Dozens of chicken and “magumba” vendors demonstrated today at Costa de Sol beach, against the delay in delivering a market, whose deadlines failed twice, for part of the City Council of Maputo. Wielding posters and chanting appealing songs, women and men, who sold on the Costa de Sol beach, demanded the delivery of the infrastructure as soon as possible. “Sometimes we act and utter inappropriate words It’s not for bad, it’s really for lack of conditions that leads us to have this attitude. Here, many women are suffering because they don’t even have anything to eat “, said Sandra Matsinhe, one of the protesters. were removed from the Costa de Sol beach in February 2020, to avoid crowding, in compliance with COVID-19 prevention measures, as well as within the municipal program of reorganization of the city. the city promised to build a market near the beach. The infrastructure should have been delivered in December last year, which, however, did not happen. After the deadline, the city council would set a new delivery date for February, which was also a failure. to the demonstrations this Monday, the city council guaranteed the inauguration of the infrastructure for the end of June of the current year, which for the protesters is nothing more than “a false promise”. finalizing the assembly of the containers, toilets and grills. By the end of June, everything will be ready “, promised Danúbio Lado, councilor for Local Economic Development. It is not just the delay in the delivery of the market that concerns the sellers. They also complain about the 1,200 meticais subsidy, which, in addition to not being enough to cover expenses, is not enough for everyone. “I am a mother of three, it is a huge responsibility. The 1,200 meticais that the municipality has to distribute as a subsidy are very We asked the market to at least improve our situation, “said Silésia Mondlane. The country
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