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            <title>Ingxoxo Esiyenze LoMnu. Den Moyo - February 23, 2023</title>
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            <title>Musengezi: Mnangagwa, State Security Agents Want to Kill Me - October 03, 2022</title>
            <description>Sybeth Musengezi says President Emmerson Mnangagwa&apos;s government wants to kill him. His house was petrol bombed on Saturday by suspected state security agents. He speaks with VOA Zimbabwe&apos;s Gibbs Dube.</description>
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                <itunes:summary>Sybeth Musengezi says President Emmerson Mnangagwa&apos;s government wants to kill him. His house was petrol bombed on Saturday by suspected state security agents. He speaks with VOA Zimbabwe&apos;s Gibbs Dube.</itunes:summary>
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            <title>Probe Parly Laptop, Computers Tenders ... - September 19, 2022</title>
            <description>A Zimbabwean opposition legislator, Kucaca Phulu, says parliament should thoroughly investigate directors of two companies that tried to sell laptops and desktop computers at inflated prices to the country’s House of Assembly.

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                <itunes:summary>A Zimbabwean opposition legislator, Kucaca Phulu, says parliament should thoroughly investigate directors of two companies that tried to sell laptops and desktop computers at inflated prices to the country’s House of Assembly.

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            <description>Ingxoxo esiyenze loMnu. Kucaca Phulu</description>
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            <title>Ingxoxo Esiyenze LoMnu. Believe Gaule - September 18, 2022</title>
            <description>Ingxoxo esiyenze loMnu. Believe Gaule.</description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 18 Sep 2022 23:38:23 +0200</pubDate>
            
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            <title>Masisi Urges West to Remove Sanctions Imposed on Zanu PF Officials - September 03, 2022</title>
            <description>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</description>
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                <itunes:summary>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</itunes:summary>
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            <title>Ezamasiko: Sixoxa Ngomthubi Owawudliwa Ekadeni Ngabafana Kuphela - August 14, 2022</title>
            <description>Ezamasiko: Sixoxa loMnu. Elijah Singene Mpofu, ingcwethi kwezamasiko, ngomthubi owawudliwa ekadeni ngabafana kuphela.</description>
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                <itunes:summary>Ezamasiko: Sixoxa loMnu. Elijah Singene Mpofu, ingcwethi kwezamasiko, ngomthubi owawudliwa ekadeni ngabafana kuphela.</itunes:summary>
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            <title>Vuselela Umoya - August 14, 2022</title>
            <description>Vuselela Umoya</description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 14 Aug 2022 20:19:44 +0200</pubDate>
            
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                <itunes:summary>Vuselela Umoya</itunes:summary>
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            <title>Bakhumbula uCont Mhlanga - August 07, 2022</title>
            <description>Abasebenza lomuyi uCont Mhlanga bathi wabanceda okumangalisayo ukuze bebengabalingisi.</description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 07 Aug 2022 23:08:12 +0200</pubDate>
            
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                <itunes:summary>Abasebenza lomuyi uCont Mhlanga bathi wabanceda okumangalisayo ukuze bebengabalingisi.</itunes:summary>
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            <title>Ingxoxo Esiyenze LoMnu. Never Nyawunzwi - August 01, 2022</title>
            <description>Ingxoxo Esiyenze LoMnu. Never Nyawunzwi</description>
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                <itunes:summary>Ingxoxo Esiyenze LoMnu. Never Nyawunzwi</itunes:summary>
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            <title>Ingxoxo Esiyenze loMnu. Ngqabutho Mabhena - August 01, 2022</title>
            <description>Ingxoxo Esiyenze loMnu. Ngqabutho Mabhena</description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2022 01:06:36 +0200</pubDate>
            
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                <itunes:summary>Ingxoxo Esiyenze loMnu. Ngqabutho Mabhena</itunes:summary>
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            <title>Vuselela Umoya - August 01, 2022</title>
            <description>Vuselela Umoya</description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2022 00:55:16 +0200</pubDate>
            
