Solutions
Samora
Machel appealed for assistance from the socialist block and received
expatriates and some finances but this only increased the cold war and
even the money was spent on the civil war.
Social services were improved by setting up schools and health centres but were at times bombard by RENAMO .
He nationalised most property but this led to corruption.
He strictly dealt with corrupt officers.
He strictly dealt with corrupt officers.
Food rationing was applied in some districts affected by the drought- food was given to people free of charge.
Gradually Samora Machel distanced himself from the socialist block and
started seeking for technical and economic aid from the western block.
Negotiations with the South African government led to the signing of
the Nkomati Accord by which South Africa was to stop supporting RENAMO
rebels and Mozambique was to supply Hydro electric power from Cabora
Bossa dam to South Africa
Democracy Returned that is why Armando Guebuza replaced Chisani in a free and fair elections.
Relaxation on trade unions and state control of the economy to allow the private sector invest in the economy.
Joachim Chissano replaced Samora Machel and he turned to the Western for economic assistance.
In 1989, Marxist principles were dropped and a free market economy was adopted.
Chissano lifted the ban on political parties in the early 1990s Negotiations with RENAMO rebels and South Africa continued.
National Movements and New States in Africa