Samora Moisés Machel

' In a highly emotive press conference a few hours after the killings Mondlane blamed Frelimo's old guard naming former Presidents Armando Guebuza and Joaquim Chissano as well as Graça Machel the wife of first president Samora Machel...

Insiders say recent pointed remarks about self-interested 'infiltrators' in Frelimo by Graça Machel (the widow of founding President Samora Machel and President Nelson Mandela) refer to Nyusi's supporters including his close ally Celso Correia who led the municipal election campaign and organised Frelimo's victory in the last general election (AC Vol 60 No 21 Frelimo takes no chances)...

The son of President Machel Samora Machel Junior has also raised his profile after his eloquent condemnation of the rigging and is expected to try to make the shortlist (AC Vol 59 No 21 Poll knocks Frelimo confidence)...

This is the current of opinion which President Samora Machel's son Samora Machel Junior known as Samito is attempting to rally...

Samito son of Mozambique's first President Samora Machel is a businessman who has been quietly gathering support for a bid to follow in his father's footsteps we hear...

He still has some influential opponents in Frelimo though including Graça Machel widow of Founding President Samora Machel and later of South African President Nelson Mandela...

The MRM Chairman is Samora Machel Júnior son of Founding President Samora Machel and Graça Machel...

Graça Machel widow of Founding President Samora Machel and then of South African President Nelson Mandela disappointed many by refusing to put herself forward but threw her weight behind the Chissano faction making an impassioned speech that helped expand the candidate list...

She also has the backing of ex-President Joaquim Chissano and Graça Machel widow of South Africa's Nelson Mandela and of Founding President Samora Machel...

It was leaked that a group of senior party members close to ex-President Joaquim Chissano and other grandees of the early Independence era under the late President Samora Machel had lodged a formal complaint with the Central Committee's Verification Committee...

As the widow of Founding President Samora Machel Graça has iconic status among a public that sees her as free of the taint of corruption that has alienated so many from the governing party...