Mozambique: Angónia district bans charging fees in Malawian currency

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Mozambique: Angónia district bans charging fees in Malawian currency

4:00 CAT | 27 May 2022

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Authorities in Angónia district, Tete province, central Mozambique, have banned the levying of fees in Malawian kwacha, insisting instead on the use of the Mozambican metical in all transactions.

A source from the Angónia administration told Lusa that the market and trade fee collection posts in the district were instructed not to accept payments in kwacha any more.

In addition to fixed collection points, the authorities had activated mobile collection points to make the process of paying fees in meticais more convenient.

The measure is intended to curb encroachment into the use of sovereign currency in transactions in the district, which borders Malawi.

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In March, two people died and one was seriously injured in Molumbo district, Zambézia province, central Mozambique, during a police intervention to stop disturbances following a demonstration caused by the ban on the use of the kwacha in commercial transactions.

Historically, communities living in Mozambique’s border districts, generally far from urban centres, use the currency of neighbouring countries, with which they have strong economic and commercial ties, in their day-to-day lives.

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Source: Lusa