto
Celular: 826363154
Niassa
Rádio Comunitária Mira-Lago
(12)
Mecanhelas
Coordenador: Zeca Ernesto
Telefone: 27162818 (posto da
Celular: 827718500
TDM)
27162740 (Ibis, Cuamba Pedro
Armando)
Coordenador: Mamudo Daude
Rádio Comunitária de Ngauma
Celular: 826288090
Massangulo
Gestor: Napaça
Telefone: 27162955 (ao cuidado
Celular: 828033716
da Ibis, Cuamba)
Rádio Comunitária Nipepe Coordenador: Sitaube

Celular:828616226
Coordenador: Albino Macaibo
Rádio Comunitária Majune Celular: Não há telefone.
Contatar o delegado do ICS
Celular: 824988820
Coordenador: César
Rádio Comunitária de Sanga
Celular: 828000756
Rádio Comunitária Rurumwana
Maúa Coordenador: Gabriel Metonga
Telefone: 27162955 (ao cuidado Celular: 825876153
da Ibis, Cuamba)
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Rádio Comunitária Luvila Coordenador: Pedro Baina

Muembe Celular: 825205636 (deixar sms)
Telefone: 27162955 (Ibis, Ou Fernando Saimone Malemia
Cuamba) Celular: 829757071
Rádio e Televisão Comunitária
Coordenador: Estevão Maquina
de Marrupa
Celular: 824200333
Marrupa
Telefone: 27120633 (ICS
Sede Admin: Joana
Lichinga)
Celular: 829460255
Fax: 27120024
Rádio Esperança FM Director executivo: Ernesto Saul

Lichinga Celular:
Endereço: Av. Julius Nyerere nr. E-Mail: [email protected];
219, Rua do Aeroporto, C. [email protected]
Postal nr. 243 Skype: telmito.joao
Telefone: 27120794 MSN: [email protected]
TeleFax: 27121426 Director rádio: André Narrubala
Celular: 823190890
Directora de programação: Maria Anselmina

Cesário
Celular: 829845600
Coordenadora: Irmã Dina Ranzanto
Rádio Sem Fronteiras
Pemba
Telefone: 27221315
Celular: 824983880
Técnico: Fidelio Artur
Celular: 820344190
Jornalista: Agapto Cornélio
Celular: 826353792
Rádio S. Francisco de Assis Director: Padre Beato Cornélio
Nangololo Contactar Rádio Sem Fronteiras (Pemba)
Cabo Rádio e Televisão Comunitária Coordenador: Tiago Afonso
Delgado de Mueda Celular: 822917492
(7) Mueda Delegada do ICS : Liusa Lourenço
Telefone : 27284036 Telef 27221892
CMC de Chiúre Coordenador: Minrage Lázaro

Telecentro de Chiúre Celular: 823858002
Rádio e Televisão Comunitária E-mail: [email protected]
de Chiúre Administrador: Jatila Mário Raul.
Chiúre Celular: 827250444
Celular: 823190530 Jornalista: Rosário Saíde
Telefax: 27244021 Celular: 825524914
Coordenador: João André

Rádio Comunitária de Nacedje Celular: 829471994
Distrito de Macumia Técnico: Júlio António
Celular:
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Rádio Comunitária Girimba Coordenador: Salesio Ndanele

Em Mumtepuez Celular: 823891467
Telefone: 272006 Locutor: Abubacar
Celular: 829714793
Coordenadot: Antonio Jorge
CMC de Muidumbe
Celular: 828410590
Telecentro de Muidumbe
Gestor:
Rádio Comunitária de
Celular: 827622177
Muidumbe
Tecnico: Melembe
Distrito de Muidumbe
Celular: 828410590
Directo: Dr. Nuno Calquer Alburquerque
Celular: 826938450
Rádio Encontro
Jornalista: Octávio Fonseca
Nampula
Celular: 826538677
Telefone: 26216161
Jornalista: Faizal Ibramgy
Fax: 26215878
Celular: 825515365
E-mail:
[email protected]
Locutor: Felizmino
Celular: 825979118
Coordenadora : Loli
Contacto : 827511245
E-mail : [email protected]
Coordenador adjonto : Edson Francisco Raja

Rádio Watana Celular: 828283681
Nacala-Porto Email: [email protected]
Endereço: Alta da Cidade Gestora: Maria da Dolores Martinez
Telefone: 26520682/3 Celular: 824200619
E-mail: [email protected] Directora: Sílvia Bravo
Celular: 827137390
Tecnica: Girvinia Alfaro
Nampula Contacto: 828800689
(13) Jornalista: Tijoca
Celular: 825347378
Coordenador: Rogério Manuel selix
Rádio Escola Feminina de
Celular: 825810543,
Nacala
Gestora: Irma Ruti Valência
Nacala Porto
825281894
Telefone: 2652019
Substituta: Monica Simonete
Fax: 26526051
Celularz: 829984624
Rádio e Televisão Comunitária Coordenador: Omar Mussa

de Nacala— Porto Celular: 829069210
Nacala — Porto Gestor: Clarice Luante
Telefone: 26520322 Técnico: Arlindo Chissale
Fax: 26520322 Celular: 825356003
Celelular : 826018580 E-mail: [email protected]
de Namialo
Namialo Coordenador: Ambopa Rafael
Telefone: 26340071 Celular: 823895111
Fax: 26213362 (ao cuidado do
ICS, Nampula)
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CMC de Ribáuè
Telecentro de Ribáuè
Coordenador: Jackson
de Ribáuè
Celular: 825859670
Ribáuè
Tecnico:
Telefax: 26820003
Celular: 82 3190520
Coordenador Rádio: Faustino Omar Atumane
CMC de Angoche
Gestor: Sorudo Assane Omar
Telecentro de Angoche
Celular: 824012641
Rádio Comunitária Parapato
Técnica: Lina Francisco Lima
Angoche
Celular: 828851895
Telefone: 26720303
Jornalista: Alves Alexandre
Fax: 26720304
Celular: 828195913
Coordenador: Avelino Paulino Muligeque
Celular: 826812500; 847786439
CMC de Monapo
Telecentro de Monapo
E-mail : [email protected]
Rádio Comunitária de Monapo
Monapo
Jornalista : Araújo Daniel Navahe
Telefone: 26620145
Fax: 26620145
Celular: 826622494
Tecnico: Adamo Selemane
Celular: 828385790
CMC de Ilha de Moçambique
Telecentro da Ilha de
Moçambique Coordenador: Ismael Amade
Rádio Comunitária On´Hipiti Celular: 824759220
Ilha de Moçambique E-mail: [email protected]
Telefone: 26610120 Tecnico: Jone Ali Mussa
Fax: 26610105 (hotel da Inha) Celular: 825875877
26610120 (TDM)
824436943 (Mcel)
CMC de Iuluti
Telecentro de Iuluti
Coordenador: Rui dos Santos Lopes
Rádio Comunitária de Iuluti
Celular: 827036098
Mogovolas
Tel. Cabine Pública: 26351000
Telefone: 26351001 (Att.
Empresa ALEXIM)
Coordenador: Abel arcanjo Mota

Telecentro de Namapa Celular: 829238453
Rádio e Televisão Comunitária Jornalista: Amido
de Namapa Celular: 825274317
Erati Gestor: Felizardo Cussi
Celular: 829708169
Coordenador: Nelson Rafael
Celular: 825893876
Rádio Comunitária de Mossuril
Técnico: Salvador Pedro
Celular: 822588025
Coordenador e tecnico: Jermano Xavier
Celular: 828158078
Rádio Comunitária de Memba
Locutor: Assuate Satar
Celular: 827275778
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Central Mozambique

Rádio Comunitária Licungo
Coordenador: Celestino Conforme
Mocuba
Celular: 825453730
Telefone: 24810301
Telefone: 24213190
Gestor: Fernando Jaime Gouveia
Delegado provincial: Cossa
Celular: 825122810
Celular: 828922140
Rádio Comunitária Thumbine
Coordenador: Izequiel
Milange
Celular: 828993895
Fax: 24860024 (A/C do BIM)
Coordenador: Tomé Carvalho
Celular: 828018080
Morrumbala
Jornalista: António João Amoro Liva
Morrumbala
Celular: 825132454
Telefone: 24213190
Rádio Comunitária de Gurue
Coordenador: Vinesto Morais
Gurue
Celular: 820380260
Telefone: 24910302
CMC de Alto Molócuè
Coordenadora: Rosalina Caetano
Zambézia Telecentro Alto-Malócuè
Celular: 823910500
(6) Rádio Comunitária de Alto
Presidente do Comité: Baptista Ribeiro
Molócuè
Celular: 822471320
Alto Molócuè
Técnico: Francisco Vasco Cigarro
Telefax: 24630042
Celular: 828197330
Coordenadora: Irmã Justina Camilo

Celular: 824425090
CMC de Nova Rádio Paz E-mail: [email protected]
Telecentro Nova Rádio Paz Formadora: Maria da Graça Patia
Nova Rádio Paz Celular: 825820720
Quelimane E-mail: [email protected],
Endereço: Av. Paulo Samuel [email protected]
Kankomba, Nº 510, 1º Andar [email protected]
Direito. Skype: mariadagracapatia
Telefax: 24212879 Jornalista: Virgílio António
Celular: 828514410 Celular – 8253 95 855
Tácnico: Ito Rapoio
Celular: 827232370
Rádio Comunitária de Coordenador: Aibo Patel

Mutarara Celular: 824044952
Mutarara Cell : 845300222
Telefone: 25292003 Jornalista: Aibo Jussub Patel
Tete Fax: 25222538 Celular: 824044952
(5) E-mail: Locutor: Omesio
[email protected] 842220335 ou 828326418
Coordenador: José Hilário
Rádio Comunitária de Bawa
Celular: 825017230 (A/C de Víctor Marrão,
Zumbo
ICS Tete)
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Changara Coordenador: Marcos Faqueiro
Rádio Comunitária Nkanta Coordenador:

Celular:
Coordenador: Canama
Rádio Comunitária e Televisão
Celular: 82 7813154
de Angónia
Gestora: Elsa Rosa
Angonia
Celulatr: 822419270 ou 847677722
Telefone ICS 25222538
Coordenador: Padre Tomas Missai
Rádio Coumitaria Dom Bosco
Cell: 823932139
de Moatize
Productor: Elvítico Augosto John
Distrito de Muatize
824283125
CMC de Macanga Coordenador: Vasco Fernando Capitone
Telecentro de Macanga Celular: 844795314
Rádio Comunitária Planalto de Cell :827645505 (sms)
Furancungo E-mail: [email protected]
Macanga
Telefone: 25267006
CMC de Chitima Coordenador Rádio: Orlando Nsede Pedro
Telecentro Chitima Celular: 825141257
Rádio Comunitária Gestor: Ambrósio Fato José
N’sanangwe Celular: 824047714
Chitima – Cahora Bassa Jornalista: Betinho Marquesa
Fax: 25284006
CMC de Sussundenga
Coordenadora e técnico: Domingos Matai
Telecentro Sussundenga
Celular: 823241384
Administrativo: Samussoni Manuel
Sussundenga
Celular: 826592369
Susendenga
Telefax: 25152059, 25152020
Jornalista: Ricardo Lourenço
Celular: 825138444
Fax: 25123079
Manica
(7) Rádio Comunitária de Coordenador: Quet Zacarias
Mossurize Celular:
CMC de Catandica
Coordenador: John Chekwe
Telecentro Catandica
Celular: 825444480, 844007976
Jornalista: Sitenule Fibione Jacopo
Catandica
Celular: 827387086
Báruè
Gestor Telecentro: Inácio Pangonasse.
E-mail:
Celular: 848977148
rádio.cmcdecatandica87@gm
Tecnico: Nicolas Nhacado
ail.com
Celular: 828253884
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Coordenador: Narciso Ernestro Alberto

Rádio Comunitária Gesom Celular: 825963120
Chimoio E-mail: [email protected]
Endereço: Rua Barue 835 Técnico: Agostinha Cassalo
Email: Celular: 825989380
[email protected]çambique Email: [email protected]
.net Jornalista: José Sebastião Jeco
Celular: 822452320
Coordenador: Ines João Charomene
Celular: 823903561
Rádio Comunitária Macequece
Gestor: Maria Isabel
Telefone: 25162262
Celular: 828466426
Fax: 25162207
Técnico: Agusto Salomão
Manica
Celular: 828521197
Jornalista: José Canetane
Telecentro de Macequece
Rádio Macequece
Gestor: Alby Dickson Lourenço
Manica
Celular: 822278790
TeleFax: 25162238
Email:
[email protected]
Telecentro de Gôndola
Gondola Gestor tecnico: António William
Fax TDM Gôndola: 25141037 Celular: 825211899
E-mail:
[email protected]
CMC de Dondo
Telecentro de Dondo
Coordenador: Manuel Ussene
Rádio Comunitária do Dondo
Celular: 825586420
Dondo
Gestora: Amália Salomão
Telefax: 23950473
Celular: 824056140
ASSERCO: 23950027
Tecnico: João Alberto Mujui Dove
Celular: 828469340
Celular: 828317910
E-mail:
Jornalista: José Augusto Madaule
[email protected] ,
Celular: 844236264
[email protected]
Sofala Rádio Comunitária de Caia

