The main border post between Mozambique and South Africa, Lebombo, has been closed for two days and remained so at the time of going to press on November 7.

After almost a month of growing protests calm has not yet been restored. Venâncio Mondlane, the opposition leader who left the country on October 21, has massive support among unemployed youth.

The country’s Supreme Court gave the electoral commission until yesterday to explain discrepancies in the numbers in the three different elections in October – presidential, parliamentary and provincial assemblies.