Shutdown of transporters in Maputo recalls “ordeal” during demonstrations

“This stoppage of plates [passenger vans] reminds me of our ordeal during the demonstrations (...) I left Costa de Sol [a coastal neighborhood in the city of Maputo] to Matola 700 on foot [a route of almost 30 kilometers]”, recalls Cristina Tembe, an assistant employee at a hospital in Maputo who today was forced to go through the toll on foot due to the lack of transportation, in statements to Lusa. The transporter demonstration, which began at…