With the entry of the company DH Mining Development limited, a natural resources (graphite) exploration company, in that part of the district, in Niassa province in north of Mozambique the residents were upset by the evacuation of their production areas.
Recently, the company
confronted the population of the district headquarters during one of the
community consultation activities held in partnership with the district
government.
The activity prohibited the
allocation of an area of approximately 250 hectares for the company to carry
out its activities, with the aim of eventually creating blocks of machambas
(agricultural plots) for the resettled population of Muichi, a zone currently
being evacuated with promises of compensation, due to its large deposits of
graphite.
According to Pedro da
Concessão Jeremias, head of the company DH Mining, the community consultation
aimed to negotiate with the population the ceding of the area in question.
“We came to ask the
organized population for that space until June, since most of the population
present has already planted their seeds. However, if we collaborate until next
June, our request should be fulfilled.”
In turn, the population
refused, stating that this area is intended for agricultural production, which
is the activity that sustains their families.
Tina Caísse, a resident of
the Muahagi neighborhood, on the outskirts of Nipepe, said: “I have been
working these lands for over 35 years in agriculture. Through the results of
the crops harvested here, I can send my children to school, buy household
items, and more. Therefore, we do not accept giving up the land, as I see no other
means of survival,” she lamented.
However, the administrator
of the Nipepe district, Sérgio Agostinho Igua, who was present to witness the
community consultation activity, stated that the government would take into
account the words of the population who refused to give up the land.
On that occasion, Igua
ordered the company to seek another area for its operations.
“We have heard everything
the company has said here, and we have also witnessed the complaints of our
population. As the government, we will not allow the areas rejected by the leadership
to be ceded to DH Mining for its exploitation, unless the company identifies
other zones that the population does not use,” emphasized the official.
It is important to note that
this community consultation activity took place on January 13, 2025, in the
resettlement area of the Muichi population in Nipepe. (Ma Mataca)
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