Africa-Press – Mozambique. The government is investing more than 16 million meticais in the construction of a customs court in Gaza, the foundation stone of which was laid on Thursday (July 1).
The work, scheduled to last a year, comprises a courtroom, a waiting room and three offices for magistrates.
Judge LĂșcia Maximiano do Amaral, the president of the Administrative Tribunal and Superior Council of Administrative Judicial Magistracy, said at the ceremony that the construction was aimed at creating conditions for citizens to resolve customs problems locally.
LĂșcia Maximiano do Amaral stressed that a customs court was vital in a part of the country bordering South Africa and Zimbabwe, through the border areas of Pafuri and Chicualacuala respectively.