Few jobs despite booming Mozambique economy – Features – Al Jazeera English.
Maputo, Mozambique – Beto Magumane Cossa was orphaned at 14 when his father was killed by a woman with whom he was having an affair.
Alone and with no other family living in Magude, a rural district 155km from the capital Maputo’s shopping malls and luxury hotels, Beto lived off the money his brother sent home from working as a miner in South Africa.
Life was difficult but manageable – the money his brother sent home was enough to keep Beto clothed and fed. If things got tight, the neighbours helped Beto out by giving him food. But a few years after their father’s death, Beto’s brother returned home sick with HIV/AIDS and couldn’t work. Beto tried to find a job to support them both, but no one would take him on.
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