Weekend getaway: Hotel Cardoso, Maputo
Less than two decades ago, Maputo was war-torn and struggling to survive. Today it is one of Southern Africa’s hippest cities.
The magic of Maputo
Mara Kardas-Nelson ate and drank and walked her way through a gloriously hot, sticky and beautifully unhurried mess.
SADC should sweat the small stuff
The SADC summit in Maputo, Mozambique, this month will consider approving the regional infrastructure development master plan.
Maputo palace back in the love business
Mozambique's long-cherished special place for weddings has had a respectable makeover and the capital's residents are overjoyed.
Ravalomanana's Malagasy return up in the air
An attempt to return home by Madagascar's deposed president Marc Ravalomanana has been thwarted in the air by Malagasy ground control.
Mozambique, a budding narco-state?
Mozambicans see Mohamed Bachir Suleman's glitzy shopping mall as a symbol of a modern future for their impoverished country.
A cultural exchange
South Africans and Mozambicans, gathered in Maputo to give feedback on a pilot exchange programme of volunteers between the two countries.
'Slave' workers demand their due
The only place in the world where the East German flag still flies is on the streets of Maputo.
Mozambican NGOs report BHP to JSE
Mozambican NGOs have reported mining giant BHP Billiton to the JSE's Socially Responsible Investment Index for it's planned pollution.
Mozambique unrest shows power of the SMS
Deadly protests that paralysed Mozambique's capital last week were spurred by an SMS in Maputo, signalling the power of new technology.
Mozambican police deploy in protest-hit Maputo
Mozambican police on Monday deployed across impoverished neighbourhoods in Maputo to prevent fresh protests over food prices.
Mozambique's riots: The true face of global warming
It has been a summer of record temperatures -- Japan had its hottest summer on record, as did South Florida and New York.
Deadly Mozambique riots enter second day
Demonstrators blocked roads with burning tyres and looted shops in Maputo on Thursday as riots sparked by soaring bread prices entered a second day.
Mozambique protest death toll rises to seven
Police in Maputo opened fire on stone-throwing mobs protesting against rising prices food and other resources on Wednesday, killing seven people.
Children shot dead in Mozambique riots
At least two children have been shot dead in clashes between police and rioters in and around Maputo on Wednesday in rallies over rising prices.
Colourful, but grey
Maputo is awash with glimpses of decaying colonial grandeur, observes David Smith during a recent visit.
Maputo: Decaying grandeur of Africa's ageing starlet
In life, as in art, it is hard to beat those brilliantly lit shafts of emotion that shine through the fog of daily stuff and nonsense.
Maputo blast an 'assassination attempt'
A bomb blast near the South African Airways office in Maputo was aimed at the wife and children of a Pakistani businessman, a media report said.
Explosion damages SAA office in Maputo
An explosion damaged a building in which South African Airways offices are located in Maputo, Mozambique, on Tuesday.
The great unblocking of Beira
Sean Christie headed to Mozambique to follow up rumours of Portuguese sabotage. What he found was an impressive clean up of Beira's disused sewers.
