Transporte rodoviário semi-colectivo de passageiros “Chapa 100”: confrontando a norma e a prática informal nas cidades de Maputo e Matola

Abstract

This research aims at exploring social perceptions about factors and motivations regarding traffic’s rules formally established between drivers of public transport, the usually named by "chapa 100" and police officers in the Maputo and Matola cities. Based on Marx Weber perspective, particularly on his Social Action’ concept, the study explores the meanings attributed by the drivers and agents and their motivation to go for schemes of corruption. The two groups mentioned above, are located in the route of Cinema “700” to Museu and cinema 700 to Anjo Voador, the round trip. The data analysis, based on semi- structured interviews, indicates on how the informal practices registered in the semi- public transport’s activities are motivated by corruption. There are schemes established between the drivers and the traffic officer, turning it in an informal practices spearheaded by the former through the use of bribe to pay the latter. From the ethical perception of traffic rules, the drivers, whom in principle should contribute to a better social order in that space of interactions, have used their positions to collect fees in order to offset the low wages paid to them.