Coordenador: António Zeca Menezes
(6) Telefone: 23970044
Celular: 829828521
E-mail:
[email protected]
Rádio Pax
Beira Endereço: Bairro
Coordenador: Padre Justino César
Pontagea, Sé Catedral - Entre
Celular: 823894940
Rua Cooreia de Brito e Av.
Jornalista: José Chirindza
Eduardo Mondlane
825895895
Telefone: 23320149/51
Jornalista: Rosa
Fax: 23327639
827513902
Email:
[email protected]
[email protected]
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Coordenador: António Mafeca

Celular: 825448590
Rádio Comunitária do Búzi
[email protected]
Buzi
Administrativa: Sonia Antonio
Telefone: 23410078
Celular: 826446966
Fax: 23410041
Jornalista: Jorge Zacarias
Celular: 826008257
Coordenador: Monzinho Rafael
Celular: 829542458
Marromeu
Comité de Gestão: Bastos Jamusse
Marromeu
Celular 825608010
Telefone: 23326801(ICS)
Tecnico: Dembo.
Fax: 23326801
Celular: 825758047
Southern Mozambique
Coordenador: Imani Ali Barra
Rádio Comunitária ARCO Celular: 828977160
Homoíne Programas: Natalia
Endereço: Bairro Nzucuene – Celular: 823516330
Em frente a administração local Gestor: Benedito Cuno
Telefone: 29356138 Tecnico: Berlaves Alexandre
Fax: 29351016 Celular: 827898640
de Vilankulo
Vilankulo Coordenador: Hermínio Nhanombe
Endereço: Rua da agricultura, Celular: 824624670
Bairro Central E-mail: [email protected]
Inhambane Telefone: 29382209
(6) Fax: 29382032 (A/C C.
Municipal)
Coordenador: Alberto Francisco Mambuque
Celular: 825966210 ou 847875993
Rádio Comunitária Save Gestor: José Mocote
Govuro Jornalista: Fernando Joaquim Mandima
Endereço: Bairro Genga da Sede Celular: 827113006
do Distrito Mambone Jornalista: Veronica
Fax: 29395002 Administrativo: Amujibo Bai
Celular: 844084798 Celular: 823991911
Tecnico: Fernando Joaqui
Celular: 827113006 ou 847075075
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Coordenador: Pedro Egas

CMC de Massinga
Celular: 827877660
Telecentro Kusinga
Rádio Comunitária Kusinga
Massinga
Gestora: Chadida Sultuane
Endereço: Vila Sede – Atrás do
Celular: 829894980
Governo Distrital-Massinga
Telefone: 29371180 & 29371213
[email protected]
Fax: 29371180
Técnico: António Pedro
Celular: 826749250
Rádio Comunitaria de Mabote Coordenador : João Baptista de cruz

Telecentro de Mabote Celular: 842356100
Inhambane
Mabote - Inhambane
Serviço distrital de Educaç.
Coordenador: João Baptista do Ruz
Juventude e Tecnologia de
Celular: 842356100
Mabote
Administrador: Paulo Titos Chichongue
Endereço: Villa de Mabote, Rua
Celular: 848654475
Principal de Mabote.
Tecnico:
Director: Estevão Oliveira Faive
Celular: 827547890
Rádio Comunitária de Xai-Xai Coordenador: Tereza
Xai Xai Celular: 822240680
Telefone: 28226895 Técnico: Teodomira
Fax: 28226895 Celular: 828029104
Rádio Comunitária Limpopo ICS

Coordenador: Jeremias Mahumane
Mabalane
Celular: 829405670
Endereço: Distrito de Mabalane,
Redação: Lucas Miguel
Gaza
Celelar: 828970875
Fax: 28226895 (A/C da Rádio
Comunitária de Xai-Xai)
Coordenador: Abel wilson Ndove
Rádio Comunitaria de
Celular: 829831036
Gaza Chicualacuala
Comunicação: Julio Salomão Ngonhamo
(4) Distrito de Chicualacuala
Celular: 829731264
Bairro 25 de Setembro
Tecnico: Raimundo Julião
Vila Eduardo Momdlane
Celular: 825185663
CMC de Chókwè
Telecentro de Chockwé Gestora do CMC: Soraya Omar
Rádio Comunitária Vembe Celular: 826247233, 827171590
Chókwè Coordenador da rádio: Adalberto dos Santos
Endereço: 1º Bairro – Rua dos Celular: 826845020
combatentes Técnico: Gerson António Norte
Fax: 28120183 E-mail: [email protected]
Celular: 823223600 Assistente: Laurinda Nhabanga
E-mail: Celular: 829086543
[email protected]
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CMC de Manhiça
Telecentro Manhiça Coordenador do telecentro: Ernesto Manhiça
Rádio Comunitária Komati Celular: 847390005
Manhiça Vice-Presidente do comité de Gestão: Elias
Endereço: Rua 8, Manhiça Raul Seth Langa
Telefax: 21810052 E-mail: [email protected]
E-mail: E-mail : [email protected]
[email protected]
Coordenador da rádio: Benedito Armando
[email protected] Chavana
Celular: 825930241
[email protected]
Rário Comunitaria da Ilha de
Coordenador: Belmiro (ICS)
Inhaca
Celular: 82 5167225
ICS
CMC de Xinavane
Telecentro de Xinavane Coordenadora: Marta Banbe
Rádio Comunitária de Xinavane Celular: 824634510
Xinavane Programas: Renato Ribeiro (AJUCOM)
Endereço: Recinto da Escola Celular: 824585210
Secundária de Xinavane, EN204, TeleFax: 21870000
Bairro Mepambe E-Mail: [email protected]
Maputo- Telefone: 82 4585210, Gestora: Catija Jamale
Província 825247291, 825445549 (82 Celular: 844752480
(7) 0023260 - AJUCOM) Administrativo: Paulo Ernesto
Fax: 21 870025 Celular: 828677475
Celular: 825563842
CMC de Namaacha
Telecentro de Namaacha
Gestor: Esperança Mathule
Rádio Comunitária Cascatas
Celular: 826739660
Namaacha
Coordenador de rádio: Hortencio Jeremias
Morada: Estrada Nacional N.2
Celular: 826984190
Rua Principal R/C Instalacoes da
Email : [email protected]
Escola Secundaria da
Jornalista: Francisco Pedro
Namaacha
Celular: 826640848, 826147809
Telefone: +25821960097
Técnico: José Saide
Tel/Fax +25821960044,
Celular: 828885457
+25821960098
Formador: Hermínio Levi
Celular: 823223840
Celular: 825550335
E-mail:
[email protected]
CMC de Moamba
Coordenador: João Sambo
Telecentro da Moamba
Celular: 824783210
Rádio Comunitária da Moamba
Jornalista: Manuel Alfredo Timba Malo
Vila Sede Da Moamba
Celular: 826869720
Endereço: Rua do Brasil
Telefax: 21520089
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Rádio Maria Moçambique

Machava- Matola Director: Alberto Buque
Endereço: Rua da Igreja Celular: 82
Telefones: 21752124, 21750505 Coordenador: João Parruque
Fax: 21752124 Celular: 828941339
Email: Técnico: Diamantino Fernandes
[email protected] Celular: 842274080
www.radiomaria.org.mz
Coordenador: Leonardo Xirinda
Celular: 823000584
Telecentro da Matola Gestor: João Matola
E-mail: Celular: 824957580
[email protected] Tecnico: Felix Mucombo
Celular
Rádio Comunitária Voz Coop

Maputo
Coordenador: Domingos Mazoio
Endereço: Bairro do Bagamoio
Celular: 823189400
N.5829
Gestora: Olga Mutemba
Celular: 821111190
Celular: 824651870
Telefone: 21470617
Técnico: Amâncio Sitoe
Fax: 21472503
Maputo Celular: 845537790
E-mail:
Cidade
[email protected]
(2)
Rádio Muthiyana
Bairro Ferroviário Coordenadora: Palmira Velasco
Endereço: Bairro Ferroviário, Celular: 824968590
Rua 4330 Gestora: Otília Titos Chilungo
Fax: 21455840 823065911 Radio
[email protected]
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Television overview
Television can only viewed by a privileged urban minority in Mozambique.
Terrestrial transmission does not extend far beyond the main provincial cities and
few people have a reliable electricity supply at home.
The state television network Televisão de Moçambique (TVM) is the dominant

player in local television and the only station with wide national coverage.
TVM broadcasts nationwide on two different channels from Maputo.
It also has five regional stations in:
• Beira
• Nampula
• Inhambane
• Lichinga
• Pemba.
These regional stations provide some local programming, including a 15-minute

daily bulletin of local news.
TVM has 18 terrestrial transmitters across the country and covers other areas by
satellite.
Many of its programmes are relayed by a network of 20 community TV stations in

small towns managed by the state-run Social Communications Institute (Instituto
de Comunicação Social – ICS).
Even so, TVM only claims to reach a potential audience of five million people –
less than a quarter of the overall population.
Its main competitors are:
• STV, which is owned by the SOICO private media group

• TV Miramar, a subsidiary of the powerful Brazilian broadcasting company
Record
• Televisão Independente de Moçambique (TIM), a private TV station
with close links to President Armando Guebuza
• RTP África, a Portuguese government cable and satellite channel for
Africa
The first three channels broadcast from terrestrial transmitters, but their national
coverage is more limited than that of TVM.
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RTP can only be received by viewers with access to satellite or cable TV or

digital pay-TV.
Mozambique’s TV stations broadcast almost exclusively in Portuguese.
There are only three exceptions.
TVM offers some local programming in the Ndau language in Beira.
It also broadcasts some output in Makhuwa in Nampula.
The small Christian station TV Maná, which only broadcasts to Maputo and
Nampula, carries some programmes in Changana.
The lack of local language programming makes television difficult to follow for the
majority of Mozambicans who do not speak Portuguese
Television came late to Mozambique.
The first experimental TV station went on air in 1981. It subsequently evolved

into TVM.
The first private commercial TV stations opened in 1998.
Most TV stations are based in the capital, Maputo.
However, one private station, TV SiRT, has been established in the northwestern
city of Tete.
The state-run Institute of Social Communication (Instituto de Comunicação Social

(ICS) said in July 2012 it was operating 30 community TV stations in the
following towns:
Chimoio (Manica province)

Vilanculos (Inhambane province)
Marromeu (Sofala province)
Licungo/Mocuba (Zambezia province)
Gurue (Zambezia province)
Alto-Molócué (Zambezia province)
Morrumbala (Zambezia province)
Namialo (Nampula province)
Eráti (Nampula province)
Ribaue (Nampula province)
Mutarara (Tete province)
Bawa (Tete province)
Ulongue/Angonia (Tete province)
Nkanta (Tete province)
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Mandimba (Niassa province)
Marrupa (Niassa province)
Chiure (Cabo Delgado province)
Mueda (Cabo Delgado province)
Montepuez (Cabo Delgado province)
Macomia (Cabo Delgado province)
These community stations mostly relay TVM programming. A few also produce
local news bulletins and programmes about local development issues.
All except the TV station in Chimoio are linked to an ICS-run local radio station in
the same location.
TVM, STV, Miramar and TIM all broadcast news and current affairs programmes,
but their standard of production is usually quite low.
The commercial stations also produce talk shows, talent shows, educational
programmes and debates.
Sometimes the debate programmes include a phone-in element or participation

by a live studio audience.
Almost all Mozambican TV stations broadcast Brazilian television soap operas,

called telenovelas. These are very popular.
Mozambique started migrating from analogue to digital terrestrial television

broadcasting in early 2011. A Chinese company, Startimes, owns a majority
share in the Mozambican company responsible for the changeover.
Valentina Guebuza, daughter of President Armando Guebuza, heads Startimes’

Mozambican operations.
Since April 2011, the company has offered a package of 31 pay TV channels
through digital terrestrial broadcasting. To receive them, subscribers must
purchase a decoder and pay a monthly fee of 300 meticals (US$11).
Mozambique is due to complete a nationwide migration to digital television

broadcasting in 2015.
A local subsidiary of the Portuguese cable TV company TV Cabo offers over 60

local and international channels to residents of Maputo and Beira. Subscriptions
cost from US$18 per month.
TV Cabo completed a fibre optic cable network in Beira in 2011. It has plans to
build similar cable networks in Quelimane, Nampula, Nacala, Tete and Pemba.
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South African satellite TV network DSTV offers access to over 90 television

channels and 10 radio stations via a satellite dish and a decoder from US$28 a
month.
The Angolan satellite TV network ZAP meanwhile offers access to 100 TV

channels for a fee of 500 meticals (US$18) a month. ZAP forms part of the
business empire of Isabel dos Santos, the powerful daughter of Angolan
president José Eduardo dos Santos.
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Television stations
Televisão de Moçambique (TVM) www.tvm.co.mz
Televisão de Moçambique (TVM) is the state-owned television company.
It claims to reach five million of Mozambique’s 24 million people, but reception is

mainly confined to the big towns and cities and nearby villages.
The state broadcaster has two national channels which broadcast 24 hours a day
in Portuguese:
• TVM1 is the national flagship channel. It carries a broad mix of general

programming.
• TVM2 is a new channel launched in March 2012. It was designed to be

more entertainment-focused and commercial in its programming, with a
view to picking up additional advertising revenue.
TVM’s main studios are in Maputo, but it also operates small regional stations in
the following five cities:
• Beira
• Nampula
• Inhambane
• Lichinga
• Quelimane
These regional stations broadcast up to five hours a day of local programming,

including a 15-minute daily news bulletin about local events. For the rest of the
day they transmit national programming from Maputo.
TVM broadcasts almost exclusively in Portuguese.
However, its regional station in Beira broadcasts some programming in Ndau

and its station in Nampula produces some content in Makhuwa.
TVM started life in 1981 as an experimental TV station in Maputo.
The government appoints its management and has considerable influence in

determining its editorial content.
The public broadcaster closely follows the government’s news agenda and often
leads its bulletins with items about the President’s most recent activities.
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Several studies of the Mozambican media by the Media Institute of Southern

