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Samora Machel's Speeches, 1974-1986
1986
These pages include the full texts, organised year-by-year and as published primarily in contemporary Mozambican newspapers and magazines, of some of the speeches of the late President Samora Moisés Machel.
Please note that MHN does NOT claim that this is by any means a complete collection of Machel's speeches and public utterances. Additional resources will be added to these pages from time to time.
MHN Resources
(in chronological order)
◊ 1 January 1986
Samora Moisés Machel. Vencendo a crise que enfrentamos, a RPM tem todas as condições para construir o bem-estar: Presidente Samora Machel na mensagem de Ano Novo. In: Notícias [Maputo] 1 January 1986, p.1. Full text of the message. Click here to view or download a PDF file, size 1.3 Mb. This file has been OCR-processed and is searchable. The speech was also published in the weekly Tempo as “1986, ano da generalização da ofensiva em todas as frentes: mensagem do Presidente Samora Machel à nação,” Tempo, Maputo, no.795, 5 January 1986, pages 2-5. Click here to view or download a PDF file, size 454 kb.
Above and below: President Samora Machel, dressed formally in a suit, and wearing reading glasses, reads his New Year’s message to the Mozambican people in the presence of party and state dignitaries.
◊ 4 January 1986
Samora Moisés Machel. A base do terrorismo é a África do Sul: Presidente Samora, dirigindo-se ao Corpo Diplomatico. In: Notícias [Maputo] 6 January 1986, p.4. Full text of a speech to diplomats, Saturday 4 January 1986. Click here to view or download a PDF file, size 1.0 Mb. This file has been OCR-processed and is searchable.
◊ 4 April 1986
Samora Moisés Machel. A pátria perdeu alguns dos seus melhores filhos. In: Notícias [Maputo], 5 April 1986. Eulogy for the victims of the air disaster at Pemba. Click here to view or download a PDF file.
◊ 11 April 1986
Samora Moisés Machel. Queremos criar uma geração mais saudável e produtiva: Presidente Samora Machel no lançamento do Programa Alargado de Vacinação. In: Notícias [Maputo], 12 April 1984, pages 3-4. Click here to view or download a PDF file.
◊ 30 April 1986
Samora Moisés Machel. Tornou-se necessário proceder à adequação do governo: Presidente Samora Machel no acto de posse ontem realizado. In: Notícias [Maputo], 1 May 1984, page 3. Click here to view or download a PDF file.
◊ 2 May 1986
Samora Moisés Machel. A Tanzania está connosco no combate pelas aspirações mais nobres. In: Notícias [Maputo], 13 May 1986, page 3-4. Click here to view or download a searchable PDF file.
◊ 10 May 1986
Samora Moisés Machel. Atingimos os nossos objectivos: Presidente Samora Machel no comício de Sábado na cidade da Beira. In: Notícias [Maputo], 15 May 1986, page 3. Click here to view or download a searchable PDF file.
◊ June 1986
Samora Moisés Machel. Apartheid é o monstro do nosso século. In: Notícias [Maputo], 4 June 1986, page 8. Click here to view or download a searchable PDF file.
◊ 5 June 1986
Samora Moisés Machel. Visita presidencial ao Japão: extractos de discursos. In: Notícias [Maputo], 5 June 1986. Passages from different speeches and interventions in Japan. Click here to view or download a searchable PDF file.
◊ 26 July 1986
Samora Moisés Machel. President Machel’s closing speech to Mozambican People's Assembly In: Summary of World Broadcasts [London], no. ME/8324, 30 July 1986, pages B12-B14. English translation. Click here to view or download a searchable PDF file. The original Portuguese transcription was published as “Imprimir a revolução a cadência madura e firme para novas vitórias: Presidente Samora Machel ao proferir o discurso de encerramento da 15.ª sessão da Assembleia Popular,” Notícias [Maputo], 28 July 1986, page 2-3. Click here to download a PDF file of this text.
◊ 3 September 1986
Samora Moisés Machel. Apartheid, como o colonialismo, deve ser erradicado, afirmou o Presidente Samora Machel na 8.ª Cimeira dos Chefes de Estado e de Governo das Não-Alinhados. In: Notícias [Maputo] 4 September 1986. Click here to view or download a PDF file, two pages, size 1.9 Mb. This file has been OCR-processed and is fully searchable.
◊ 12 September 1986
Samora Moisés Machel. Machel explains attitude towards Malawi after summit. In: Summary of World Broadcasts [London], no.ME/8364, 15 September 1984, page B1-B2. Click here to view or download a PDF file.
Consolidated Downloadable Zipped Files
To download a ZIP file containing Machel’s speeches for the year 1986, which may include some texts or scans not listed individually above, click on the folder image below.
