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Mozambique: Nation can attain economic independence if we all unite – president | Watch

12:22 CAT | 08 Apr 2025

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Mozambican president Daniel Chapo on Monday called for unity to achieve national economic independence, at the start of the celebrations for the 50th anniversary of the country’s independence.

“On the foundations of economic independence, the important thing is that each one of us does our part, in the fields, at work, in the shack, in the company, in all the places where we find ourselves, doubling our effort and dedication in our workplace and in our area of activity,” asked Chapo, speaking at the launch of the flame of national unity, which will include a procession starting on Monday from the district of Nangade, in Cabo Delgado, in the north, travelling throughout the country until arriving in Maputo on 25 June.

According to the head of state, who travelled to Cabo Delgado to put the plan into effect, the government will guarantee public policies that will make national and foreign investments more “viable”.

“They will make the business environment more viable, more jobs, more income for our people, more housing for our population, especially for our young people, more public and private infrastructure, more water, more quality and quantity education, more health, greater production, always bearing in mind our young people and our people, who are the point of our departure and our arrival,” he explained.

For Chapo, the torch of national unity that left from Cabo Delgado to Maputo yesterday represents, among other things, a call for national unity, so that this autonomy can be achieved.

“With the march of the flame of unity, we want to appeal to all Mozambicans to unite in the great mission we have taken on in this quinquennium, so that laying the foundations of our economic independence becomes a reality and that it is the work of each one of us through the government we are leading, as a way of giving greater meaning to our political independence,” added the head of state.

According to information from the presidency office, “along its journey, the torch will be passed from hand to hand, through all the country’s provinces, in a gesture full of symbolism and deep patriotic meaning” and is scheduled to arrive at the Machava Stadium in Maputo on 25 June, the 50th anniversary of Mozambican independence.

Yesterday’s event in Cabo Delgado also served to open the celebrations for Mozambican Women’s Day, a bank holiday, held in memory of Josina Machel, a heroine in the national liberation struggle and the first wife of Samora Machel, the first Mozambican president.