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                <itunes:summary>Vuselela Umoya</itunes:summary>
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            <title>Tafadzwa Mugwadi Attacks Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition Planning Mass Protests - July 30, 2022</title>
            <description>Tafadzwa Mugwadi, Zanu PF&apos;s communications director, has attacked Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition planning mass protests saying it&apos;s a faceless organization looking for relevant. But Peter Mutasa says they have a right to protest as stipulated in Zimbabwe&apos;s Constitution. </description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 30 Jul 2022 04:24:47 +0200</pubDate>
            
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                <itunes:summary>Tafadzwa Mugwadi, Zanu PF&apos;s communications director, has attacked Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition planning mass protests saying it&apos;s a faceless organization looking for relevant. But Peter Mutasa says they have a right to protest as stipulated in Zimbabwe&apos;s Constitution. </itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:05:22</itunes:duration>
                      
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            <title>Mugwadi: Abathule Zwi Abakhuluma Kubi Ngomongameli Mnangagwa loChiwenga - July 18, 2022</title>
            <description>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.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zanu-pf-zimbabwe-frriction/6662510.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zanu-pf-zimbabwe-frriction/6662510.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2022 00:21:11 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>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.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:04:04</itunes:duration>
                      
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            <title>Kuhlelo Lwabatsha: Silomculi Osathuthukayo uNkosilathi Tshuma - July 18, 2022</title>
            <description>Kuhlelo Lwabatsha: Sixoxa lomculi uNkosilathi Tshuma.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/nkosilathi-tshuma-ezabatsha/6662504.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/nkosilathi-tshuma-ezabatsha/6662504.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2022 00:12:52 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Kuhlelo Lwabatsha: Sixoxa lomculi uNkosilathi Tshuma.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:13:23</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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            <title>Bafuna Ukutshengisela Emigwaqweni Bekhonona Ngokwenzakala eZimbabwe - July 18, 2022</title>
            <description>Abantu abanengi bafuna ukutshengisela emigwaqweni eZimbabwe bekhonona ngokwenzakala elizweni.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/protests-zimbabwe-ukutshengisela/6662502.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/protests-zimbabwe-ukutshengisela/6662502.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2022 00:08:05 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Abantu abanengi bafuna ukutshengisela emigwaqweni eZimbabwe bekhonona ngokwenzakala elizweni.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:05:02</itunes:duration>
                      
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                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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            <title>Usethola Uncedo Owesifazana Obehlupheka Kwele South Africa - July 17, 2022</title>
            <description>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.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-ntando-khumalo-south-africa/6662495.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-ntando-khumalo-south-africa/6662495.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Sun, 17 Jul 2022 23:48:27 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>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.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:03:52</itunes:duration>
                      