Africa (MISA), the European Union and the Carter Centre, among others, have
highlighted the fact that TVM’s news coverage is invariably more biased in favour
of the government and the ruling Frelimo party than that of the state radio
network Rádio Moçambique.
The national flagship channel TVM 1 has four daily news programmes.
There is a two-hour morning news and current affairs show from 06.00 to 08.00.
This often repeats a lot of material from the preceding day.
There is a 15-minute lunchtime news summary at 13.00.
The main 30-minute evening news programme goes out at 20.00 and there is a
15-minute late night news summary at 23.00.
TVM1 also broadcasts a variety of discussion programmes on political, economic

and cultural issues.
Much of its other programming consists of Brazilian soap operas known as

telenovelas, and European league football matches.
TVM1’s regular programmes include the following:
• Espaço publico (Public Area): a 45-minute live discussion programme

broadcast five days a week. It discusses current affairs with the
participation of a live studio audience
• Ver Moçambique (See Mozambique): a 30-minute programme broadcast
five days a week about Mozambican daily life
• Pólos de desenvolvimento (Poles of Development): a 30-minute weekly
programme covering the government’s poverty reduction plan
• Justiça e ordem (Justice and Order): a 55-minute weekly programme on
the justice system and law and order issues
• Quinta a Noite (Thursday Night): a 55-minute weekly debate programme
broadcast on Thursday nights. A studio panel discusses a topic of current
interest
• Africa Magazine: a 30-minute weekly programme about events in other
African countries
• A Semana (The Week): a 30-minute weekly programme in which studio
guests discuss events of the preceeding seven days
• Canal Zero (Channel Zero): a 30-minute weekly programme on socio-
economic and cultural issues in rural communities. It is produced by the
government’s Instituto de Comunicação Social (ICS)
• Com a Imprensa (With the Press): a 60-minute weekly programme that
discusses issues covered by the local press over the preceding week
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• Tudo as 10 (Everything at 10): a three-hour “infotainment” programme

broadcast five days a week that covers current affairs, culture, and social
issues around the country. It features reports from different provinces.
• Responsabilidade Social: a weekly environmental programme that
touches on social responsibility
A second channel TVM 2 was launched in March 2012. It is intended to provide

more commercial programming that will attract additional advertising revenue.
TVM2 carries a mixture of entertainment programmes and features covering

economics, sports and culture.
TVM has 18 terrestrial TV transmitters across Mozambique in the following

locations:
Beira
Chimoio
Chiure
Ilha de Moçambique
Lichinga
Mandimba
Maputo
Marromeu
Maxixe
Namialo
Nampula
Pemba
Quelimane
Songo
Tete
Ulongue
Vilanculos
Xai-Xai
Each mast has a coverage area of approximately 50 km radius.
TVM also broadcasts by satellite to the entire country on Intersat 906.
Editor/Director - Armindo Chavana

Mob: +258 82 304 2070
Information director - Simeão Ponguane

Mob: +258 82 302 0840
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Tel: +258 21 30 81 17/9/20

Fax: +258 21 30 81 22/6/8
Address: TVM, Avenida 25 de Setembro 154, Maputo
STV www.stv.co.mz
STV is Mozambique’s leading private TV station.
It broadcasts from Maputo in Portuguese and claims to cover eight of

Mozambique’s 10 provincial capitals with its terrestrial signal.
STV has regional offices in Beira and Nampula.
Although TV station has journalists based in these two provincial cities, it does
not have fully equipped studios there. Tapes of film shot in the provinces have to
be flown to Maputo for broadcast.
SOICO Chief Executive Daniel David told an Open Society In Southern Africa
researcher in 2008 that STV’s broadcast network covered 40% of the population.
http://www.afrimap.org/english/images/report/Moz%20Broadcasting%20Survey%
20Porto%20Web.pdf
This seems improbable, since STV’s network of transmitters is less extensive

than that of state-run Televisão de Moçambique (TVM).
In early 2012, STV still did not reach Niassa and Cabo Delgado in the far north.
STV was established in 2002 by SOICO, Mozambique’s largest private media

group.
SOICO also owns the Maputo daily O País and the commercial radio station
SFM.
Its programming consists of a broad mixture of entertainment, news and current

affairs, children’s programmes and educational programmes.
The television station shares a common pool of about 20 news reporters with its
newspaper stablemate O País.
STV claims to draw the attention of the elite to the issues which most
Mozambicans face.
Most of its news and current affairs programmes are broadcast at 21.30,
following the daily soap opera or telenovela.
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Regular programmes include:
• Telediário: The daily breakfast news and current affairs show from 06.00
to 08.00 Monday to Friday. It often repeats lnews from the previous day.
• Primeiro Jornal: a 30-minute lunchtime news programme broadcast at
13.00 Monday to Friday
• Jornal doa nite (Evening News): This flagship 35-minute evening news
programme is aired daily at 19h.55. It was originally timed to start five
minutes earlier than the main evening news programme of competing TV
stations. Most now broadcast their main evening news programme
beforehand.
• Debate da nação (Debate of the Nation): A two-hour weekly discussion
programme broadcast on Tuesdays at 21.30. A panel of government
officials and invited commentators discuss the topic of the day with a live
audience. The programme is recorded in different parts of the country to
give all Mozambicans a chance to participate.
• Opinão pública (Public Opinion) 90-minute discussion programme about
issues that arise in daily life. It is broadcast Monday to Friday at 11.00. A
journalist moderates. Viewers can phone with comments or send in text
messages.
• Pontos de vista (Points of view). A 60-minute political analysis
programme broadcast on Sundays at 21.30. STV Information Director
Jeremias Langa hosts two journalists who comment on local and
international events
• Discurso directo (Plain Speaking) 60-minute economic analysis
programme broadcast on Tuesdays at 21.30. STV Information Director
Jeremias Langa hosts two economists who discuss Mozambican and
international economic issues.
• O País económico (The Country’s Economy): 60-minute current affairs
programme broadcast on Thursdays at 21.30. News teams report on
economic issues faced by ordinary Mozambicans.
• Grande entrevista (Big Interview): News Editor Francisco Mandlate
conducts a weekly interview with a prominent personality, usually a senior
government or businessman. The 60-minute programme is broadcast on
Wednesdays at 21.30.
SOICO Group Chief Executive – Daniel David

Mob: +258 82 301 7620
Tel: +258 21 315 117
+258 21 315 118
Fax: +258 21 201 865
Group Information Director: Jeremias Langa

Mob: +258 84 300 47 57
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Mobl: +258 82 528 9053

Mob: +258 82 398 5426
TV Miramar www.miramar.co.mz
TV Miramar is a subsidiary of the Brazilian Record broadcasting group. This also

owns three Miramar FM radio stations in Mozambique.
TV Miramar is based in Maputo and has repeater stations in several provincial

capitals. The channel is also broadcast nationwide by satellite.
According to audience research commissioned by Miramar and made available

to Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa in 2008, its broadcast coverage
area reached about 20% of Mozambique’s population
http://www.afrimap.org/english/images/report/Moz%20Broadcasting%20Survey%
20Porto%20Web.pdf
About 60% of Miramar’s programming is locally produced. The remaining 40%

consists of imports from Brazil and the United States.
Miramar’s Brazilian parent company Record is owned by the Igreja Universal do

Reino do Deus (Universal Church of the Kingdom of God), a wealthy protestant
evangelical church based in Brazil.
TV Miramar and its sister radio stations therefore broadcast a lot of Christian
religious programmes, in addition to information and entertainment.
TV Miramar broadcasts in Portuguese and targets viewers in the 15 to 45 age

group. It began broadcasting in 1998.
In 2011 it was voted the best free-to-air television channel in the country at the
Mozambique Best Brands awards.
In February 2012 marketing research company GFK found that TV Miramar’s

soap opera Vidas em Jogo commanded the largest audience of any television
programme in the country, with an average audience share of 49%.
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Miramar also won the CNN African Journalism prize in 2011 for its investigative
journalism programme Programa Contacto Directo.
The main 45-minute evening news programme is broadcast at 19.30.
One of TV Miramar’s most influential programmes is Balanço Geral (General

Assessment). This two-hour lunctime phone-in show goes out Monday to
Saturday at 12.00. It reports on issues which affect the everyday life of people in
Mozambique.
Balanço Geral is also relayed live on Miramar’s three FM radio stations in

Maputo, Beira and Nampula.
TV Miramar’s award-winning investigative journalism programme Contacto

Directo goes out on Wednesdays at 21.15.
Marketing Director – Alexandre Mari

Mob: +258 82 280 5340
Email : [email protected]
Information Director – Selma Marivate

Mob: +258 82 304 2419
+258 82 302 6286
+258 82 130 6990
Address: TV Miramar, Avenida Julius Nyerere 1555, Bairro Polana Cimento,

Maputo
Televisão Independente de Moçambique (TIM) www.tim.co.mz
Televisão Independente de Moçambique (TIM) is owned by a company with

close links to President Armando Guebuza.
It broadcasts a lot of foreign programmes, especially Hollywood films and

Brazilian telenovelas.
The main daily news programme goes out at 19.00.
A series of weekly current affairs programmes are broadcast most evenings at

21.00.
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They include:
• 21a Hora Saúde e Ambiente: a discussion programme about health and

the environment, broadcast on Tuesdays
• 21a Hora Mulher: a discussion programme about women’s issues,
broadcast on Wednesdays
• 21a Hora Economia: a current affairs programme about the economy,
broadcast on Thursdays
The TV station was launched in Maputo in 2005 as 9TV, but changed its name to
TIM two years later.
In 2011, Insitec, a company with close links to President Guebuza, purchased a

majority stake in the station.
In early 2012, TIM had transmitters in the following cities:
Maputo
Beira
Nampula
Quelimane
Tete
Pemba
It had plans to extend its terrestrial free-to-air coverage to four other provincial
capitals: Lichinga, Chimoio, Inhambane and Xai-Xai.
The station was formerly owned by the same company as 99FM radio, but the
two businesses were sold off separately.
Director General - António Barros

Mob: +258 84 717 1711
Tel: +258 21 32 84 43
News Editor - Leonardo Chauque

Mob: +258 84 900 8213
Tel: +258 21 32 84 43
+258 21 31 53 86
Mob: +258 82 282 1280
+258 82 580 5230
Fax: +258 21 31 53 80
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TV Maná
TV Maná broadcasts Christian religious programming in Maputo and Nampula.
It is owned by the Brazilian-based Maná Igreja Crista, (Mana Christian Church), a

Portuguese-based protestant evangelical church.
TV Maná started in November 2004 as part of the church’s evangelism project.
It broadcasts family programming in the morning, youth programming in the

afternoon and family content again the evening.
All its news flashes are pre-recorded.
TV Maná broadcasts mainly in Portuguese, but has some programmes in

Changana.
Director: Bruno Pedro

Mob: +258 84 837 2739
Address: TV Mana, Avenida Emilia Daússe 1735, Alto Maé, Maputo
KTV
KTV is a Maputo TV station owned and operated by a Brazilian-based protestant

evangelical church.
Programming includes entertainment, news and culture and a lot of Christian

religious content.
Two journalists produce three 30-minute daily news bulletins which are broadcast
at 06.30, 12.30 and 19.30.
Late-night programming consists of filmed sermons and church services.
The station is owned by Igreja Mundial do Poder de Deus (Worldwide Church of

the Power of God), a breakaway group from the powerful Igreja Universal do
Reino de Deus church, which operates the rival Mozambican station TV Miramar.
KTV was originally set up as Rádio e Televisão Klint (RTK) by Carlos Klint, a
former Frelimo commander who subsequently became a member of parliament
for the ruling party for Zambezia province.
The station closed down following Klint’s death in 2002.

