After all the negative posts about Moz in the press,and as a lodge owner that is being accused of hiding the truth from tourists i must respond as what i see as the reality concerning the security situation in Moz. First of all nobody is denying that their is a conflict between Frelimo and Renamo,and that their has been a loss of life in these clashes, but the fact that all the attacks have been in the central and North of the country is not widely told,from the Rio Save going north to Muxungue is a hotspot for attacks and their are convoys to get transport safely through this stretch of the main road,their has been attacks on cars and busses in this area.The other area is to the far north of the country in the Gorongoza district. The Rio Save is 400km from Inhambane and Gorongoza is 1000 km away,the North of the country has always been a Renamo stronghold from the days that the SA apartheid government trained and funded them ,their has not been any attacks to the south of the Rio Save as far as i know what is not being said is that Renamo have stated that they want peace and are dissatisfied with the electoral system and the division of the money being generated by the coalfields and gas fields in the north of the country.On yesterdays Moz news it was reported that the leader of Renamo and the president will have a meeting on the 18th November to find answers for there differences and to end the conflict. Renamo have lost most of their support among the voters,after the war they got more then 40% of the vote,in the last election they got something around the 15% mark,they are a spent force,they have no international backing without that their is no way they can wage a war,they have even lost Beira to a new party the NDM this has always been a Renamo controlled city. Concerning the E news broadcast this morning,the rapport they put on the TV is totally biased,the riot scenes they put on the screen was of the of riots that happened three years ago in Maputo,then they stated that Renamo has attacked civilian targets all over the country, this of course is a total lie, all the attacks have been in the central and in the north of the country,when this sort of hogwash gets put on TV then it just proves that they are not interested in the truth but in sensation. I am not for one moment saying their is not a problem,people have been killed and that is serious enough,but talking to people from Inhasorro, Vilancoulos and further south their has not been one incident of Renamo attacks in the whole area,everything is peaceful according to them, in the Inhambane area their is no conflict and all the local people are against any conflict.The demonstration that was held in Maputo last week was attended by 30000 people they were protesting against crime in Maputo and the escalating tension and clashes between the two political parties,there was no violence breaking and looting,the people of Maputo must be commended for there discipline and showing the rest of the world that Africa can have peaceful demonstration Lastly i have no intention of putting any of my guests in danger who have booked for the December holidays,if the violence moves south i will inform my guests of the situation,and give options to them on what to do,until that happens i am quite happy that the southern part of Moz is stable and safe and that the the problems and conditions are the same as it has been the last 10 years. - Edu Klein Owner Makolobay Resort Barra
Posted on: Tue, 05 Nov 2013 08:43:22 +0000
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