Mozambique: Mondlane Seeks to Scrap Heroes’ Day

Maputo — Former Mozambican Presidential candidate Venancio Mondlane on Sunday ordered the cancellation of the Heroes’ Day celebrations scheduled for Monday, 3 February.

Mondlane, who claims that he won the 9 October presidential election, decreed that Mozambican Heroes will no longer be commemorated on 3 February, the anniversary of the murder in 1969 of Eduardo Mondlane (no relation) the founder and first president of the Mozambique Liberation Front (Frelimo).

Instead, Heroes’ Day will be moved…