Mozambique: Beira Minibus Drivers Go On Strike

Maputo — The operators of the minibuses (known as “chapas”) that provide much of the passenger transport in the central Mozambican city of Beira pulled their vehicles off the roads on Monday morning, demanding that new fares take effect immediately.

This comes 40 days after an earlier stoppage. Then the chapa operators believed they had won their case for a fare increase of five meticais (about eight US cents) for every ten kilometres travelled.

On 16 June, the Beira Municipal Assembly approved…