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                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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            <title>Udaba Esilethulelwe NguGibbs Dube - May 14, 2022</title>
            <description></description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/russia-ukraine-war/6570756.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/russia-ukraine-war/6570756.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Sat, 14 May 2022 00:18:57 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary></itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:03:36</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
                <enclosure url="https://voa-audio.voanews.eu/vzi/2022/05/13/a3f32a98-334c-4055-a37f-a97a4fb4b56c_original.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" length="1327104" />
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            <title>Studio7 Interview With Norman Mapeza - January 23, 2022</title>
            <description></description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/6408366.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/6408366.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Sun, 23 Jan 2022 01:11:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary></itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:05:39</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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            <title>Thokozani Khupe Says Mwonzora No Longer Member of MDC-T - January 21, 2022</title>
            <description></description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/douglas-mwonzora-khupe/6405845.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/douglas-mwonzora-khupe/6405845.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2022 01:12:19 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary></itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:01:43</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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            <title>Zimbabwean Students Urged to Apply for Top American School Program - September 30, 2021</title>
            <description>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.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-education-matters-usap-community-school/6251334.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-education-matters-usap-community-school/6251334.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2021 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>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.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:07:02</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
                <enclosure url="https://voa-audio.voanews.eu/vzi/2021/09/30/a9cd3e9b-6a12-460c-9567-a248c7dbdc29_original.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" length="2592768" />
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            <title>Zambian Authorities Appeal to Candidates for Patience As Citizens Await Presidential Election Results - August 13, 2021</title>
            <description>Zambia&apos;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&apos;s Peter Clottey reports on the heavily participated election, despite the presence of police, military and paramilitary groups.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zambian-authorities-appeal-for-patience-as-citizens-await-election-results/6001582.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zambian-authorities-appeal-for-patience-as-citizens-await-election-results/6001582.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2021 16:42:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Zambia&apos;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&apos;s Peter Clottey reports on the heavily participated election, despite the presence of police, military and paramilitary groups.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:04:32</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:keywords>Zambia, Election, presidential candidates, Votes</itunes:keywords>      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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            <title>Going Gets Touch for Zimbabweans ... - July 26, 2021</title>
            <description>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.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/donata-katai-future-swimming-sensation/5978656.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/donata-katai-future-swimming-sensation/5978656.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2021 00:49:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>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.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:05:53</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
                <enclosure url="https://voa-audio.voanews.eu/vzi/2021/07/25/a8726077-f1a5-4017-a5c7-524835647db4_original.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" length="2168832" />
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            <title>Attorney Representing Zimbabwean Deportees, Immigrants in U.K. Speaking About Returnees - July 23, 2021</title>
            <description>Andrew Nyamayaro, director and principal solicitor of Tann Law Solicitors, says his team and other lawyers representing Zimbabweans living in Britain are fighting to ensure that Zimbabweans are not deported. Britain on Wednesday deported 14 Zimbabweans said to be convicted criminals.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-deportation-andrew-nyamayaro/5975812.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-deportation-andrew-nyamayaro/5975812.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2021 00:54:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Andrew Nyamayaro, director and principal solicitor of Tann Law Solicitors, says his team and other lawyers representing Zimbabweans living in Britain are fighting to ensure that Zimbabweans are not deported. Britain on Wednesday deported 14 Zimbabweans said to be convicted criminals.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:11:23</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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            <title>Basketball Africa League President on Ongoing Games in Rwanda - May 21, 2021</title>
