The Conflict with Renamo, 1976-1992
«September 1981»

Dossier MZ-0020

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1977 1978 September 1981

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19. Focus on Machaze

Vehicle destroyed by a mine, Mossurize district, Manica province.

Above: The remains of a vehicle destroyed by a landmine in Mossurize in Manica province, central Mozambique.

The impact of the war on the town of Machaze and its surrounding district in southern Manica received serious press attention in September 1981, after the area was won back from MNR occupation by the FPLM. Machaze is a thinly populated rural area which is often affected by drought. Click here to see a Google Satellite Map of Machaze district.

In addition, the defection on 8 July of the Mozambican air force pilot Adriano Bomba continued to attract occasional press comment.

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MHN Resources

4 September 1981
Manica faz limpeza: bandidos expulsos de Machaze. Notícias [Maputo], 4 September 1981. Click here to view or download a PDF, size 36 kb.

5 September 1981
População e FPLM reconstroem Machaze. Notícias [Maputo], 5 September 1981. Click here to view or download a PDF, size 94 kb.

6 September 1981
Arlindo Lopes. Machaze: nascimento de uma cidade. Tempo [Maputo], no.569, 6 September 1981, p.10-17. Click here to view or download a PDF, size 1.4 Mb.

13 September 1981
Criminosos isolados aumentam barbaridade. Notícias [Maputo], 13 September 1981. Click here to view or download a PDF, size 176 kb.

13 September 1981
Arlindo Lopes. Machaze, guerra de reconstrução: como agem os bandos da África Livre. Tempo [Maputo], no.570, 13 September 1981, p.18-25. Second part of the feature article by Arlindo Lopes. Click here to view or download a PDF, size 949 kb.

24 September 1981
Mozambican defector flying high with SAAF. Rand Daily Mail [Johannesburg], 24 September 1981. Click here to view or download a PDF, size 122 kb.

25 September 1981
Flight of fancy. Star [Johannesburg], 25 September 1981. Click here to view or download a PDF, size 93 kb.

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Consolidated Downloadable Zipped Files

Click on the yellow folder image below to download an unsorted zipped archive of documents and press clippings in PDF format concerning the armed conflict between Renamo/MNR and the Mozambican government in September 1981. Note: it is possible that materials have been added to this archive that are not listed above.

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