“We depend on South Africa [to import food], we can stop importing and the consequence of that is that we can have lack of products in the country”, with rising prices, the president of Mukhero, Sudekar Novela, told Lusa. Novela stated that the attacks on vehicles with Mozambican registration are creating an atmosphere of fear, making a scenario of retraction of trade with South Africa likely. “It could turn into a fear that will not allow us to travel to South Africa”, he emphasized. Sudekar pointed out that the routes used by small importers in trade with South Africa pass through a province other than the one where there was violence (KwaZulu-Natal), but warned against the perception of risk and the fear of spreading armed actions, if violence is not contained. Importers mainly use the Ressano Garcia border, while the attacks took place more than 300 kilometers away and targeted vehicles that have been crossing the Ponta de Ouro border, explained Novela. The president of Mukhero appealed to the Mozambican government to find with South Africa “a resolution to the violence” registered in that part of the province. (Letter) Source: Carta de Moçambique
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