            <description>Amadou Gallo Fall, president of the Basketball Africa League, speaking to Cheick Thiero of the Voice of America about the ongoing 12-team inaugural games of BAL affliliated to NBA and FIBA. watch the games at https://www.voazimbabwe.com/t/91.html. #BALonVOA2021</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/basketball-league-interview-president/5899191.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/basketball-league-interview-president/5899191.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2021 12:48:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Amadou Gallo Fall, president of the Basketball Africa League, speaking to Cheick Thiero of the Voice of America about the ongoing 12-team inaugural games of BAL affliliated to NBA and FIBA. watch the games at https://www.voazimbabwe.com/t/91.html. #BALonVOA2021</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:08:42</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
                <enclosure url="https://voa-audio.voanews.eu/vnd/2021/05/21/046d3d4a-d7e8-4343-bceb-7255e82baa85_original.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" length="3207168" />
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            <title>Livetalk, May 17, 2021 - May 18, 2021</title>
            <description></description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/livetalk/5894523.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/livetalk/5894523.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2021 01:57:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary></itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:59:59</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
                <enclosure url="https://voa-audio.voanews.eu/vzi/2021/05/18/2b434d41-3398-4967-8d8e-ac9e1ea054e7_original.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" length="22112256" />
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            <title>Obert Gutu Says Opposition MDC Violent, Lost Direction - March 20, 2021</title>
            <description>Politics is a fluid game. It’s not cast in stone. It’s not like you wear a straight jacket. You don’t wear a straight jacket ... If you were a Roman Catholic two years ago and now you are a Seventh Day Adventist, it doesn’t mean you are a bad person, you have simply moved on.”</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-opposition-obert-gutu/5821639.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-opposition-obert-gutu/5821639.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2021 00:56:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Politics is a fluid game. It’s not cast in stone. It’s not like you wear a straight jacket. You don’t wear a straight jacket ... If you were a Roman Catholic two years ago and now you are a Seventh Day Adventist, it doesn’t mean you are a bad person, you have simply moved on.”</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:05:06</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
                <enclosure url="https://voa-audio.voanews.eu/vzi/2021/03/19/90a7cb70-c88a-4b3b-a625-f9ec9dfaaece_original.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" length="1880064" />
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            <title>Journalist Hopewell Chin&apos;ono Speaks With VOA Studio 7 - February 05, 2021</title>
            <description>Journalist Hopewell Chin&apos;ono says investigative stories he has been doing have a huge impact on Zimbabweans. He cited the firing of former Health Minister Obadiah Moyo as one of the examples in which he wrote a story about corruption in government corridors that led to his sacking.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/exclusive-interview-hopewell-chinono-zimbabwe/5767204.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/exclusive-interview-hopewell-chinono-zimbabwe/5767204.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2021 23:05:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Journalist Hopewell Chin&apos;ono says investigative stories he has been doing have a huge impact on Zimbabweans. He cited the firing of former Health Minister Obadiah Moyo as one of the examples in which he wrote a story about corruption in government corridors that led to his sacking.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>01:00:35</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
                <enclosure url="https://voa-audio.voanews.eu/vzi/2021/02/05/ba614f17-c534-4534-8641-e02cc983776a_original.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" length="22333440" />
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            <title>Vuselela UMoya - January 10, 2021</title>
            <description></description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/vuselela-umoya/5732025.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/vuselela-umoya/5732025.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2021 22:39:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary></itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:05:00</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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            <title>184 Children Isolated After COVID-19 Outbreak - November 23, 2020</title>
            <description>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.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/students-quarantied-outbreak-covid-19/5673195.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/students-quarantied-outbreak-covid-19/5673195.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2020 17:28:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>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.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:01:23</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
                <enclosure url="https://voa-audio.voanews.eu/vzi/2020/11/23/acb9edc1-b7b9-4224-99d5-0085544f87f7_original.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" length="509952" />
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            <title>Zimbabwe Secondary School With 118 COVID-19 Positive Cases Shuts Down - November 19, 2020</title>
            <description>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.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-secondary-school-near-bulawayo-closes-due-to-118-confirmed-covid-cases/5668847.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-secondary-school-near-bulawayo-closes-due-to-118-confirmed-covid-cases/5668847.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2020 16:52:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>Bathabile Masuku</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>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.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:01:21</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:keywords>health, matabeleland north, Covid 19, John Tallach, Secondary School</itunes:keywords>      
