Mozambique: Nacala Municipal Workers On Strike

Some of the employees of the Nacala Port Municipal Council, in the northern province of Nampula, have gone on strike over two months’ unpaid wages, according to a report in the independent newssheet “Carta de Mocambique”.

The paper said that, by 4 January, the 613 council workers had not received their wages for November and December. The strikers are also demanding the traditional end-of-year bonus, known as “the 13th month” since it is equivalent to an extra month of the basic wage.

The central…