No, the newly launched Maputo bridge does not connect Mozambique with South Africa
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- Published on November 23, 2018 at 21:22
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- By Tendai DUBE
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The tweet was posted to approximately 19,000 followers from the account of the MEC for Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs on November 10, 2018 and now has over 1,580 retweets, 4,400 likes and 233 comments.
The Mozambican presidency confirmed the location of the bridge on the bay of Maputo in a statement issued on the day of the launch.
“The President of the Republic, Filipe Jacinto Nyusi, inaugurated the Maputo-KaTembe bridge, the largest suspension bridge in Africa, built on the bay of Maputo, and the respective connecting roads, including the toll located in KaTembe,” it reads in Portuguese.
The KwaZulu-Natal Tourism Authority reiterated this in a tweet a few days later, emphasizing how the bridge had significantly reduced the drive time from Kosi Bay to Maputo.
AFP photographer Roberto Matchissa attended the inauguration in Maputo and captioned the following: “Mozambique's President Filipe Nyusi opened a Chinese-built bridge in the capital Maputo on Saturday that cost $785 million, saying it would help link northern and southern Africa.
The twin-tower suspension bridge stands 141 metres (463 feet) above Maputo Bay, is 680 metres-long and joins the city centre to the outlying district of Catembe.”
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