Mozambique: Mining companies accused of excluding local labour in Angoche – AIM

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Mozambique: Mining companies accused of excluding local labour in Angoche – AIM

4:56 CAT | 17 Jul 2025

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Alberto Joaquim, the director of labour in Angoche district, in the northern Mozambican province of Nampula, has accused some mining companies operating in that region of excluding local residents when they hire labour.

According to Joaquim, who was speaking recently during a meeting with the local residents under the initiative aimed at strengthening dialogue between citizens and local authorities, the district government was initially involved in the hiring of local labour by those companies operating the region, but lately it has been excluded without any explanation.

The meeting, which is part of the Pro-Civic Project, is supported by Mozambican NGOs, namely: the Civil Society Learning and Capacity Building Center (CESC), Institute for Multiparty Democracy (IMD), the Civil Society Support Mechanism (MASC) and the Center for Democracy and Development (CDD).

Joaquim called on the companies to resort to transparent measures in their processes of hiring new labor.

“Measures are underway to increase transparency, such as the publication of vacancies on platforms of the National Employment Institute (INEP). The transparency in question includes the publication of lists of candidates on the public sites”, he said.

For their part, local residents claimed that high levels of corruption are behind the exclusion of local labour. They also called for the creation of technical training institutions to ensure that local labor can be used by mining companies.

In addition to employment, the residents called for improvement of local services, especially in the sectors of health, education, transport and security.

For its part, CESC called for companies operating in the mining sector to respect the rights of the local communities and called on the government to ensure that 2.75 percent of the revenue generated by the extractive industry is channelled to the communities through the state budget.

“These companies must also implement the priorities of the communities defined in the Strategic Social Responsibility Plan, respecting the established deadlines”, said the organization.

Also in Angoche, the Chinese company Haiyu Mining, which is exploiting ilmenite and zircon, mined from heavy mineral sands, is accused of committing environmental crimes that seriously affect local communities.

Source: AIM