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                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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            <title>MDC Youth Speak Out on Seizing Morgan Tsvangirai House - September 29, 2020</title>
            <description>Ostallos Siziba of the Movement for Democratic Change says youth from two formations of the opposition groups led by Nelson Chamisa and Thokozani Khupe decided to take over Morgan Richard Tsvangirai House in Harare from the MDC-T after realizing that Khupe&apos;s formation was too close to Zanu PF.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/ostallos-siziba-protecting-the-mdc-legacy/5602238.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/ostallos-siziba-protecting-the-mdc-legacy/5602238.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2020 20:10:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Ostallos Siziba of the Movement for Democratic Change says youth from two formations of the opposition groups led by Nelson Chamisa and Thokozani Khupe decided to take over Morgan Richard Tsvangirai House in Harare from the MDC-T after realizing that Khupe&apos;s formation was too close to Zanu PF.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:02:51</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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            <title>MDC-T: Chamisa Should Stop Using MDC Alliance Name, Slogans - September 21, 2020</title>
            <description>MDC-T presidential spokesperson, Khaliphani Pugeni, says they won&apos;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.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-thokozani-khupe-/5590787.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-thokozani-khupe-/5590787.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2020 01:29:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>MDC-T presidential spokesperson, Khaliphani Pugeni, says they won&apos;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.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:04:33</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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            <title>MDC Alliance Vowing Use Party Name After Khupe MDC-T Move to &apos;Grab&apos; It - September 21, 2020</title>
            <description>The MDC Alliance&apos;s presidential spokesperson, Dr. Nkululeko Sibanda, says they will fight hard to retain the party&apos;s name following an announcement by the Thokozani Khupe MDC formation that they are set to field candidates in the forthcoming bye-elections using the Alliance.He speaks with Gibbs Dube</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-mdc-aliance-versus-mdc-t/5590784.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-mdc-aliance-versus-mdc-t/5590784.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2020 01:23:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>The MDC Alliance&apos;s presidential spokesperson, Dr. Nkululeko Sibanda, says they will fight hard to retain the party&apos;s name following an announcement by the Thokozani Khupe MDC formation that they are set to field candidates in the forthcoming bye-elections using the Alliance.He speaks with Gibbs Dube</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:04:33</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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            <title>ANC International Relations Chair Says There is a Crisis in Zimbabwe - August 12, 2020</title>
            <description>In an interview, the ruling African National Congress of South Africa&apos;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...&quot;</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/there-is-a-crisis-in-zimbabwe-says-anc-international-relations-chair/5541109.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/there-is-a-crisis-in-zimbabwe-says-anc-international-relations-chair/5541109.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2020 22:13:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>Gibbs Dube</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>In an interview, the ruling African National Congress of South Africa&apos;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...&quot;</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:06:47</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:keywords>Zimbabwe, South Africa, Crisis, african national congress, envoys</itunes:keywords>      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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            <title>Livetalk: Diaspora Forum - July 08, 2020</title>
            <description></description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/livetalk-diaspora-zimbabwe/5495122.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/livetalk-diaspora-zimbabwe/5495122.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2020 22:29:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary></itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:59:57</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
                <enclosure url="https://voa-audio.voanews.eu/vnd/2020/07/08/33908990-726e-4eb6-9c73-ef9cd4417fb3_original.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" length="22099968" />
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            <title>Incumbent Malawi President Concedes Defeat in Presidential Election Re-Run - June 27, 2020</title>
            <description>Information Officer, Janet Dambul, says Malawi&apos;s incumbent president Peter Mutharika has conceded defeat in the just-ended presidential election re-run. She speaks with VOA Zimbabwe Service&apos;s Gibbs Dube.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/malawi-presidential-poll/5479295.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/malawi-presidential-poll/5479295.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2020 01:17:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Information Officer, Janet Dambul, says Malawi&apos;s incumbent president Peter Mutharika has conceded defeat in the just-ended presidential election re-run. She speaks with VOA Zimbabwe Service&apos;s Gibbs Dube.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:05:21</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
                <enclosure url="https://voa-audio.voanews.eu/vzi/2020/06/26/8ae7d1dd-16ad-41d4-9600-8b9b2c9c1169_original.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" length="1972224" />
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            <title>Zimbabwe Opposition Presses Government To Own Up to Abductions of Party Members - May 19, 2020</title>
