Abstract
After the first multi-party elections in 1994 and Frelimo’s victory, the government’s Five Year Plan (1995-1999)
included land legislation. The Ministerial Council approved the National Land Policy and an implementation strategy
in 1995 (Republic Bulletin, 28,02,1996). The principles and goals that were to guide the National Land Policy are
based on the following declaration in its 18th point: “To guarantee the rights of the Mozambican people to land and
other natural resources, as well as to promote the investment in and sustainable and equitable use of these
resources