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RTK and its broadcasting license were subsequently acquired by the Igreja
Mundial do Poder de Deus, which reopened the station as KTV in 2010.
KTV has a sister FM radio station in Maputo - KFM.
News Editor – Feliz Mangane

Mob: +258 82 402 9251
Director- General – Izilda Kayroniss Mussa

Mob: +258 84 960 3678
Mob: +258 82 701 3270
Tel: +258 21 321 3718
Address: KTV, Avenida Agostinho Neto 946, Maputo
TV SiRT (Sistema Independente de Rádio e Televisão)
SiRT is a small regional broadcasting company which owns is a local television

station and an FM radio station in Tete city in northwest Mozambique.
It is owned by Virgílio Ferrão, a former governor of Tete province.
In early 2012, TV SiRT was only relaying broadcasts from Portugal’s international
TV channel RTP África. It was not producing any local programming.
TV SiRT covers an area within 30 km radius of Tete city, including the nearby
coal mining town of Moatize.
It was the first TV station to be based outside of Maputo when it launched in

2002.
At the time, there was no television in Tete and the only radio station which could
be heard there was Rádio Moçambique.
President - Virgílio Ferrão

Mob: +258 82 321 8540
Director - José Francisco

Mob: +258 82 599 8240
Tel/Fax: +258 25 22 34 60
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News Editor - Sarmento Macuacua

Mob: +258 82 022 1381
+258 84 901 6855
Address: Access road perpendicular with Avenida 25 de Junho, Tete
Instituto de Comunicação Social (ICS) community TV stations
The government-run Instituto de Comunicação Social (Institute of Social

Communications) operates 17 local television stations across Mozambique.
These are officially described as community TV stations.
Most of these simply retransmit programmes of the state broadcaster TVM, but a
few also carry some locally produced programming.
This typically consists of local news bulletins and programmes about

development issues such as water provision and health.
All the ICS TV stations are operated in conjunction with an ICS local radio station
in the same town, except for TV de Chimoio, in Chimoio, the capital of Manica
province. This is a standalone station.
TV de Chimoio produces some local programming in Portuguese on

women’s issues, culture, music and local affairs. It also produces children’s
programmes.
Coordinator TV de Chimoio - Ana Mazive

Mob: +258 82 403 8848
The following ICS community television stations were operational in early 2012:
Chimoio (Manica province)

Manjacaze (Gaza province)
Massinga (Inhambane province)
Vilanculos (Inhambane province)
Marromeu (Sofala province)
Bawa (Tete province)
Ulongue/Angonia (Tete province)
Nkanta (Tete province)
Licungo/Mocuba (Zambezia province)
Gurue (Zambezia province)
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Alto-Molócué (Zambezia province)

Morrumbala (Zambezia province)
Namialo (Nampula province)
Eráti (Nampula province)
Ribaue (Nampula province)
Mandimba (Niassa province)
RTP África www.rtp.pt
RTP África is the African channel of Portuguese public broadcaster Rádio e

Televisão de Portugal (RTP). It has the second largest national coverage in
Mozambique after TVM.
Its programming focuses on news and current affairs about Portugal and
Lusophone Africa and sport.
RTP África has its own studio in Maputo that produces culture and current affairs
programmes on the southern African region.
It covers major sporting events in Mozambique and Angola from Maputo.
The channel is broadcast free-to-air by satellite on Intelsat 907. It is also

available on cable networks in Maputo and Beira.
Mozambique Bureau Chief - Ricardo Mota

Mob: +258 82 323 2470
Correspondent: Órfeo Lisboa

Mob: +258 82 489 8930
Tel: +258 21 49 73 51
Fax: +258 21 49 73 47
Address, RTP Africa, Rua Pêro D’Anaya 248, Sommerschield, Maputo

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Cable, satellite and digital TV distribution companies

TV Cabo www.tvcabo.co.mz
Cable network TV Cabo offers over 60 local and international television

channelsto subscribers in Maputo and Beira.
The company also offers internet access through its fibre optic cable networks in
Mozambique’s two largest cities.
Cable TV subscriptions start at $18 per month
Mozambique’s state telecommunications company TeleComunicações de

Moçambique (TDM) owns 50% of TV Cabo. Portuguese telecoms group Grupo
Visabeira owns the rest.
In 2011 the company completed a $4.5-million fibre optic cable network in Beira.
TV Cabo has announced plans to establish local networks in Quelimane,

Nampula, Nacala, Tete and Pemba.
Address: TV Cabo, Avenida dos Presidentes 68, Maputo
Mob: +258 82 048 0500

Tel: +258 21 48 05 50
Fax: +258 21 48 05 01
DSTV www.dstv.com
South African satellite television network DSTV offers over 90 television and 10
radio stations to owners of a satellite dish and a decoder.
Subscriptions are from $28 a month.
Mob: +258 82 319 0470

Tel: +258 21 30 36 05
ZAP www.zap.co.ao
Angolan satellite TV network ZAP offers access to 100 TV channels from 500
meticals (US$18) a month.
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The company is part of the business portfolio of Isabel dos Santos, the powerful
daughter of Angolan president José dos Santos.
Mob: +258 82 553 5501
Address: ZAP, 2430 Avenida 24 de Julho, Maputo
StarTimes www.startimes.co.mz
The Chinese company StarTimes is responsible for Mozambique’s migration

from analogue to digital terrestrial television broadcasting by 2015.
It uses the European Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB-T2) model.
Startimes offers 31 TV channels in its pay TV package for 300 meticals (US$11)
per month. Subscribers must also buy a decoder.
Subscribers must be within 50 km of a transmitter mast in order to receive a clear

signal.
StarTimes Mozambique is run by Valentina Guebuza, a daughter of Mozambican

president Armando Guebuza.
Mob: +258 84 640 9828

+258 84 640 9838
+258 82 123 3206
+258 82 123 3208
Tel: +258 21 31 56 78
Address: Startimes, Avenida Albert Luthuli 934/940, Maputo

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Print media overview
Newspapers only circulate amongst literate Portuguese speakers in Maputo and

a handful of other large cities.
They are influential in breaking news stories and in forming opinion amongst the
ruling elite.
However, they do not reach the vast majority of Mozambicans who live in poverty
in the countryside.
Only 54% of Mozambicans can read and write.
Only 40% speak Portuguese, the language in which all newspapers are written.
Most Mozambicans cannot afford to buy newspapers on a regular basis, even if

they are locally available.
However, each copy sold is read by several people, so newspapers are more
widely read than their crude circulation figures would suggest.
There is no official audit of newspaper circulation in Mozambique and the sales

figures claimed by newspaper publishers are widely regarded as exagerated.
They should therefore be treated with caution.
Mozambique pioneered the concept of electronic newspapers in the early 1990s

to overcome the problems of physical distribution.
The country’s first independent daily Mediafax, was established in 1992 as a

newspaper that was only distributed by fax to paying subsubscribers.
It has since moved online and is now distributed by email instead.
Several other small publications have followed this electronic distribution model,
especially dailies in the capital and regional weeklies.
Some of these are described in detail in the Online Media section of this guide.
The quality of print journalism in Mozambique is generally low. Very few outlets
produce good independent reporting.
Most newspapers simply carry government announcements or report on official

events.
Where they deviate from this pedestrian model, they often sensationalise stories
and fail to check key facts thoroughly
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The exceptions are Mediafax and the weekly printed newspaper Savana, which
is owned by the same company and Canal de Moçambique, an independent
weekly, and its online offshoot CanalMoz www.canalmoz.co.mz
All have a reputation for accuracy, reliability and fearless investigative reporting.
There are three printed daily newspapers in Mozambique:
• Notícias - The government daily newspaper published in Maputo. It

claims to print 40,000 copies per day Monday to Saturday, but some
independent media analysts doubt that it sells more than 15,000. The
newspaper is distributed by plane to cities in the interior. Its Sunday
companion paper is called Domingo.
• O País - An independent daily published Monday to Friday in Maputo by

the SOICO media group. It claims to print 30,000 copies per day. The
newspaer shares an editorial team with SOICO’s commercial TV station
STV.
• Diário de Moçambique - The country’s only provincial daily newspaper. It

is published in Beira. Diário de Moçambique was formerly state-owned,
but the government sold a majority shareholding to private investors.
In addition, there are several online daily newspapers and a several printed and
electronic weekly newspapers. Most are published in Maputo.
The most important and influential electronic daily is Mediafax.
This newspaper is distributed by email to more than 3,000 paying subscribers

Monday to Friday.
Founded in 1992, it pioneered independent quality journalism in Mozambique.
Mediacoop, the journalists’ cooperative which published Mediafax, also owns the
weekly news magazine Savana.
Most provincial newspapers based in cities such as Beira, Nampula, Lichinga

and Quelimane are only published online or are distributed by fax, following the
Mediafax model.
Some also produce printed editions. These are often popular and influential, but
they do not always appear regularly.
Notícias, O País and Diário de Moçambique have their own printing presses.
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However, most of the weekly newspapers published in Maputo are printed

across the border at Nelspruit in South Africa.
Notícias and Domingo jointly employ staff correspondents in the interior. These
enable the two state-run newspapers to provide coverage of provincial affairs.
O País is particularly noted for its business and economic news coverage.
The weekly newspapers published in Maputo generally use freelance
correspondents to gather news from the interior. These are often staff journalists
of Rádio Moçambique or Notícias who moonlight under different names.
Few weekly newspapers and magazines sell more than 5,000 copies per edition.
The most influential weekly newspapers are:
• Savana – A respected independent weekly newspaper published on

Fridays with a reputation for breaking investigative stories. It claims a print
run of 15,000, but some media analysts estimate its actual sales as being
nearer 5,000. Savana is owned by the publishers of the online daily
Mediafax.
• Canal de Moçambique – An independent weekly newspaper published

Wednesdays. It has a print run of 5,000. Canal de Moçambique has a
reputation for breaking important stories that are critical of both the
government and oppostion. It also runs a news website
www.canalmoz.co.mz which is updated daily.
• @Verdade – This is Mozambique’s only free sheet newspaper. It is

published on Fridays and targets the poor townships around Maputo
which few other newspapers reach. Its website www.verdade.co.mz is
updated throughout the day with news from the Mozambican government
news agency AIM and the Portuguese news agency Lusa. The editor,
Erik Charas, is one of Mozambique’s foremost users of Twitter. The paper
has a modern layout and makes good use of new technology.
Printed newspapers struggle to survive in Mozambique because there is little

advertising revenue to support them.
The biggest advertisers are the government and public sector companies, the
banks and telecommunications companies. They often influence the editorial line
of the newspapers where they place large advertisements.
Many private sector publications in the provinces are run by journalists who also
have full-time jobs in the state media.
This does not seem to influence the editorial line of their private publishing
ventures. They are often strongly critical of the government.
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The same journalists will often produce much milder and less controversial news
covereage of the same issues for their state media employer.
Many newspapers have their own websites which are followed by the
Mozambican diaspora overseas, but updates are infrequent.
Few people in Mozambique outside the affluent educated elite have access to
the internet.
According to the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), only 4.2% of

Mozambicans used the internet in 2010.
However that represented a rise from 2.7% in 2009.
Internet use is growing fast from a low base.

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Newspapers
Sociedade do Notícias SARL www.jornalnoticias.co.mz
Sociedade do Notícias is the state-owned newspaper publishing company.
It produces three titles in Maputo:
• Notícias – Mozambique’s largest circulation daily newspaper, published

Monday to Saturday
• Domingo – A Sunday newspaper
• Desafio – A sports weekly mostly dedicated to football, published on
Fridays.
Sociedade do Noticias has its own printing press in Maputo and distributes its
newspapers around the country by air and road.
The company is majority owned by three public sector organizations; the central
bank Banco de Moçambique, state insurance company Emose and national oil
company Petromoc.
In addition to its editorial staff based in Maputo, Sociedade do Noticias has full-
time correspondents in the following cities:
• Beira
• Nampula
• Xai-Xai
• Inhambane
• Chimoio
• Tete
• Quelimane
• Lichinga
• Pemba
Managing Director – Jorge Matine

Mob: +258 82 326 8860
Tel: +258 21 320 119
+258 21 320 120
Address: Sociedade do Notícias, Rua Joaquim Lapa 55, Maputo

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Notícias www.jornalnotícias.co.mz
The government daily Notícias is the largest circulation newspaper in

Mozambique. It is published six days a week from Monday to Saturday in
Maputo.
Notícias claims to print 40,000 copies per day and is distributed around the
country by air and road.
However, it can seldom be found on sale outside Maputo and the 10 provincial
capitals.
Some independent media analysts reckon the newspaper’s actual sale is about
15,000 copies per day.
The newspaper gives prominent and favourable coverage to government

activities. Its main front page story often features the president or prime minister.
Notícias rarely criticises the government on issues other than service delivery.
The views and activities of the ruling party Frelimo party receive far more
coverage than those of Renamo and the other opposition parties.
However, Notícias is the only newspaper to provide regular and comprehensive

coverage of news from the interior. It often carries features on development
issues such as education, agriculture and health.
Editor - Rogério Sitoe

Mob: +258 82 30 63 150
News Editor - Alfredo Macaringue

Mob: +258 82 314 5980
Tel: +258 21 32 31 36
Newsroom
Mob: +258 82 318 0340
Tel: +258 21 32 01 21
Fax: +258 21 31 45 31
Tel: +258 21 32 01 19
+258 21 32 01 20
Fax: +258 21 32 05 75
Email: j.notí[email protected]
Address: Notícias, Rua Joaquim Lapa 55, Maputo

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Domingo www.jornalnotícias.co.mz
Domingo is the Sunday newspaper linked to the government-owned daily

Notícias.
It is published in Maputo and distributed to provincial capitals by plane and truck.
The newspaper gives a breadown of the week’s events and often carries keynote
interviews with notable personalities. It also publishes features on issues related
to development.
Domingo is a staunch defender of the Frelimo and government policies and often
editorialises in its news articles.
Editor: Jorge Matine

