Good morning. Traffic on the N1 highway resumed yesterday after a closure of nearly two weeks — an episode that should prompt serious reflection about the fragility of Mozambique’s national infrastructure.
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Communications between Maputo and the rest of the country were effectively severed not because of a catastrophic collapse, but because of six relatively minor road cuts along a stretch of roughly ten kilometres. None of the cuts was dramatic in its own right; all were repaired within days once floodwaters receded. Yet together they were enough to halt road traffic and isolate the south from central and northern Mozambique.
