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Salazar's dictatorial rule in Portugal
António de Oliveira Salazar was a Portuguese politician who served as Prime Minister of Portugal from 1932 to 1968. -
Inauguration of Bairro A
200 houses were completed and inaugurated. These houses were part of the Bairro A. -
Creation of SOALPO
The textile industry gathers (70%) in Porto, Portugal to create Sociedade Algodoeira de Portugal S.A.R.L with a capital of 100 thousand contos. This was done in the context of the WWII and an economic crisis and declining tetile production -
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SOALPO: orgin, growth, decline and afterlives
This span includes the period of the formation of SOALPO in Porto when the textile industry in Portugal united to create Sociedade Algodoeira de Portugal S.A.R.L to the recent developments in the area to understand SOALPO's collapse and afterlives. -
Building of Textáfrica Factory and Bairro A
SOALPO starts building Textáfrica and Bairro A, which was to be used by the engineers and technicians coming from Europe to work in the factory. The houses were built with the intention of replicating Minho's architecture. Magalhaes called them Minho 2. -
Creation of the Sociedade Hidroeléctrica do Revué (SHER)
Creation of SHER with the participation of SOALPO (50%) and the colonial state (50%). -
Beginning of production
Textáfrica started receiving machinery for spinning in 1950. -
Inauguration of the Capela de Culto (Chapel)
A chapel is inauragurated. -
Building of the Church Saint Paul and Jerónimo
Foi assegurada pela Paroquia de Vila Pery, gerida por Frades Franciscanas. This was to enable the work of ensuring the continuation of Christianity. Bispo D. Sebastiao Soares de Resende, Bispo da Diocese da Beira, criou a paroquia da SOALPO, nessa altura habitada por 20000 habitantes. -
Creation of a Kindergarten for workers' children
The kindergarten worked with children from birth until they were 2 years old. The mothers who worked at the factory would breastfeed their children there. -
Arrival of Manuel Magalhães in Chimoio
Manuel Magalhães arrives in Chimoio appointed by his uncle Albano Manuel who was the CEO of Sociedade Algodoeira de Fomento Colonial from 1950-1974. -
Creation of Grupo Desportivo e Recreativo Textáfrica (GDRT)
GDRT was created to deal with the perceived problem of free time. The group included a swimming pool, football fields, tennis court, Skating ring, Bullfight area, and others. TExtáfrica was provincial Champion in 1969-1970, and they were the first national champs in independent Mozambique in 1976. A football legend called Mario Coluna played for Textáfrica. -
Building of the first school in SOALPO
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O Batedor, a factory's newspaper is created.
O Batedor was published quarterly e was produced by the factory's workers. The first director was Dr Goncalo Vaz Pinto, then Manuel Magalhães. It was registered na Secretaria Geral de Mocambique como periodico publico but it did not gain much popularity. -
Building of a sawing school for women (Magalhaes's wife was the instructor)
The engineer Magelhães built a sewing house for the women. This house later came to be used as the dwelling of a Frelimo deputy who gave it to his son. When the homeownership problem happened in 2017, the house reverted to residents. And it is now used as the meeting place of the neighborhood commission. -
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Liberation struggle
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Creation of Empresa Moçambicana de Malhas (EMMA)
EMMA was created to give continuation to Sociedade Industrial de Malhas de Lourenco Marques which went bankrupt. As a result, the owner proposed giving their machinery to Textáfrica as payment of his debt. The partners included Beira businessmen IrmaosBulhas, o Osman Ebraim, Adolfo King, e others. In 1985 EMMA had 1000 workers working in 3 shift. -
Construction of an airport in Chimoio
Textáfrica moved its airport from the then 37 to the current position where the city's airport is located. The airport was used for fumigation planes. It was then nationalised by the state. And the space that was 37 was at first borrowed by the military to settle a base, and when the military left, the municpality took over the contro of the place. Currently it is used as shoprite, Ok Mobilias, and other shops. -
Lusaka agreement
Luska agreement to end military aggression between FRELIMO and the colonial regime. -
Creation of an official school
The school had two teachers and in 1970 the school was transferred to the state with around 1350 students and 24 teachers. -
Modernisation of the machinery at the factory
The factory was modernized with the installation of 150 Sulzer looms of 3.3 meters, and the installation of so many spindles that it now has 4000 spindles for popeline combed yarns, and in addition to these, other machines for mercerizing, sanforizing and stamping polyester synthetic fabrics. -
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Socialism and nationalizations
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National Independence
Mozambique proclaims independence after the Lusaka Agreement, which was a non-aggression agreement signed in 1974. -
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Civil war
A civil war broke out between FRELIMO Regine and RENAMO (Mozambique National Resistance) as a result of internal dissatisfaction with the socialist regime and external apartheid and capitalist pressures. -
Nationalisation of Some of SOALPO's enterprises
SHER, the mines, and other businesses are nationalised by the state and turned into state companies. -
Magalhaes leaves Mozambique
Magalhaes faced strong persecution by the FRELIMO state due to a belief that he was part of RENAMO and the CIA. Most of his directors at Texmoque were arrested or interrogated by the Police of Criminal Investigation (PIC). After Manuel left Mozambique the state acquired 40 per cent of the company (It had promised to acquire the 100%) and Banco Atlantico, which then Became BIM owned 60% -
The state acquires 40% of Textáfrica
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Mozambique turns West
After the fall of the Soviet Union, Mozambique was forced by the IMF and the World Bank to implement the structural adjustment programmes (SAPs). -
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Neoliberalism
After the fall of the soviet union, Mozambique was forced to adopt the structural adjustment programmes by the World Bank and IMF. The SAPs sought to liberalise the economy and undo with any socialist debris in the country's economy and political life. This period marked the steep decline of the remaining industries in Mozambique like Textáfrica, Texmoque, Texlom, Mabor, and others, which had been vibrant industries. -
Manuel Magalhaes and his son Frederico Magalhaes return
Francisco Magalhaes and his father created a Multiplier-Textáfrica which bought the 60% that was held by the bank at around 300000 contos (5o million euros). They tried to operate the factory mostly towards export -
Collapso da empresa Textáfrica
Em 2000 a empresa Textáfrica enfrentou um colapso devido a abertura do mercado nacional a concorrencia estrangeira, entrada de roupa de segunda mao, m*a gestão dentre outros. -
Payment of compensations and indemnity to workers who lost their jobs
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Houses allocated to workers
250 houses from Bairro B were allocated to the workers who lived in them. -
Textáfrica's building turned into Warehouses for small businesses
