Funchal mayor Paulo Cafofo received the executive presidente of the metropolitan council of Mangaung, in South African province of free State. Sarah Matawana Mlamleli was until yesterday (Monday, May 8th) in Madeira where she came to watch the Flower festival, which included a group from that province.
Of this official meeting, which came at the request Sarah Mlamleli, came the decision to elaborate a memorandum of cooperation between the two cities, namely in the areas of mobility and environment, which will be ratified in the following weeks. The intention of both councils is to develop the sharing of know how and good practices in these areas, strengthening the affective and cultural connections that already exist between the two communities, due to the strong presence of Madeiran immigrants in the Free State province.
The South African councilwoman said she was “deeply impressed with the organization and cleanliness of the city of Funchal, in what concerns the efficiency of the urban cleaning and waste collection services, to the good environmental practices, the excellence of the urban spaces and the good solutions of mobility and traffic”.
Paulo Cafofo, the mayor of Funchal, stated that “the closer the ties between cities that are departure and arrival points of migrants are, the more tools we will have to safeguard the interests and rights of our emigrants”.