            <description>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.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-opposition-presses-government-to-own-up-to-abductions-of-party-members/5425797.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-opposition-presses-government-to-own-up-to-abductions-of-party-members/5425797.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2020 04:45:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>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.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:02:02</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:keywords>Zimbabwe, human rights, government, abductions, Opposition MDC Alliance, joanna mamombe, cecilia chimbiri, netsai marova</itunes:keywords>      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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            <title>Zimbabwe Government Official Disputes Opposition Member Claims of Abduction - May 19, 2020</title>
            <description>Zimbabwe Deputy Information Minister Energy Mutodi tells Gibbs Dube of VOA&apos;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.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-government-official-disputes-opposition-member-claims-of-abduction/5425789.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-government-official-disputes-opposition-member-claims-of-abduction/5425789.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2020 04:33:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Zimbabwe Deputy Information Minister Energy Mutodi tells Gibbs Dube of VOA&apos;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.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:05:18</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:keywords>Zimbabwe, human rights, government, lawmaker, youth league, abduction, Opposition MDC Alliance, joanna mamombe, energy mutodi, cecilia chimbiri, netsai marova</itunes:keywords>      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
                <enclosure url="https://voa-audio.voanews.eu/vzi/2020/05/19/64a22158-f1a9-478c-9837-191456885567_original.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" length="1953792" />
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            <title>Zimbabwean in China Says Media Reports of Abuse of Africans, &apos;Blown Out of Proportion&apos; - April 18, 2020</title>
            <description>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&apos;s Zimbabwe Service that not all Chinese are bad people.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwean-living-in-china-shares-experience-of-quarantine/5377904.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwean-living-in-china-shares-experience-of-quarantine/5377904.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2020 17:46:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>Gibbs Dube</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>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&apos;s Zimbabwe Service that not all Chinese are bad people.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:22:43</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:keywords>Zimbabwe, africa, china, racism, Coronavirus, Covid 19</itunes:keywords>      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
                <enclosure url="https://voa-audio.voanews.eu/vzi/2020/04/18/2bdd31fd-e131-4a5c-b4b6-6178986a1e35_original.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" length="8374272" />
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            <title>Livetalk - Diaspora Forum - Wednesday, April 8th, 2020 - April 08, 2020</title>
            <description>Hosts Gibbs Dube and Jonga Kandemiiri of VOA&apos;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.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/livetalk-diaspora-forum/5365111.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/livetalk-diaspora-forum/5365111.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2020 20:50:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Hosts Gibbs Dube and Jonga Kandemiiri of VOA&apos;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.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>01:00:06</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:keywords>Zimbabwe, Studio 7, livetalk, Diaspora Forum</itunes:keywords>      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
                <enclosure url="https://voa-audio.voanews.eu/vzi/2020/04/08/5d2acc95-60cd-410d-86ef-9ef4e686578f_original.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" length="22155264" />
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            <title>Girl Child Advocate Warns Fellow Zimbabweans of COVID-19 Dangers - April 08, 2020</title>
            <description>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&apos;s Zimbabwe Service that she felt so close to death that she mourned herself.  Makoni urges fellow Zimbabweans to avoid exposure to COVID -9.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-girl-child-advocate-warns-fellow-citizens-of-covid-19/5364009.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-girl-child-advocate-warns-fellow-citizens-of-covid-19/5364009.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2020 00:01:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>Blessing  Zulu</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>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&apos;s Zimbabwe Service that she felt so close to death that she mourned herself.  Makoni urges fellow Zimbabweans to avoid exposure to COVID -9.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:16:03</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:keywords>Zimbabwe, health, death, united kingdom, Virus, Coronavirus, Covid 19</itunes:keywords>      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
                <enclosure url="https://voa-audio.voanews.eu/vzi/2020/04/07/2dfd1e18-da43-48bc-97b9-3da31c748217_original.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" length="5916672" />
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            <title>Abantu Balamba Okokuthi Abalandaba leCoronavirus - April 02, 2020</title>
            <description>Abantu abanengi balamba okokuthi kabalandaba lokumemetheka komkhuhlane weCoronavirus langesinqumo esokuthi kumele bahlale ezindlini.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-coronavirus-kunzima-kwele-zimbabwe/5357558.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-coronavirus-kunzima-kwele-zimbabwe/5357558.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2020 21:32:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Abantu abanengi balamba okokuthi kabalandaba lokumemetheka komkhuhlane weCoronavirus langesinqumo esokuthi kumele bahlale ezindlini.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:05:24</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
