Mozambique – Windhoek Observer

20 Apr

Quest for Inclusive Health Care Framework …as SADC MPs demand action on Intellectual Property, TRIPS flexibilities

ObserverObserver MoneyBotswana, Covid-19, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, SADC Members of Parliament, Seychelles

Moses Magadza WINDHOEK - The COVID-19 global pandemic has amplified the need to address issues related to Intellectual Property (IP) and human rights as well as for taking steps to benefit from TRIPS flexibilities to ensure access to medicines for all. As Least Developed Countries (LDCs) join the rest of the world in rolling out COVID-19 vaccines, there are concerns over access, transparency, equity and human rights violations. Against this backdrop, SADC Members of Parliament last week called for all hands on board to build the region’s capacity to produce medicines and to ensure that citizens benefit from their vast…

SADC MPs want end to armed insurgency in Mozambique

ObserverObserver Money48th Plenary Assembly Session of the SADC Parliamentary Forum, Mozambique

Moses Magadza Windhoek – The 48th Plenary Assembly Session of the SADC Parliamentary Forum has unanimously adopted a strongly-worded motion calling for urgent regional action to stop armed insurgents that are destabilising northern Mozambique. The Plenary is the highest decision-making body of the SADC PF which brings together 15 national parliaments of the SADC Region. It met virtually on Friday and Saturday with 14 of the Member Parliaments represented. The Speaker of the Parliament of Zimbabwe, Advocate Jacob Francis Mudenda moved a motion exhorting the Plenary to condemn “the terrorist attacks in the Republic of Mozambique which are threatening the…

Choppies plans to exit 4 countries

ObserverUncategorisedChoppies, Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania

Staff Writer Choppies is exiting South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania and Mozambique having suffered running shortfalls, worsened by fraudulent activities, that contributed to the P139 million loss unveiled last week for the half-year ended December 31, 2019. Choppies has 88 stores in South Africa and first entered the country in 2008 The regional grocer will focus its attention on its cash cow, Botswana, as well as Zimbabwe, Zambia and Namibia, but rather than its previous aggression in expanding its footprint, Choppies now plans a “careful, phased” approach. “We are exiting from a few markets where the growth has been coming at…