Mob: +258 82 326 8860
News editor: Alfredo Dacala

Mob: + 258 82 321 9980
Tel: + 258 21 43 10 26
Fax: + 258 21 43 10 27
Address: Domingo, Rua Joaquim Lapa 55, Maputo
Desafío www.jornalnotícias.co.mz
Desafío (Challenge) is Mozamibique's only sports newspaper. It focuses heavily

on football.
Desafío is published weekly on Friday’s by the government newspaper

publishing company Sociedade do Notícias.
Mozambicans are avid football fans. They follow closely news of their national
team, the Mambas.
Editor – Almiro Santos
News Editor - Reginaldo Cumbana

Mob: +258 84 470 8455
Assistant News Editor- Narciso Nhacila

Mob: +258 84 888 7881
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Address: Desafío, Rua Joaquim Lapa 55, Maputo
O País www.oPaís.co.mz
O País is the only independent printed daily newspaper in Maputo. It is often

critical of the government
O País is published five days a week from Monday to Friday and claims a daily
print run of 30,000.
The newspaper began life as a weekly.
It was acquired by SOICO, Mozambique’s largest private media group, in 2005

and became a daily in 2009.
O País shares an editorial team of about 20 journalists with SOICO’s television

station STV.
It is printed at the company’s printing press in Matola, an industrial city adjacent

to Maputo.
The newspaper’s general news reporting is often quite superficial.
However, it has a better reputation for business news and analysis.
O País provides extensive coverage of economic and business issues, including

the development of coal mining in Tete and offshore natural gas in Cabo
Delgado.
The news stories published in O País are often similar to those carried on STV
the previous day. This is probably because the TV and newspaper versions of
any given story are usually written by the same journalist.
SOICO Group Information Director - Jeremias Langa

Mob: +258 84 300 47 57

Mob: +258 82 528 9053

Mob: +258 82 398 5426
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Newsroom
Tel: +258 21 30 08 34
Mob; +258 82 84 55 942
Fax: +258 21 30 18 65
Email: oPaí[email protected]
Address: O País, Rua Timor Leste 108, Maputo
Diário de Moçambique
Diário de Moçambique is based in the coastal city of Beira.
It is the only printed daily newspaper based outside Maputo.
The formerly state-owned newspaper is now majority owned by private

shareholders and pursues an independent editorial policy.
It provides good news coverage of Central Mozambique region and the Beira
transport corridor to Zimbabwe.
Diário de Moçambique was started by a Catholic bishop in colonial times and

was nationalised after independence in 1975.
The Mozambican state subsequently sold 60% of the shares to a private

company and 20% to the newspaper’s employees. It still owns a 20% stake in
the publication.
Editor: Artur Ricardo

Mob: +258 82 501 0310
News Editor - Faruco Sadique

Cell: +258 82 389 3910
Representative in Maputo - Alexandre Chiure

Mob: +258 82 490 1280
+258 84 835 4554
Tel: +258 21 42 73 12
+258 21 31 36 30
Fax: +258 21 31 36 29
Address: Diário de Moçambique, Corner of Rua Dom João de Mascarenhas and

Rua Major Serpa, Beira
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Mediafax www.savana.co.mz
Mediafax is an independent daily newspaper that is distributed by email to paying

subscribers five days a week from Monday to Friday.
It is owned by Mediacoop, a journalists’ cooperative which also produces the

respected weekly magazine Savana.
Mediafax was the first independent newspaper to be published in Mozambique in

1992.
It was originally distributed by fax, but switched to email after the internet arrived
in Mozambique and became popular amongst the affluent elite in Maputo. It has
never been printed and sold in the street
In early 2012, Mediafax had about 3,100 paying subscribers, but it is read much
more widely.
The newspaper’s core readership consists of government officials,

businesspeople and members of the international community.
Mediafax often publishes investigative stories with the help of whistleblowers.
It mainly covers news from the capital Maputo, but sometimes breaks news
stories from freelancers elsewhere in the country.
Many analysts consider that Savana and Mediafax produce some of the best
independent journalism in Mozambique.
The founders of many other independent newspapers in Mozambique worked at

Mediafax during the earlier stages of their career in journalism.
Editor: Fernando Mbanze

Cell: +258 819 2960
Tel: + 258 82 819 2960

+ 258 21 30 17 37
Fax: + 258 21 30 24 02
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Savana www.savana.co.mz
Savana is one of Mozambique’s ltwo argest and most respected weekly

newspapers.
Its main competitor is Canal de Mocambique.
Savana is published by Mediacoop, the journalists’ cooperative which also

produces the online daily newspaper Mediafax.
Savana is published on Fridays and claims a print run of 15,000. However, some
independent media analysts estimate that its actual sales are around 5,000.
Savana is mainly distributed in Maputo, but covers news from the entire country..
The newspaper is very critical of the Frelimo-led government and often publishes
investigative stories about cases of corruption.
In 2011 the head of Mozambique’s Constitutional Council resigned after Savana

revealed that he had misappropriated state funds.
Many analysts consider that Savana and Mediafax produce the best independent
journalism in Mozambique.
Director (Savana & Mediafax) - Fernando Lima

Mob: +258 82 315 0990
Editor - Fernando Gonçalves

Mob: +258 82 327 6670
News Editor - Francisco Carmona

Mob: +258 82 392 8450
+258 84 442 8011
[email protected]
Tel: + 258 82 327 66 70

Fax: + 258 21 30 24 02
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Canal de Moçambique www.canalmoz.co.mz
Canal de Moçambique is an independent weekly newspaper published in Maputo

on Wednesdays.
It has become highly regarded for its investigative reporting.
Canal de Moçambique claims a print run of 5,000. It is only distributed in the

capital.
The newspaper’s website CanalMoz www.canalmoz.co.mz is updated daily.
Canal de Moçambique has broken some important stories, but its news reporting
is not always accurate and reliable.
The newspaper is frequently critical of the government, the ruling Frelimo party
and the main opposition party Renamo.
The Editor, Fernando Veloso, is from Beira. Canal de Moçambique often carries
stories about events in the city.
Editor: Fernando Veloso

Mob: +258 82 840 5012
+258 84 212 0415
[email protected]
News editor: Borges Nhamirre

Mob: +258 84 886 6440
+258 82 305 3189
Email: borge [email protected]
Fax: +258 21 30 37 03
Tel: +258 84 212 04 15
Address: Canal de Moçambique, Avenida Samora Machel 11, Predio Fonte Azul
2nd floor, Door 4, Maputo
@Verdade www.verdade.co.mz
@Verdade (The Truth) is the only newspaper distributed free of charge in

Mozambique.
It is published every Friday in Maputo.

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@Verdade is widely distributed in the low income townships around the capital,
an area which few other newspapers reach.
It focuses mostly on service delivery issues in Maputo and has become openly
critical of the Frelimo-led government.
The paper sports a modern layout and is printed in colour.
It encourages citizen journalism by getting readers to send in news by SMS.
During the September 2010 riots in Maputo, the newspaper asked people to text
in where protests were taking place in their neighbourhood.
It then collated these flashpoints on an interactive map on its website.
The Editor, Erik Charas, is a young engineer-turned-businessman.
He is one of Mozambique’s foremost users of Twitter. His acount is:

@verdademz
Address: @Verdade, Avenida Mártires da Machava 905, Maputo
Editor: Erik Charas

Mob: +258 84 328 1930
Tel: + 258 84 399 8624

+ 258 84 399 8634
Fax: + 258 21 48 68 35
+ 258 21 49 03 29
Magazine Independente
Magazine Independente is a weekly newspaper published in Maputo on

Wednesdays.
It covers current affairs throughout Mozambique, but rarely breaks a new story.
Its reports are often sensationalist and are sometimes inaccurate.
Magazine Independente used to be very critical of the Frelimo government, but

the newspaper has toned down its comments in recent times.
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Director - Salomão Moyana

Mob: +258 82 310 4870
Editor - Lourenço Jossias

Mob: +258 82 309 3420
Mob: + 258 303 1283

+ 258 82 015 2830
Fax: + 258 21 32 85 79
Tel: + 258 21 32 85 79
Address: Magazine Independente, Avenida Ahmed Sekou Touré 1078

First floor, Apartment 1, Maputo
Zambeze
Zambeze is a weekly newspaper published every Thursday in Maputo.
It covers a wide range of current affairs and occasionally breaks a new story.
Zambeze is often sensationalist in its approach to news and sometimes

inaccurate.
The newspaper generally takes a pro-government editorial line.
Editor: Ângelo Munguambe

Mob: +258 82 431 2890
+258 82 305 8979
Tel: +258 82 857 63 80

Fax: +258 21 30 20 19
Jornal Público www.jornalpublico-moz.com
Jornal Público is a weekly newspaper published on Mondays in Maputo.
It covers current affairs throughout the country, but rarely breaks a story.
It sometimes sensationalist and inaccurate.
Jornal Público runs a subscription email service that gives daily news updates.
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Director - Rui de Carvalho

Mob: +258 82 381 2091
News Editor - Miguel Munguambe

Mob: + 258 82 895 9407
+258 84 013 5798
Mob: +258 82 381 2091

Tel: +258 21 41 43 82
Fax: +258 21 41 43 82
[email protected]
Address: Jornal Público, Rua da Resistência 1141 Ground Floor, Maputo
Escorpião
Escorpião (Scorpion) is a weekly newspaper published on Mondays in Maputo.
Like many of the weeklies published in the capital it has a reputation for
sensationalism and inaccuracy.
Director - Carlos Andre

Cell: +258 82 6312140
News Editor - Serõdio Towo

Tel: +258 21 74 86 84
Fax: +258 21 74 86 84
Address: Escorpião, Avenida das Indústrias 2671, Machava, Matola
Diário da Zambézia
Diário da Zambézia is a daily online newspaper published in the northern coastal

town of Quelimane, the capital of Zambézia province.
It was launched in 2006 and has a reputation for criticising the provincial
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government.
In July 2011, Diário da Zambézia began to publish a printed monthly version of

the newspaper for sale on the streets.
Director – Antonio Zefanias
News Editor - Alvarito Carvalho

Mob: +258 82 857 6380
+258 82 431 2890
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AIM – Agência de Informação de Moçambique www.aim.org.mz
AIM is the state news agency. It is an important source of news for all the
Mozambican media.
The news agency publishes stories in Portuguese and English.
Only authorised subscribers can access its website www.aim.org.mz.
However, the AIM news service in Portuguese can be viewed free of charge
through the link to AIM on the home page of search engine and internet services
provider www.sapo.mz
Weekly summaries of AIM’s news in English can be accessed free of charge at

www.poptel.org.uk/mozambique-news
The wire service publishes most of its stories in the afternoon.
Most news outlets in Mozambique subscribe to AIM. So too do some

international news aggregators.
AIM’s news coverage is openly pro-government.
Its writers often editorialise in news articles, lambasting opposition parties and
government critics.
Editor of English language news service - Paul Fauvet

Mob: +258 82 004 3820
Tel: +258 21 31 32 25
[email protected]
Address: AIM, Rua da Rádio, Maputo
Agência Lusa www.lusa.pt
The Portuguese news agency Lusa provides more news coverage of

Mozambique than any other international news agency.
Its Maputo bureau publishes several articles a day about the country in
Portuguese.
Bureau Chief: Luís Sá

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Mob: +258 82 329 9480

Journalist: Manuel Matola

Mob: +258 82 138 3080
[email protected]
Tel: +258 21 30 44 99
Fax: +258 21 32 16 90
Address: Lusa, Avenida Ho Chi Min 111 Ground floor, Maputo
Online media
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The internet is still the exclusive preserve of the educated and relatively wealthy
urban elite.
However, internet usage is growing fast from a low base.
The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) estimated that only 4.2% of

Mozambicans used the internet in 2010. However that figure represented a steep
rise from 2.7% a year earlier.

were nearly one million internet users in Mozambique at the end of 2011.
Social media have not yet developed very strongly in the country.
The web traffic analysis website www.socialbakers.com said there were only
216,000 Facebook users in the country in April 2012.
All of Mozambique’s main media outlets have news websites which are updated
frequently.
These include:
• Rádio Moçambique www.rm.co.mz

• Televisão de Moçambique www.tvm.co.mz
• Noticias www.jornalnoticias.co.mz
• Mediafax/Savana www.savana.co.mz
• O País www.oPaís.co.mz
• Canal de Moçambique www.canalmoz.co.mz
In addition, there are several daily and weekly newsletters which are only
distributed by email and fax to paying subscribers.
Some of these are published in the interior and cover provincial rather than
national affairs.
Well known electronic newspapers exist in Beira, Nampula, Nacala and

Lichinga.
Journalists are part of the social elite that uses the internet regularly.
Many have started news websites and email newsletters because they are cheap
to produce and easy to distribute.
These electronic publications have been inspired by the success of

Mozambique’s first daily electronic newspaper Mediafax.
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This influential daily electronic newspaper, published in Maputo since 1992, has
a strong reputation for accurate independent reporting and breaking new stories.
In early 2012 Mediafax had about 3,100 paying subscribers.
However, its actual readership is undoubtedly much higher since Mediafax

stories are widely printed out, copied and forwarded. (See the newspaper section
of this guide for more detailed information about Mediafax and its associated
printed weekly newspaper Savana).
Many online news sources are less restrained in their comments and criticisms
than the mainstream radio and TV stations and newspapers.
There are a handful of news aggregator websites with a special focus on

