It sounds somewhat extravagant and romantic to be able to leave the country for a day, doesn't it? Think of boarding your private Learjet and sipping expensive Champagne at 10 000 feet before touching ...

It’s a hot — very hot — summer’s night in Maputo’s train station, and nobody’s going anywhere. And that’s just the way they want it. On a flatbed train car, under the latticed arches designed by ...

After an hour on a flight from Johannesburg and over the picturesque South African city of Nelspruit in the valley of the Crocodile River, you finally enter the city of Maputo. Maputo, the sprawling ...

Maputo — Unlike many African cities, Maputo's population growth is slowing down: the Mozambican capital is currently growing at the rate of 1.2 per cent a year, just half the national average ...

For some, Maputo is simply the capital city of our neighbour Mozambique and not much else. I recently discovered that this place is actually ideal for anyone looking for a fun, sexy time. Maputo is ...

Mozambique's "Inclusive National Dialogue" was launched this morning, Wednesday 10 September, by President Daniel Chapo. Proposed by Chapo in March in response to the demonstrations, the Dialogue was ...

Maputo revealed to me how contemporary cities go beyond that absurd dichotomy of the “formal” and “informal” city. In Maputo, city managers talk of the separation between a “city of concrete”–the old ...