We are residents in South Africa. Lourdes was born in Mozambique but moved to Durban, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa, as a baby. Victor was born in Portugal and moved to Lourenco Marques, Mozambique when he was 4. Unfortunately Victor had to leave Mozambique in 1974 during the civil war, and relocated to Durban, Kwazulu Natal where we met, and then married in December 1984.
We are proud parents of three children and a son in law. Our twin daughters, who are now 30 are both civil engineers and living in Cambridge UK. We also have a 29 year old son, also a civil engineer who lives in Johannesburg. We have been blessed with a grandson who is now 5 months old, and he is in Cambridge with his parents.
We are business owners of two companies. One is a company that sells spares, and heavy duty filtration for heavy duty machinery. The other company is a Plant Hire company with excavators and TLBs.