Mozambique. These gather news from several different online sources and
display them on a single website.
The principal news aggregator sites are:
Sapo www.sapo.co.mz
Sapo is a Portuguese language internet search engine and internet services

provider based in Portugal.
The home page of its Mozambican subsidiary features news on Mozambican

current affairs, arts, music and culture
There are also links to the news pages of Mozambique’s main online news
providers, including:
• Rádio Moçambique
• Televisão de Moçambique
• Noticias
• AIM
• O País
• Savana
• Lusa
• STV
The Mozambican website employs several local journalists.
Manager - Joana Correia da Silva

Mob: +258 84 259 3483
Club of Mozambique www.clubofmozambique.com

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This website carries news about Mozambique in English.
It is the brain-child of Swiss investor Adrian Frey, who came to Mozambique in

the mid-1990s.
Club of Mozambique rarely produces its own news content, but is widely read by
the expatriate community in Maputo, especially for its events calendar.
Frey also produces a series of free weekly email newsletters
• The Mozambican Investor covers business and investment in

Mozambique, but draws heavily on material from the government news
agency AIM
• Living in Maputo, a local events newsletter
• Mozambican Traveller, a tourism newsletter.
All these can be accessed through the Club of Mozambique website
Owner/Director: Adrian Frey

Mob: +258 84 399 3999
+258 84 307 7560
Tel: +258 21 49 72 51
Macauhub www.macauhub.com
This news aggregator is based in former Portuguese colony Macau in China.
It publishes news iabout Lusophone countries, including Mozambique, in

Portuguese and English.
Electronic newsletters distributed by email and fax

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Correio da Manhã
Correio da Manhã is an independent electronic newsletter published by email five

days a week in Maputo.
It mainly relies on press releases and government announcements for content.
It seldom breaks a major news story.
The publication was founded in 1997 by Refinaldo Chilengue, a former journalist

with the Portuguese news agency Lusa.
It distributes by fax and email
Editor - Refinaldo Chilengue

Mob: +258 82 308 5360
News Editor: Filemão Saveca

Mob: +258 82 803 6480
Tel: +258 21 30 53 21/3

Fax: +258 21 30 53 28/21
Diário Público www.jornalpublico-moz.com
Diário Público is a daily electronic news service provided by the printed weekly
newspaper Jornal Público.
It is distributed from Maputo five days a week by fax and email.
Diário Público mainly relies on press releases and government announcements

for content. Its news coverage focuses on Maputo.
Director - Rui de Carvalho

Mob: +258 82 381 2091
News Editor - Osvaldo Tembe

Mob: +258 84 587 7195
Tel: +258 21 41 43 82
Fax: +258 21 41 43 82
Vertical
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Vertical is an email newsletter published five days a week in Maputo. Its news
coverage is focused on the capital.
It was started in 2001.
Vertical seldom breaks any news stories. Like many other email newsletters, it
relies heavily on government announcements and press releases for content.
Editor: Victor Matsinhe

Mob: +258 82 977 6533
Mob: +258 82 977 6533

+258 82 836 9710
Address: Vertical, Avenida Amilcar Cabral 412, Maputo
Diário do País
Diário do País is a daily email newsletter, published Monday to Friday in Maputo.
It seldom breaks any news, but relies on media releases and government
announcements for content. Its news coverage is focused on Maputo.
Director: Benjamin Cumbe

Mob: +258 82 396 6059
+258 84 514 7965
Editor: Bernardo Mbembele

Mob: +258 82 563 3351
Tel: +258 21 32 87 19
Fax: +258 21 33 33 53
Email: DiáriodoPaí[email protected]
DiáriodoPaí[email protected]
Address: Diário do País, Avenida 4 de Outobro 946, Ground floor Infulene/T.3,

Maputo
Horizonte
Horizonte is an independent email newsletter is published daily Monday to Friday

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in Maputo.
Editor - Paulo Deves

Mob: +258 82 725 6216
+258 82 305 5535
Address: Horizonte, Avenida Eduardo Mondlane 1928 -3rd Floor, Maputo
O Autarca
This independent email newsletter is based in Beira and covers the central
province of Sofala. .
It was launched in 1998.
At the end of 2011, O Autarca was sued for defamation after it declared support
for a girl who had been excluded from a primary school in Beira because of a
physical disability.
Editor - Falume Chabane

Mob: +258 82 598 4510
+258 84 264 758
[email protected]
Address: O Autarca, Rua do Aeroporto no 711, Desvio 2141, Beira
Faisca
Faisca (Spark) is a weekly email newsletter published in Lichinga, the capital of

northern province Niassa.
It provides original news coverage of Niassa province and is often critical of the
government.
Faisca is produced by a journalists’ cooperative. The publication was forced to

sell most of its equipment after losing a 2008 libel case brought by a local
government official.
Director: Rafael Suizane

Mob: +258 82 528 0609
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Mob: +258 82 528 0609

Address: Faisca, Avenida do Trabalho (Oficina do ICM), Lichinga, Niassa.
O Nacalense
O Nacalanse is a weekly email newsletter based in the northern port town of

Nacala in Nampula province. It is published every Tuesday.
Nacala is rapidly gaining in importance because of its deep water port and road
and rail links to Nampula city, Niassa province and Malawi.
O Nacalense focuses on politics, business and human rights in the Nacala area
and in Nampula province as a whole.
The newsletter’s owner, Felizardo Cono, is the Nampula delegate of state

broadcaster Rádio Moçambique.
Editor - Faizal Ibramugy

Mob: +258 82 551 5365
Reporter - Nelson Carvalho

Mobl: +258 84 426 2170
[email protected]
Address: O Nacalense, Cidade Alta, Block 1, Quarteirão 14, House 16,

Nalaca-Porto
Nampula sub-office: O Nacalense, 539 Avenida Francisco Manyanga,

Nampula
Whampula Fax
Whampulafax is an independent weekly newsletter based in Nampula that

covers news and current affairs in Northern Mozambique.
It has run into trouble with the authorities on several occasions for criticising
government actions in the region.
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Whampula Fax was founded in 2002 by Carlos Coelho, the Nampula

correspondent of the government daily newspaper Notícias.
The publication is more widely read in Nampula than the government daily
Notícias.
Editor - Carlos Coelho

Mob: +258 82 601 3330
+258 84 601 3333
Address: Whampula Fax, Red Cross Building,1175 Avenida 25 de setembro,

Nampula
Mozambique Political Process Bulletin
Joséph Hanlon, an expert on Mozambique at the UK’s Open University, compiles

a more-or-less quarterly newsletter on important political issues in the country.
This is published by the Centre for Public Integrity (Centro da Integridade

Pública) and European Parliamentarians with Africa (AWEPA).
Editor: Joséph Hanlon

Traditional and informal channels of communication
Word of mouth remains an important channel of communication in the rural

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areas.
The role played by local chiefs and government officials in gathering and
disseminating information at the community level is crucial.
The traditional chiefs, appointed by their own communities, are called

regulos.They have been important intermediaries between local communities and
central government since colonial times.
The government-appointed local administrators at village level are known as

chefes de posto administrativo.
There is a regulo in virtually every village. These people are well connected to
the community grapevine, They are invariably the first to hear about events in
remote areas where there are no government officials or police.
The regulo is normally the person who reports new developments to the state
authorities, especially in the north, where government officials are more thinly
spread on the ground.
Outsiders are expected to introduce themselves to the local regulo or chefe de

posto as soon as they arrive in a rural area.
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Media and telecoms regulators
Gabinete de Informação (Gabinfo) www.gabinfo.gov.mz
The government Information Bureau, widely known as Gabinfo, supervises the

state and private media in Mozambique and acts as the government mouthpiece
for official announcements.
It falls under the Prime Minister’s office and broadly fulfils the role of an
information ministry and media licencing authority.
Gabinfo directly supervises the main state media organisations, including:
• Rádio Moçambique
• Televisão de Moçambique (TVM)
• Agencia de Informação de Moçambique (AIM)
• The Public Information Bureau
• The School of Journalism at Eduardo Mondlane University
It also licences private newspapers, radio stations and television channels.
Gabinfo gives accreditation to foreign journalists wishing to work in Mozambique.

This is a formality. Applications are easily approved.
It notifies the media of government news conferences and issues official

announcements
Gabinfo also monitors what is published and broadcast in the country.
It may query articles or programmes that the authorities regard as particularly

objectionable. However, this does not happen often.
Director - Ezequiel Mavota
Contact person for the international media - Saíde Habibo

Mob: +258 82 454 8820
Tel: +258 21 49 00 49
Fax: +258 21 49 02 09
Address: Gabinete de Informação (Gabinfo), Avenida Francisco Mugumbwe 780

Maputo
Instituto Nacional das Comunicações de Moçambique (INCM)

www.incm.gov.mz
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The National Communications Institute of Mozambique (Instituto Nacional das

Comunicações de Moçambique) (INCM) is the government body which regulates
the telecommunications sector.
The INCM issues licences to telecommunications companies.
It also assigns frequencies to radio stations and television channels after their
broadcasting licenses have been approved by the Gabinete de Informação
(Gabinfo).
In September 2010 the INCM ordered mobile phone operators Mcel and
Vodacom to block text messaging for all pre-paid customers for several days
during riots in Maputo in protest at a steep increase in food prices.
Mob: +258 82 328 3850

+258 84 398 5951
Tel: +258 21 22 71 00
+258 21 49 01 31/9
Fax: +258 21 49 44 35
Address: INCM, Avenida Eduardo Mondlane 123/127, Maputo
Instituto de Comunicação Social (ICS)
The Social Communication Institute was created to manage the government-run

commnunity radio and TV stations across the country.
It falls under the government information bureau Gabinete de Informação

(Gabinfo).
The ICS trains community radio journalists.
Its studios in Maputo also produce programming in Portuguese, Changana, and

Makhuwa for the 38 ICS radio stations around Mozambique.
In 2012 the ICS was planning to launch a radio station for rural areas with
nationwide reach.
This would broadcast educational programmes in Portuguese, Makhuwa and

southern languages Changana, Rhonga and Copi.
Contact - Boaventura Massango
Mob: +258 84 703 1475
+258 82 41 39 073
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Address: ICS, Avenida Amilcar Cabral 214, Maputo
Conselho Superior de Comunicação Social (CSCS) www.cscs.gov.mz
The Superior Council for Social Communication (Conselho Superior de

Comunicação Social) (CSCS) is a state-run media ombudsman.
It is charged with upholding the freedom of the press while at the same time
protecting the rights of individuals who have been defamed or mis-reported.
The CSCS has acted on behalf of journalists in disputes when they have been
sued for stories published.
However, it is widely seen as a government agency without many teeth.
President: Armindo Ngunga

Mob: +258 82 832 6960
+258 84 318 2400
Tel: +258 21 48 54 90
+258 21 49 38 45
Address: CSCS, Avenida Mártires da Machava 1002, Maputo
Media associations
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Sindicato Nacional de Jornalistas (SNJ)
The National Union of Journalists (Sindicato Nacional de Jornalistas) (SNJ)

is Mozambique’s sole trade union for journalists.
It serves as an arbiter in labour disputes between journalists and their employers.
In 2011 the union was developing a journalists’ code of practice.
Like all other trade unions in Mozambique, the SNJ has close links with the
Frelimo government.
Secretary-general - Eduardo Constantino

Mob: +258 82 300 5499
Fórum Moçambicano de Editores (EditMoz)
EditMoz is the Mozambican Editors Forum, but it has never really taken off as a
professional association.
One reason is that many editors in Mozambique have a history of conflicts and
disagreements between themselves.
These disputes have led many of them to set up separate, competing

newspapers.
The Danish aid organisation Ibis in gave US$40,000 towards kick-starting the
forum’s activities in 2011.
Installation committee coordinator - Fernando Gonçalves (Editor of Savana

newspaper)
Mob: +258 82 327 6670
Associação das Empresas Jornalísticas (AEJ)
The Association of Journaistic Companies (Associação das Empresas

Jornalísticas) AEJ is a little known association of media company owners.
It is not very active.
Contact - Refinaldo Chilengue (Editor of Correio da Manhã email newsletter)

Mob: +258 82 308 5360
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[email protected]
Media development organisations
Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) www.misa.org.mz

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The Namibia-based Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) is an NGO that

promotes press freedom and media development throughout the region.
The Mozambican branch of the organisation produces reports on the

Mozambican media from time to time. It highlights infringements of press
freedom, particularly by the government
MISA also has a legal fund to assist the independent media fight cases in court.
The organisation is supportive of community radio stations and helps to develop

programming for the local media with humanitarian organisations.
Communications Officer - Celia Mbanze

Mob: +258 82 392 7570
+258 84 555 2955
Mob: +258 82 302 0570

Tel: +258 21 30 28 42/33
Address: MISA, Rua Romão Fernandes Farinha 75 2nd Floor, Maputo
Open Society Initiative of South Africa (OSISA) www.osisa.org
The Open Society Initiative is an NGO founded by the US-based billionaire

George Soros that works towards strengthening good governance and
democracy.
Its Southern Africa branch funds various projects to change policy, law and
practice in the long-term.
OSISA funded training in environmental reporting for Mozambican journalists in

