Mozambique: Second wave of reforms aims to share wealth
After a four year stint working on a South African gold mine in Johannesburg, Orlando Khosa, 33, returned home to Mozambique to establish his own business and eight years later it proved to be a smart business decision.
Mozal – a rethink needed. (Image: BHP Billiton)
"I used to earn about R2,000 (US$250) a month at an underground gold mine in Carlton, but the money was not enough and I decided to come back home in the year 2000," Khosa told IRIN.
"But since I returned I have been looking after my family working as a dealer and supplier of goods such as TVs, radios and cellphones and other services. I make more money that way," he said, outside his kiosk situated in the narrow streets of the poor residential district of Polana Canico, on the outskirts of the Mozambican capital, Maputo.