Venancio Mondlane went into self-imposed exile after his lawyer was gunned down in October.
Protesters hold a banner with a portrait of the presidential candidate of the Optimist Party for the Development of Mozambique Venancio Mondlane on, in Maputo, on 7 November 2024. Picture: ALFREDO ZUNIGA / AFP
He has vowed to bring “chaos” to the southern African country should the Constitutional Council confirm this result, which put him second with 20%, in a keenly awaited decision due by Monday.Already at least 130 people have been killed in two months of violence, most of them opposition demonstrators shot by security forces, according to local NGOs. Cities, mines, borders and ports have been affected by protest action.
Mondlane is the first “charismatic political figure” in Mozambique since the leader of the Renamo movement, Alfonso Dhlakama, who died in 2018, Smith said.With a neat Afro hairstyle and often dressed in a waistcoat, Mondlane’s pre-election rallies drew young boisterous crowds of people who felt abandoned by the Frelimo government.ALSO READ:
He carved out a name for himself around 15 years ago as a political commentator on a private television station.
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