Mozambique: Government Backtracks – Agrees to Pay ’13th Month’

Maputo — The Mozambican government on Tuesday reversed its predecessor’s policy and agreed to pay the traditional New Year Bonus to all staff in the state administration.

Shortly before Christmas, the then Prime Minister, Adriano Maleiane, announced that the government does not have enough money to pay the bonus, which is equivalent to an extra month’s payment of the basic wage. He claimed that the state budget only contains enough money to pay the December wage bill, and to solve “some specific…