Call for nationwide strike in Mozambique on Monday
Posts - widely circulated on social media and the among the public on Friday - called for a nationwide strike until public servants receive their thirteenth salary.
FILE: A police officer in Mozambique ahead of the inauguration of President-Elect Daniel Chapo. Picture: Jacques Nelles/Eyewitness News
MAPUTO - Civil servants in Mozambique are calling for a nationwide strike from Monday.
Posts - widely circulated on social media and the among the public on Friday - called for a nationwide strike until public servants receive their thirteenth salary.
The public service strike could particularly affect the health and education sectors.
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This is the first notice of possible strike action after Frelimo Party leader Daniel Chapo took office on Thursday.
Chapo and his party have come under immense scrutiny following allegations that the country’s October general elections were rigged.
Frelimo secured just over 70 percent of the votes as election observers cried foul.
As a result, widespread civil unrest swept across the country as citizens called for an vote recount.
Last month the country’s highest court claimed to find no fault in the election process, cementing Frelimo’s more than five-decade rule over the country.