Machel decided to leave Lourenço Marques, when a white anti-fascist, the pharmaceutical representative João Ferreira, warned him that he was being watched by the Portuguese political police, the PIDE.
Mashele watsatsa sencumo sekushiya iLourenço Marques, lapho uJoão Ferreira, wamcwayisa ngokutsi ubukwa maphoyisa etepolitiki asePortugal, iPIDE.