The National Energy Transmission Company (STE) has so far disbursed $58.6 million (3.7 billion meticais) on resettlement and social compensation activities related to the construction of the 563-kilometer power transmission line between Temane and Maputo.
According to STE’s own data, published by the portal Carta de Moçambique, the project directly affected 219 households: 4 in Inhambane province, 67 in Gaza, and 147 in Maputo province. Social infrastructure impacted includes two hospitals, three schools, a police station, and three water supply systems.
Physical resettlement and reconstruction of public infrastructure cost STE $25.7 million (1.6 billion meticais). Monetary compensation, totaling $21 million (1.3 billion meticais), was allocated to 2,736 agricultural holdings, including plots with fruit trees, undeveloped land, unfinished houses, and 12 commercial establishments. Under its social responsibility plan, STE invested $4.6 million (293.5 million meticais) in the construction of 88 classrooms—46 in Maputo province, 34 in Gaza, and 8 in Inhambane—along with 18 water supply systems, a community center, a maternity ward, a waiting house for mothers, and a hospital veranda.
Additionally, STE allocated $7 million (446.6 million meticais) for consultancy services, including urban planning, construction supervision, and livelihood restoration programs for affected populations.
The Temane-Maputo power transmission project is part of the so-called “backbone” project of national electrification, connecting the Temane thermal power plant in Inhambane province to the country’s capital. It also includes the construction of three new substations in Vilankulo, Chibuto, and Matalane.
STE is a wholly owned subsidiary of the public company Electricidade de Moçambique (EDM) and is responsible for major electricity transmission infrastructure across the national territory.
Source: Diário Económico
