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Africa-Press – Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>The main Mozambican trade union federation, the OTM (Mozambican Workers\u2019 Organisation), has denounced the government\u2019s plans for passenger transport, in unusually strong language.<\/p>\n

Cited by the independent daily \u201cO Pais\u201d, the OTM General Secretary, Alexandre Munguambe, said the government\u2019s promise of a \u201cpassenger subsidy\u201d is \u201cjust a way of entertaining the public\u201d, and the \u201cFamba Card\u201d is unworkable.<\/p>\n

The Famba Card is a digital card, through which passengers can pay their fares, and which the government hopes to use to channel the \u201cpassenger subsidy\u201d to its intended beneficiaries. But when it was introduced on buses earlier this year, it was widely regarded as a failure. Now the government hopes to extend the card to the minibuses (known as \u201cchapas\u201d) which provide much of the country\u2019s urban passenger transport. Both chapa owners and the travelling passengers have reacted with scepticism to this scheme.<\/p>\n

What workers want, said Munguambe, is urgent and effective measures to control prices of basic goods and services, \u201cinstead of entertaining the public with promises of distributing money to them or with projects that are not viable\u201d.<\/p>\n

He said the OTM wants a reduction in the Value Added Tax (VAT) paid on basic goods and fuel (although basic foods are already zero-rated for VAT).<\/p>\n

Munguambe pointed out that none of the country\u2019s minimum wages come anywhere near covering the cost of a basic package of goods and services. The new monthly minimum wages, that took effect on 1 April, range between 4,591 and 14,340 meticais (between 72 and 224 US dollars, at the current exchange rate), depending on the sector.<\/p>\n

But, according to the OTM\u2019s calculations, for an average household of five members, the basic basket of goods and services costs almost 40,000 meticais a month.<\/p>\n

Munguambe also attacked the policy, announced by Minister of State Administration, Ana Comoane, of prioritizing the dependents of veterans of the independence war for access to jobs in the public service.<\/p>\n

The level of unemployment in Mozambique is \u201cvery high\u201d, he said, and in theory all citizens are equal before the law. The government should not, in the OTM\u2019s view, promote policies that divide society.<\/p>\n

Munguambe warned that the trade unions \u201creserve the right to mobilise a national demonstration or strike as a way of expressing its rejection of the high cost of living\u201d.<\/p>\n

Nonetheless, the OTM warned workers not to become involved in acts of vandalism and should only obey the guidelines issued by the unions.<\/p>\n

The government, however, according to the Minister of Economy and Finance, Max Tonela, claims that it has obtained 50 million dollars from its international partners to cushion the high cost of fuel, plus 85 million dollars \u201cto increase the fiscal space for the State to finance the poorest households\u201d.<\/p>\n

Speaking to reporters last Friday, during a visit to Mozambique by Abebe Selassie, director of the African Department of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Tonela said the State had come under enormous financial pressure because of the costs of the terrorist raids in the northern province of Cabo Delgado, of the Covid-19 pandemic and, more recently, of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese factors have exerted huge pressure on the state budget\u201d, said the Minister.<\/p>\n

Asked about the passenger transport crisis, Tonela did not explain how the \u201cpassenger subsidy\u201d or the digital card would work.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Mozambique<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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