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Ingxoxo Esiyenze LoMnu. Den Moyo

Sybeth Musengezi says President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government wants to kill him. His house was petrol bombed on Saturday by suspected state security agents. He speaks with VOA Zimbabwe's Gibbs Dube.

Ingxoxo esiyenze loMnu. Believe Gaule.

President Mokgweetsi Masisi of Botswana has called for the removal of sanctions imposed by the West on Zanu PF officials for alleged human rights violations and electoral fraud. Evans Zininga reports

Ezamasiko: Sixoxa loMnu. Elijah Singene Mpofu, ingcwethi kwezamasiko, ngomthubi owawudliwa ekadeni ngabafana kuphela.

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Abasebenza lomuyi uCont Mhlanga bathi wabanceda okumangalisayo ukuze bebengabalingisi.

Ingxoxo Esiyenze LoMnu. Never Nyawunzwi

Ingxoxo Esiyenze loMnu. Ngqabutho Mabhena

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Tafadzwa Mugwadi, Zanu PF's communications director, has attacked Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition planning mass protests saying it's a faceless organization looking for relevant. But Peter Mutasa says they have a right to protest as stipulated in Zimbabwe's Constitution.

UMnu. Tafadzwa Mugwadi, umqondisi wokwethulwa kwemibiko kubandla leZanu PF, uthi kumele uMnu. Godfrey Tsenengamu loMnu. Jim Kunaka bethule zwi ngokwenzakala kubandla leZanu PF. Uthi ngamanga aluhlaza tshoko ukuba uMnangagwa uxabana loChiwenga.

Kuhlelo Lwabatsha: Sixoxa lomculi uNkosilathi Tshuma.

Abantu abanengi bafuna ukutshengisela emigwaqweni eZimbabwe bekhonona ngokwenzakala elizweni.

Usethola uncedo uNkosazana Ntando Khumalo, odabuka eZimbabwe, othi ubehlupheka okumangalisayo kwele South Africa. Ukuhlupheka kwakhe kuveze kumabonakude nguMnu. Thembani Mazinyane othi kulabantu abanengi abafisa ukuceda uMaKhumalo. Okwamanje uselungiselela ukuya eZimbabwe.

The United States Student Achievers Program (USAP) Community School is accepting applications from Lower Sixth and Form Four students to begin their studies in January next year. Rebecca Mano, director of Education Matters, says students should submit their applications by October 8, 2021.

Zambia's Electoral Commission is urging candidates of the just concluded polls to be patient, as ballots, expected within 72-hours of the last vote cast, are counted. VOA's Peter Clottey reports on the heavily participated election, despite the presence of police, military and paramilitary groups.

Zimbabwe’s Donata Katai, failed on Sunday to reach the semi-finals of the 100-meter backstroke despite recording a personal best and coming first in her heat at the Aquatics Center in Tokyo, Japan. But Frederick Ndlovu of the Zimbabwe Olympics Committee says Donata she has a bright future.

Matabeleland North provincial medical director, Dr. Munekayi Padingani, said the government has deployed health staff at the mission, about 40 kilometers north-east of the country’s second largest city, Bulawayo.

Matabeleland North Provincial Medical Director (PMD) Dr. Munekayi Padingani confirmed that 118 pupils at John Tallach Secondary School in Ntabazinduna, Matabeleland North, tested positive for COVID-19 but says there were no deaths, contrary to reports. The school has been shut down.

MDC-T presidential spokesperson, Khaliphani Pugeni, says they won't allow Nelson Chamisa and his colleagues to use the MDC Alliance name anymore as it is the property of the Thokozani Khupe-led formation.

In an interview, the ruling African National Congress of South Africa's International Relations Committee chairperson, Lindiwe Zulu, said there is urgent need to resolve the political crisis in Zimbabwe. “We have already said it from an ANC point of view that there is a crisis in Zimbabwe..."

Edwin Ndlovu of the MDC Alliance led by advocate Nelson Chamisa, says Zimbabwe government is responsible for the abduction and mistreatment of party members - Joanna Mamombe, Cecilia Chimbiri and Netsai Marova, despite claims of non-involvement.

Zimbabwe Deputy Information Minister Energy Mutodi tells Gibbs Dube of VOA's Zimbabwe Service’s the reported abductions of youth league members of the opposition MDC Alliance - Joanna Mamombe, Cecilia Chimbiri, and Netsai Marova - are designed to discredit President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government.

Zimbabwean teacher living in Beijing, Samantha Sibanda, offers a different perspective on the reports circulating on social media about abuse of Africans in China by Chinese nationals, due to Covid-19. Sibanda tells Gibbs Dube of VOA's Zimbabwe Service that not all Chinese are bad people.

Hosts Gibbs Dube and Jonga Kandemiiri of VOA's Zimbabwe Service discuss the ongoing challenges Zimbabweans around the world are facing due to Covid 19. Many have tested positive for the virus, and while some have recovered from its symptoms, some are struggling to recover. Others have died.

Betty Makoni, founder of the Girl Child Network, had a close brush with death after contracting the dreaded coronavirus. Makoni tells Blessing Zulu of VOA's Zimbabwe Service that she felt so close to death that she mourned herself. Makoni urges fellow Zimbabweans to avoid exposure to COVID -9.

Zimbabwe's Permanent Secretary of Health, Dr. Agnes Mahomva speaks with Blessing Zulu of VOA's Zimbabwe Service about coronavirus - its symptoms, prevention, and the country's preparedness. "The usual common cold tends to be mild, moderate, whereas this one has really caused a lot of havoc."