2010 following a major pollution incident at the country’s largest factory, which
leaked toxic gasses into the atmosphere for over four months.
The organization covers Mozambique from its office in South Africa.
Address: OSISA, 1st Floor, President Place, 1 Hood Avenue / 148 Jan Smuts
Avenue , Rosebank, South Africa
Fax (South Africa): +27 11 587 5099
Centro de Integridade Pública (CIP) www.cip.org.mz

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The Centre for Public Integrity (Centro de Integridade Pública) (CIP) is an

independent think tank with an investigative unit.
It has become a leading watchdog of Mozambican society.
It monitors budget spending by the government and respect for the law. Many of
its researchers are investigative journalists.
The organisation has published respected reports on issues ranging from the
mining industry to the state budget and human rights.
The CIP’s legitimacy has sometimes been question by the Mozambican

government beause it receives extensive funding from foreign donors.
Director: Marcelo Mosse

Mob: +258 82 300 3329
Mob: +258 82 301 6391

+258 84 389 0584
Tel: +258 21 49 23 35
Fax: +258 21 49 23 40
Address: CIP, Rua Frente de Libertação de Moçambique 354, Maputo
Panos Institute Southern Africa (PSAF) www.panos.org.zm
Panos Southern Africa (PSAF) is a non-profit organisation that promotes

communication for development.
It is independent of its parent organisation based in the United Kingdom.
PSAF is based in Lusaka, Zambia, but has satellite offices in Mozambique and
South Africa. It works in 12 countries in the Southern Africa region.
In 2011 Panos sponsored media investigations into illegal logging in the north of
Mozambique.
Mozambique Director: Tomas Vieira Mário

Mob: +258 84 663 4994
Mob: +258 82 302 0570

+258 82 000 8596
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Tel: +258 21 49 39 90
Fax: +258 21 49 39 50
Address: PASF Mozambique Office, Rua de Mucumbura 416 1st Floor, Maputo
Johns Hopkins University www.jhuccp.org.mz
Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, United States, has been involved in

HIV/AIDS-related communications projects in Mozambique since 2003.
The University’s Centre for Communication Programmes (JHU.CCP) helped to

draft and implement the Mozambican government’s National AIDS
communications strategy in 2005.
In 2010, it launched a four-year HIV prevention project Gaza and Maputo

provinces and Maputo city.
This aims to change behaviour and social norms around HIV/AIDS at the
community and family levels.
The project involves media training in a series of 18-month cycles.
Participating journalists from all types of media receive quarterly feedback on

articles and programmes they have produced on HIV prevention and services.
John Hopkins University has worked with Rádio Moçambique and Rádio
Cidade, religious radios Voz do Islam and Rádio Maria and community radio
stations in Maputo, Manhiça and Namaacha.
The newspapers Notícias, O País and @Verdade are also involved in the
project, along with Televisão de Moçambique (TVM) and STV.
John Hopkins University also develops radio programming on HIV/AIDS for

community radio stations.
Director - Patrick Devos

Mob: +258 82 319 7920
Media contact - Mario Marrengula

Tel: +258 21 49 67 52
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Mob: +258 82 303 2516

[email protected]
Address: John Hopkins University, Avenida Mártires da Machava 297, Maputo
UNICEF Mozambique www.unicef.org/mozambique
UNICEF has sponsored several projects to improve reporting on children’s

issues in Mozambique.
It has collaborated with MISA Mozambique and has also launched a course on
child rights and journalism at the Eduardo Mondlane University in Maputo.
The organisation supports a project training children to produce programmes for

community radio.
Communications specialist - Gabriel Muthisse

Mob: +258 82 316 5390
Tel: +258 21 48 11 00
IREX www.irex.org
IREX is a US-based media development NGO.
In June 2012 it was awarded a $10 million contract to run a five-year Media
Strengthening Program for Mozambique, funded by USAID.
The programme aims to improve the quality of information provided to the

Mozambican people by the state and non-state media.
It also aims to enhance enhance the news reporting capacity and financial
viability of non-state media organizations
The programme will organize journalism training in areas such as investigative

reporting, HIV prevention and health promotion.
It will also foster public discussion and debate through the media, advocate for
policy reforms to protect and broaden media freedom and will build the capacity
of media organizations to become more financially viable and stable.
Irex was planning to begin project activities in Mozambique in late 2012.
Chief of Party – Arild Drivdal

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Mob: +258 82 312 1820

Community Media for Development Productions (CMFD) www.cmfd.org
Community Media for Development Productions (CMFD) is a small South

African-based media consultancy headed by Canadian journalist Daniel Walter.
It has produced programming with community and non-commercial radio stations

in Mozambique to promote development.
CMFD produces serial radio dramas, radio spots, digital stories, music, theatre
and print publications. It also undertakes journalism training.
It has produced radio documentaries and dramas on topics like disaster

management, flooding, landmines, human trafficking and governance.
Mob: +258 82 701 0207
Director – Daniel Walter

Fax (South Africa): +27 11 614 6903
Address: CMFD Productions, PO Box 66193, Broadway, Bez Valley 2020, South
Africa
Gender Links www.genderlinks.org.za
Gender Links is a South African based NGO which has held several workshops
for journalists in Mozambique on reporting gender issues.
Mozambique contact - Eduardo Namburete

Mob: +258 84 734 7616
+258 82 279 5454
Headquarters in South Africa
Tel: +27 11 622 2877

Fax: +27 11 622 4732
Address: Gender Links, Head Office, 9 Derrick Ave, Cnr Marcia St, Cyrildene
2198, Johannesburg South Africa
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Konrad Adenauer Stiftung www.kas.de/wf/en
The Konrad Adenauer Stiftung is a political foundation linked to Germany’s

centre-right Christian Democrat party.
It promotes the development of multi-party democracy and a market economy in

developing countries, often by supporting media development.
The foundation has also produced a manual on investigative reporting for

journalists in Lusophone Africa.
Mozambique contact - Annette Scherzbauer

Mob: +258 82 320 7710
Address: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Mozambique Office, Rua B, 139, Bairro da

Coop, Maputo
Friedrich Ebert-Stiftung www.fesmedia.org
The Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung is a political foundation linked to Germany’s centre-

left Social Democrat Party.
It aims to improve media freedom, access to information and media diversity in

sub-Saharan Africa.
The foundation publishes the African Media Barometer, an index of media

environments in Africa.
Its Southern Africa regional office is based in Windhoek, Namibia.
Tel (Namibia): +264 61 237 438

Fax (Namibia): +264 61 237 441
Human rights organizations
Liga dos Direitos Humanos (LDH) www.ldh.org.mz

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The Human Rights League (Liga dos Direitos Humanos) (LDH) has a reputation
for talking tough on controversial issues such as police brutality, prisoners’ rights
and corruption in government.
It has also done important work on human trafficking.
The LDH has offices in Maputo, Beira and Nampula which cover Mozambique
by region.
Director: Alice Mabota

Mob: +258 82 305 5230
National Headquarters and Southern Region office (Maputo)

Tel: +258 21 40 59 41
Fax: +258 21 40 60 22
Central Region office (Beira)

Tel: +258 23 32 26 14
Fax: +258 23 32 60 24
Northern Region office (Nampula)

Tel: +258 26 21 65 62
Fax: +258 26 21 65 61
Audio and video services
Chico Carneiro
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Filmmaker Chico Carneiro has made made films all over Mozambique for 30
years. He is known internationally for his documentaries.
Mob: +258 82 310 8030

Ebano Multimedia
Ebano Multimedia is a production house run by the well-known Mozambican film-

making duo Camillo de Sousa and Licinio Azevedo.
It produces documentary films and has worked in the USA, Germany, Zimbabwe
and Malawi for NGOs like Save the Children, Care and the Ford Foundation.
The company has been going for more than 20 years and has a production
studio in Maputo.
Partner - Camillo de Sousa

Mob: +258 82 308 6630
Partner - Licinio Azevedo

Mob: + 258 82 328 3110
Address: Ebano Multimedia, Rua Dr Almeida Ribeiro 58, Maputo
João Carlos Schwalbach
João Carlos Schwalbach is a musician and music producer based in Maputo.
He rcomposes jingles for advertisements and runs a music recording studio,

Ekaya Productions.
He has also worked for the BBC in the past.
Schwalbach is a member of the popular Mozambican music group Ghorwana.
Mob: +258 82 312 0830

[email protected]
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Instituto de Comunicação Social (ICS)
The government-run Institute of Social Communication (Instituto de

Comunicação Social) (ICS), which manages a network of community radio and
TV stations, has excellent radio studios for hire in Maputo.
ICS National Coordinator - Boaventura Massango

Mob: +258 82 413 9073
+258 84 703 1475
RGB
RGB is the radio and television production house of Golo advertising agency.
Besides producing for Golo’s contracts, RGB also hires out production services
and equipment.
Mob: +258 82 308 7680

Tel: +258 21 49 63 36
Fax: +258 21 49 63 37
Address: RGB, Avenida Kim Il Sung 153, Maputo
Rádio Moçambique
State broadcaster Rádio Moçambique rents out studios at its headquarters in

Maputo.
Director of Information - Antonio Bernardo Cuna

Tel: +258 21 43 16 87
+258 21 43 16 88
Fax: +258 21 42 98 26
+258 21 32 18 16
Graphic designers, cartoonists and illustrators
Luciana Hees www.lucianajustinianihees.blogspot.com

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Luciana Hees is a designer and illustrator who has been based in Mozambique
since 2003.
She has worked with NGOs such as Women and Law in Southern Africa (WLSA)
and UN agencies on illustrating the Millennium Development Goals.
Mob: +258 82 257 6190

Luis Cardoso
Luis Cardoso is an experienced designer with in-depth knowledge of

Mozambican society. He mostly works for NGOs.
Cardoso’s clients include John Hopkins University, UNICEF and Care

International.
Mob: +258 82 785 2438

Sebastião Montalvão
Sebastião Montalvão is a designer and animator who has lived in Mozambique

for over four years.
He undertakes web design for MZBusiness, a design company in Maputo, and

manages his own design company, Lateral Media.
Montalvão has worked for a number of local and international NGOs including
Action Aid and Pathfinder International, in Mozambique, Portugal and Cypus.
Mob: +258 84 747 9655

Address: Lateral Media, Avenida Freiderich Engels 1061 Ground Floor, Maputo
Zimba
Sergio Zimba works as graphic designer at state daily newspaper Notícias, but
is more famous for his cartoons that appear in the same publication.
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Mob: +258 82 421 7740

Walter Zand www.walterzand.blogspot.com
Walter Zand is an enthusiastic Mozambican artist known for his fine art. He has
also done illustrations for books.
Mob: +258 84 233 0233
Neivaldo Nhatugueja
Neivaldo Nhatugueja is an architect, but also draws cartoons for respected

independent weekly Savana.
Nhatugueja has also done cartoon work for NGOs such as the Human Rights
League (Liga dos Direitos Humanos) and the Centre for Public Integrity (Centro
de Integridade Pública)
Mob: +258 82 489 3260

Photographers
Sergio Costa
Sergio Costa is an experienced freelance news photographer who works for
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national and international news agencies.
He has also taken pictures in South Africa, Angola and Kenya for UN agencies
and humanitarian organisations such as Actionaid and Danida.
Mob: +258 82 468 6040

+258 84 520 1413
[email protected]
Carlos Litulo http://carloslitulo.photoshelter.com
Carlos Litulo is an award-winning photographer. Besides taking journalism

pictures for AFP, AP and EPA, he has done photography for USAID, the British
Council and humanitarian organisations such as Actionaid.
Litulo has worked in Ghana, South Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda and
Swaziland as well as Mozambique.
Mob: +258 82 401 1250

Grant Lee Neuenberg www.facebook.com/grant.lee.neuenburg
Grant Neuenberg is a freelance photographer that has been based in

Mozambique for 20 years.
He has worked for international news agency Reuters and has done various
projects with NGOs in Mozambique.
Mobl: +258 82 887 1420

Advertising and media marketing
Golo www.golo.co.mz
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Golo produces TV advertising spots.
Mob: +258 84 300 8484

Tel: +258 21 49 25 42
Address: Golo, Avenida Mao Tse Tung 488, Maputo
Ogilvy Group Mozambique www.ogilvy.co.mz
Ogilvy Group Mozambique is the local subsidiary of global advertising giant

Ogilvy & Mather.
Contact – João dos Santos
Mob: +258 82 312 3660

Tel: +258 21 49 06 74
+258 21 49 06 75
Fax: +258 21 49 24 93
Address: Ogilvy Group Mozambique, Avenida Agostinho Neto 17, Maputo
DDB www.ddb.co.mz
DDB is the Mozambican subsidiary of the global advertising agency. It was

founded in 2000.
Mob: +258 82 328 4960

Tel: +258 21 30 22 67/8
Fax: +258 21 30 22 70
Address: DDB, Avenida Fernão Magalhães 34, 3rd floor, Maputo
Telecommunications overview
Mobile networks provide the basis of Mozambique’s current telecommunications

infrastructure, but their signal does not extend far beyond the main urban
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centres.
Mozambique had 7.7 million mobile subscribers at the end of 2011, according to
the GSMA, an association of the world’s main mobile networks.
This gave a mobile penetration rate of 31.7%.
However, mobile phone ownership is heavily concentrated in urban areas.70% of

all mobile subscribers live in Maputo, according to National Communications
Institute of Mozambique (Instituto Nacional das Comunicações de Moçambique)
(INCM).
But this city of around two million people accounts for less than 10% of
Mozambique’s overall population.
Mozambique boasts of having mobile network coverage in all 128 administrative

districts of the country, but in most cases this is restricted to a 5 km radius of the
district headquarters town.
The reality is that few people who live deep in the rural areas can get a signal
and very few of them have phones.
Mozambique’s landline network suffered heavy damage during the civil war and
is very limited.
The country had only 88,000 fixed line telephone connections at the end of 2010,
according to the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) – approximately
one line for every 300 inhabitants.
The internet is still the exclusive preserve of the educated and relatively wealthy
urban elite.
However, internet usage is growing fast from a low base.
The ITU estimated that 4.2% of Mozambicans used the internet in 2010, up from
2.7% a year earlier.

