The author reports about the creation and evolution of RENAMO. “Evo Fernandes, […] [was] director of the [newspaper] Notícias da Beira in 1974, which was property of Jorge Jardim”. “In 1980 a number was printed, called «Program and Manifest of RNM», and one of our tasks is its divulgation in Lisbon. The program, as political platform, is quite generic, even poor, based in seven points, and would not be subject to any further elaboration». The author goes to South Africa in 1983, assuming the position of director of the broadcasting station Africa’s Free Voice.