Renamo may exploit the fact that the President and his two top ministers Mocumbi and Simão are all Shangaan as was the late President Samora Machel...
President Fernandez's high-flying career started in Mozambique as an associate of former Tanzanian army Chief of Staff Ali Mahfoud who was close to Samora Machel and the Frelimo hierarchy...
’ In the blunt words of Mozambique’s late President Samora Machel ‘For the nation to live the tribe must die...
The rapturous applause that greeted South African President Nelson Mandela and his newly confirmed companion Graça Machel widow of President Samora Machel of Mozambique distracted somewhat from the main event...