were 975,000 internet users in Mozambique at the end of 2011.
Social media have not yet developed very strongly in the country.
The web traffic analysis website www.socialbakers.com said there were only
216,000 Facebook users in Mozambique in April 2012.
However, Mozambique is now connected to the rest of the world by three

submarine fibre-optic cables and the availability of the internet via mobile
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connections is increasing.
Until January 2012, mobile telephony in Mozambique was controlled by two

companies: state-controlled Mcel and Vodacom, a subsidiary of the UK-based
mobile operator Vodafone.
A third network, Movitel began operations with a limited network in January

2012.
Movitel is a partnership between Vietnam’s Viettel Telecom and SPI – Gestão e

Investimentos, the investment arm of Mozambique’s ruling Frelimo party.
Mcel is the largest company, with the most extensive network coverage and the
highest number of subscribers – more than 4.5 million in early 2012.
All three mobile networks offer 3G internet services.
Mcel launched a mobile money transfer service called mKesh in 2011.
Mcel and Vodacom each have their own separate networks, but in 2011 the
government ordered all mobile operators to share their infrastructure, including
masts, in order to reduce the cost of their expansion into new areas.
Seven out of ten cellphone users in Mozambique are prepaid customers.
Voice calls typically cost between five and seven Mozambican meticals (18 to 25
US cents) per minute.
Text messages cost 2 meticals (7 US cents). SMS messages are popular

because they are much cheaper than voice calls.
Text messages were widely used to mobilise protestors during the food price
riots in Maputo in September 2010.
This phenomenon prompted the government to block all text messages to and
from pre-paid mobile phone subscribers for several days.
Post-paid subscribers, who are generally more affluent and could be personally
identified through their subscription records, were not affected by the ban.
The government initially denied blocking SMS traffic, but the newspapers
Mediafax and Savana subsequently published a leaked letter from the
government’s National Institute of Communications of Mozambique (Instituto
Nacional das Comunicações de Moçambique –INCM) ordering the mobile
networks to take this action
The government subsequently ordered all pre-paid mobile phone subscribers to

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register their SIM cards with the cellphone companies or risk being cut off.
By March 2011, only 70,000 had bothered to comply, but the authorities did not
take any action against the vast majority of phone users who ignored the order.
All landline services are operated by the state telephone company

Telecomunicações de Moçambique (TDM).
TDM owns a 74% controlling stake in the mobile operator Mcel.
Fixed-line infrastructure is still poor.
In 2010, TDM’s undersea cable linking Maputo with Xai-Xai, the capital of Gaza
province 224 km to the north, broke.
This interrupted telephone communications between the capital and the whole of
central Mozambique until multi-million dollar repairs had been completed.
Internet is still very expensive in comparison to the low level of personal incomes
and connectivity erratic.
Subscription via the cable TV networks in Maputo and Beira costs 800 meticals
(US$28) per month.
Mobile internet access costs upwards of US$18 per month.
However the cost of internet access should fall and connection speeds should
improve following the recent arrival of three undersea cables linking East Africa
to Europe.
The Seacom cable, which connects Southern Africa with Europe and Southern
Asia was launched in 2009, but has suffered frequent breakdowns.
The East African Marine System (TEAMS), which links the United Arab Emirates
(UAE) to Kenya was also completed in 2009.
This cable should speed up internet connectivity right along the east coast of
Africa, but it suffered a major breakage in March 2012 and was still out of action
three months later.
The EASSY (East African Submarine System) was connected to Mozambique in

2010.
The government has launched a project with UNESCO, Eduardo Mondlane

University in Maputo and international donors to set up a network of community
multimedia centres in selected rural areas.
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These centres, many of which are co-located with a community radio station,
offer internet access, fax, photocopying and other communication services for a
nominal fee.
By early 2012 about 20 Community Multimedia Centres had been set up, mostly
in the south of the country (See separate list of community radio stations and
community multimedia centres for full details)
Telecommunications companies
Mcel www.mcel.co.mz
MCel is Mozambique’s largest mobile network. It is 100% owned by the

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government.
In early 2012 Mcel claimed to have more than 4.5 million subscribers and a
mobile network that covered 75% of Mozambique’s population and 60% of the
country’s territory.
The main coverage gaps were in the northern provinces of Tete and Niassa and
inland areas of Gaza province in the south.
Mcel (Moçambique Celular) began operations in 1997.
The state telecoms company Telecomunicações de Moçambique (TDM),

which operates the landline network, owns a 74% stake in Mcel.
The Institute for the Management of State Companies (Instituto de Gestão de

Participações do Estado) (IGEPE) owns the remaining 26%.
Mcel provides voice, SMS and mobile internet services.
Pre-paid subscribers can get unlimited mobile internet access for 2,400 meticais
(US$87) per month. Limited internet use packages can be purchased more
cheaply.
In 2011, Mcel launched a mobile money service called mKesh. Users can open
an account at Mcel and deposit any amount of money at accredited agents.
Services include mobile credit purchase, mobile credit transfer to other Mcel
subscribers and money transfers of up to 25,000 meticais (US$900) to any other
mobile phone user in Mozambique - including those on other networks.
The system is capable of handling bulk distributions such as salary payments.
The service is also available in Tete and Nampula.
The Chairman of Mcel, Teodato Hunguana, is a former Labour Minister and

Information Minister.
Media liaison (public relations company) - Leandro Paul

Mob: +258 82 300 7740
Mcel Headquarters
Mob: +258 82 217 2100

Tel: +258 21 351100
+258 21 351101
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Address: Mcel, Rua Belmiro Obadias Muianga 384, Maputo

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(Network coverage may only be available in some parts of the districts shown)
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Vodacom Moçambique www.vm.co.mz
Vodacom Moçambique is the number two player in Mozambique after the market
leader Mcel.
It began operations in 2003 and had over three million subscribers by the end of
2010.
Vodacom’s network covers much of Southern Mozambique and the transport

corridor from Beira to Zimbabwe.
It also provides network coverage in the coal mining area of Tete, the area
around Nampula and a few other areas.
Vodacom Moçambique is an 85% owned subsidiary of the South African mobile

company Vodacom.
This in turn is controlled by the UK-based global telecoms group Vodafone.
Like most large companies in Mozambique, Vodacom Moçambique has political

connections. In this case, they take the shape of three minority shareholders.
A 5% stake in Vodacom Mozambique is held by Intelec Holdings, of which

Mozambican president Armando Guebuza is a shareholder.
Another 5% is owned by Whatana Investments, a company owned by Graça

Machel, the widow of Mozambique’s first president Samora Machel and current
wife of former South African president Nelson Mandela.
The remaining 5% is held by Mozambican Telecommunications Company

EMTEL (Empresa Moçambicana de Telecomunicações).
One of the Mozambican minority shareholders usually appoints Vodacom

Moçambique’s chief executive.
Whatana nominated the current chief executive, Rui Fonseca, in April 2011.
Vodacom offers voice and SMS communication as well as mobile internet

services.
Limited mobile internet access is available to pre-paid subscribers from 49

meticais (US$1.80) per day or 499 meticais (US$18) per month
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Communications and public relation - Paula Zandamela

Mob: +258 84 090 0091
Mob: +258 84 090 0000
Address: Vodacom Moçambique, Avenida Presidente Carmona 12A, Maputo

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Source: World Food Programme

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Telecomunicações de Moçambique (TDM) www.tdm.co.mz
Telecommunications of Mozambique (Telecomunicações de Moçambique –

TDM) is the state telecommunications company.
It operates the country’s fixed line services – which had just over 88,000
subscribers at the end of 2010.
TDM also owns a 74% controlling stake in Mcel, Mozambique’s largest mobile
network.
The company offers internet access, both in its own name and through its 50%
owned subsidiary TV Cabo.
TV Cabo has built fibre optic cable networks in Maputo and Beira and plans to
establish new networks in Mozambique’s other main cities.
Media liaison (public relations company) - Leandro Paul

Mob: +258 82 300 7740
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Movitel Moçambique
Movitel is Mozambique’s newest and smallest mobile network.
It announced the launch of commercial operations in May 2012 after signing up

415,000 pre-paid subscribers.
The company is a joint venture between Vietnam’s Viettel Telecom (70%) and
SPI-Gestão e Investimentos, the investment branch of Mozambique’s ruling party
Frelimo (30%).
Movitel aims to cover 80% of the Mozambican population with its network within
three years.
At the time of its launch. Movitel claimed to provide some degree of network
coverage in 105 of Mozambique’s 128 administrative districts.
The company had laid 12,500 km of fibre optic cable and had constructed a
nationwide network of 1,800 base stations offering a mixture of 2G and 3G
capacity.
In May 2011 Movitel signed an agreement with the state electricity company
Electricidade de Moçambique (EDM) that allowed the mobile operator to run fibre
optic cables alongside EDM’s electricity wires on the national grid.
The company has pledged an initial investment of US$465 million to establish its
nationwide network. This will eventually consist of 20,000 km of fibre optic cable
and 3,200 transmission masts.
Movitel is contractually obliged to provide mobile coverage of 60% of

Mozambique’s national territory.
The company’s stated aim is to secure 10 million customers within five years –
with a focus on recruiting new mobile phone users among the rural population.
Chairman – Safura de Conceição
Communications - Margarido Paulo

Tel: +258 21 30 41 88
Address, Movitel Moçambique, Avenida Paulo S Kankhomba 1170, Maputo

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Mozambique suffers periodically from floods and drought. These natural

However, disaster preparedness measures put in place since the devastating

The economy and infrastructure of Mozambique were devasted by a 16-year civil

The United Nations continues to classify Mozambique as one of the world’s

Renamo was formed as a rebel guerrilla movement with the encouragement of

Source: World Food Programme (WFP)

Pretoria had a policy of destabilising black-ruled states like Mozambique which

Renamo has meanwhile transformed itself from a guerrilla movement into a

Rural areas are also served by a network of around 80 independent community

Broadcasts in local languages by Rádio Moçambique and community radio

According to UNESCO statistics, only 56.1% of Mozambicans over the age of 15

More than 90% of children now attend primary school.

There are 21 local languages spoken in Mozambique, according to the 2007

The exact number of African languages spoken in the country is disputed.

Much depends on how you define a language, as opposed to a dialect.

For example Changana-speakers in Maputo province and Rhonga-speakers in

It is quite common for one language to be known by several different names.

For example, Nyanja, a language widely spoken in Northern Mozambique, is

The language which Portuguese speakers call Changana is often refered to as

The most prominent local languages in Mozambique, according to the 2007

• Makhuwa - About 4.1 million speakers in Cabo Delgado, Nampula,

• Changana – About 1.7 million speakers, mainly concentrated in Maputo,

• Lomwe – About 1.2 million speakers in Nampula, Niassa and Zambezia

• Chuwabu – About one million speakers in Sofala and Zambezi provinces

• Nyanja – About 900,000 speakers in Niassa, Tete and Zambezia

English is widely spoken by the elite in government and business. Many

Economy and living standards

Source: World Food Programme (WFP)

Mozambique has some of the world’s largest untapped coal reserves.

Development of these hyrdrocarbons for export will eventually generate a lot of

The country and its people remain desperately poor.

Foreign aid funded 46% of the government’s 2012 budget.

Millions of Mozambicans have spent time as migrant workers in South Africa to

11.5% of the adult population were HIV-positive in 2009, according to UNAIDS.

Life expectancy is just under 50 years.

Politics and government

A new constitution in 1990 introduced multi-party democracy and a free market

However, no rival political movement has so far emerged to seriously challenge

Renamo meanwhile has suffered from internal splits

Frelimo leader Armando Guebuza won a second five-year term as President in

The Democratic Movement of Mozambique (Movimento Democrático de

Humanitarian organisations must be able to communicate in Portuguese in order

Organisations contacting government departments are usually expected to write

Fax is still an important means of communication with government departments.

Mozambique set up the National Disaster Management Institute (Instituto

The National Emergency Operations Centre (Centro Nacional Operativo de

In 2000, several weeks of heavy rain in southern Mozambique caused swollen

Mozambique’s main north-south highway was cut in several places as vital

This caused widespread flooding in the Zambeze basin in central Mozambique.

During an emergency, CENOE coordinates the government’s emergency

This organisation falls under the INGC.

Source: World Food Programme (WFP)

• South – Maputo City, Maputo, Gaza, and Inhambane provinces

However, during an emergency, humanitarian interventions are undertaken at

Emergency drills are carried out in disaster-prone areas so local populations