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# Mozambique 26 May 2017: Soul-searching in Frelimo
- URL: https://www.zitamar.com/mozambique-26-may-2017-soul-searching-in-frelimo/
- Published: 2017-05-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2017-05-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Author: Zitamar Ltd
- Tags: Newsletter, #substack, #substack-type-newsletter, #substack-access-everyone, #Import 2023-04-06 20:43

Good afternoon. There has been much agitation in the ranks of ruling party Frelimo this week after Alberto Vaquina, a former Prime Minister and current member of the Political Commission, gave an interview to opposition-leaning weekly newspaper *Canal de Moçambique*. The interview itself was bland enough, but the very fact that he was talking openly to ‘the enemy’ is leading many people to read much more into it - including seeing it as a challenge to Filipe Nyusi’s authority.

Today, Frelimo’s 200-strong Central Committee of Mozambique’s began a two-day meeting in Maputo, and - if this morning’s opening speeches are anything to go by - is undertaking some serious self-examination.

**READ: [Top Frelimo veteran laments dearth of ideas in ‘electoral machine’](http://zitamar.com/top-frelimo-veteran-laments-dearth-ideas-electoral-machine/?ref=zitamar.com)**

There was an electoral win this week for Frelimo politician Agostinho Vuma who was elected President of business lobby group the CTA, after a controversial selection process which has nevertheless been hailed as the first truly democratic one in the organisation’s history.

**READ: [New head for Mozambican private sector business association](http://zitamar.com/new-head-mozambican-private-sector-business-association/?ref=zitamar.com)**

Last [Friday’s speech by South Africa’s energy minister](http://zitamar.com/south-africa-wants-gas-pipeline-northern-mozambique-energy-minister-says/?ref=zitamar.com), putting a gas pipeline from northern Mozambique high on her country’s agenda, was given short shrift this week by industry experts speaking to *Zitamar News*. “I guarantee a pipeline will never be built,” one said.

**READ: [Industry experts dismiss prospects for Mozambique-SA pipeline](http://zitamar.com/industry-experts-dismiss-prospects-mozambique-sa-pipeline/?ref=zitamar.com)**

Another project that now looks in doubt is the Ncondezi coal-fired power project in Tete. High hopes a year ago that a major Chinese utility would take the project forward have faded, and the London-listed company is now looking for a new partner to take their place.

**SEE: [Ncondezi seeks new partners as Shanghai Electric goes cold on Tete power project](http://zitamar.com/ncondezi-seeks-new-partners-shanghai-electric-goes-cold-tete-power-project/?ref=zitamar.com)**

Finally, confirmation that the drought is over in Mozambique with the price of staple foods dropping - though they remain well above their five-year average.

**READ: [Rains and peace ease Mozambique hunger](http://zitamar.com/rains-peace-ease-mozambique-hunger/?ref=zitamar.com)**

Have a great weekend.  

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