Mozambique’s Council of Ministers has approved amendments to the salary system governing the holders and members of sovereign bodies and other public institutions, with the aim of aligning remuneration rules with the creation of new institutions and changes to their organisational structures. According to the Mozambique News Agency (AIM), the decision was announced on Tuesday, 3 November, in Maputo, by government spokesperson Inocêncio Impissa.

At the review session of the 32nd ordinary meeting of the Council of Ministers, Inocêncio Impissa explained that the revision focuses on the second annex of Decree No. 34/2023 and Decree No. 35/2023, both dated 20 June. These instruments establish, among other provisions, the amounts of supplements and the remuneration of members of sovereign bodies and holders of political offices not directly covered by Law No. 5/2022, of 14 February.

According to the spokesperson, the amendments are intended to align the remuneration framework with the current organisation of public institutions, avoiding gaps, overlaps, and disparities in treatment among their respective holders and members. The measure seeks to ensure greater coherence in the application of remuneration rules.

How the remuneration regime worked before the reform

Before the introduction of the Single Salary Scale (TSU), Mozambique’s public administration pay system was characterised by multiple salary levels, various pay tables, and numerous supplements. According to the Explanatory Guide on the TSU, published in 2024 by the then Ministry of Economy and Finance, the model encompassed 89 salary levels, 103 pay tables, 5,625 salary points, and 35 supplements or allowances — a structure that made management of the state payroll highly complex.

The same document noted that the multiplicity of legal instruments and the application of supplements on top of base salaries contributed to remuneration disparities among civil servants with similar qualifications and professional responsibilities. The government considered this situation to generate imbalances and to complicate the management of personnel expenditure.

To address these problems, Law No. 5/2022, of 14 February, was approved in 2022, subsequently amended and republished as Law No. 14/2022, of 10 October, and supplemented by Law No. 7/2023, of 9 June. The new framework established remuneration criteria for sovereign bodies and the public administration, using the salary of the President of the Republic as a reference point. The reform introduced the TSU and a separate pay table for the Defence and Security Forces, simplifying the overall remuneration structure.

Following that reform, the Council of Ministers approved Decrees No. 34/2023 and No. 35/2023 on 20 June 2023. The first amended the nominal amounts of supplements provided for under Decree No. 31/2022, while the second established the remuneration of members of sovereign bodies and public bodies not covered by Law No. 5/2022. It is precisely these instruments that are now being revised.

New measures cover financial statistics, cooperation, and appointments

At the same session, the cabinet approved a resolution on the national statistics system for anti-money laundering, counter-terrorism financing, and related matters, known as AML Connect. The platform is designed to collect, harmonise, integrate, process, analyse, and disseminate data on these issues.

According to Inocêncio Impissa, AML Connect is intended to ensure common standards of quality, consistency, comparability, timeliness, and information security, with its use subject to the legally assigned competencies of each participating institution.

In the area of international cooperation, the Council of Ministers approved a resolution ratifying the agreement between the governments of Mozambique and the Federal Republic of Germany for the establishment of a legal office of the German Development Bank (KfW), to be known as the KfW Office. The agreement was signed in Maputo on 18 May 2026.

The session also saw the approval of two appointments. Celso Lourenço da Cunha was designated chairperson of the Board of Directors of the Zambezi Valley Development Agency (ADVZ), while Paulo Jafar Normamade was appointed to the same position at the Mozambican Dredging Company.