                <enclosure url="https://voa-audio.voanews.eu/vzi/2020/04/02/fc117d87-1136-465a-8281-83c071b1c57a_original.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" length="1990656" />
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            <title>Zimbabwe Health Ministry Official Breaks Down Covid-19 Symptoms, Prevention - March 19, 2020</title>
            <description>Zimbabwe&apos;s Permanent Secretary of Health, Dr. Agnes Mahomva speaks with Blessing Zulu of VOA&apos;s Zimbabwe Service about coronavirus - its symptoms, prevention, and the country&apos;s preparedness. &quot;The usual common cold tends to be mild, moderate, whereas this one has really caused a lot of havoc.&quot;</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-health-ministry-official-breaks-down-covid-19-symptoms-prevention/5336332.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-health-ministry-official-breaks-down-covid-19-symptoms-prevention/5336332.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2020 23:09:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Zimbabwe&apos;s Permanent Secretary of Health, Dr. Agnes Mahomva speaks with Blessing Zulu of VOA&apos;s Zimbabwe Service about coronavirus - its symptoms, prevention, and the country&apos;s preparedness. &quot;The usual common cold tends to be mild, moderate, whereas this one has really caused a lot of havoc.&quot;</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:13:33</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:keywords>Zimbabwe, health, Coronavirus, symptoms, covid-19</itunes:keywords>      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
                <enclosure url="https://voa-audio.voanews.eu/vzi/2020/03/19/2933e0b9-d440-41b2-aa06-b4849f43e425_original.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" length="4995072" />
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            <title>MDC Youth Deserved Arrest in Chitungwiza Says Believe Gaule of Zanu PF - March 01, 2020</title>
            <description>Zanu PF member, Believe Gaule, says police arrested the MDC youth in order to maintain law and order in Chitungwiza. “There is a good reason why they were arrested. Police cannot go out there and start arresting people without any reasons. If they committed a crime then they must be arrested.”</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-mdc-activists-arrests-chitungwiza/5310673.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-mdc-activists-arrests-chitungwiza/5310673.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2020 23:53:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Zanu PF member, Believe Gaule, says police arrested the MDC youth in order to maintain law and order in Chitungwiza. “There is a good reason why they were arrested. Police cannot go out there and start arresting people without any reasons. If they committed a crime then they must be arrested.”</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:02:00</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
                <enclosure url="https://voa-audio.voanews.eu/vzi/2020/03/01/314f3ffe-bd88-4cb3-b6df-a511eaa87949_original.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" length="737280" />
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            <title>&apos;ED Govt. Panicking Over Public Anger on Deteriorating Economic Situation&apos; - March 01, 2020</title>
            <description>MDC spokesperson, Daniel Molokele, says the party youth were arrested outside local lawmaker Job Sikhala’s residence where they were consulting him on the current deteriorating economic and political situation in Zimbabwe. He speaks with VOA&apos;s Gibbs Dube.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-economic-situation-emmerson-mnangagwa/5310671.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-economic-situation-emmerson-mnangagwa/5310671.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2020 23:50:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>MDC spokesperson, Daniel Molokele, says the party youth were arrested outside local lawmaker Job Sikhala’s residence where they were consulting him on the current deteriorating economic and political situation in Zimbabwe. He speaks with VOA&apos;s Gibbs Dube.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:03:00</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
                <enclosure url="https://voa-audio.voanews.eu/vzi/2020/03/01/e993b1bc-5f58-4997-8aad-8048027c6a2a_original.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" length="1105920" />
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            <title>Interview With Dewa Mavinga - February 21, 2020</title>
            <description></description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-britain-tightens-screws-on-defence-industry/5297319.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-britain-tightens-screws-on-defence-industry/5297319.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Fri, 21 Feb 2020 01:19:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary></itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:01:49</itunes:duration>
                      
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            <title>Zimbabwe Woman in Harare Hospital Over Coronavirus - February 20, 2020</title>
            <description>An unidentified 27-year-old Zimbabwean woman, who works in Huwan, China, hit by the coronavirus, has been admitted to an infectious hospital in Harare where she is being monitored by health authorities after showing symptoms of the deadly disease. Dr. Prosper Chonzi of Harare speaks about this ...</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-coronavirus-admitted/5295689.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-coronavirus-admitted/5295689.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Thu, 20 Feb 2020 00:57:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>An unidentified 27-year-old Zimbabwean woman, who works in Huwan, China, hit by the coronavirus, has been admitted to an infectious hospital in Harare where she is being monitored by health authorities after showing symptoms of the deadly disease. Dr. Prosper Chonzi of Harare speaks about this ...</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:06:55</itunes:duration>
                      
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            <title>Zanu PF Blasts Rand Corporation for Compiling Blistering Report on Zimbabwe - February 10, 2020</title>
            <description>The ruling Zanu PF has blasted the Rand Corporation for compiling a blistering report on Zimbabwe about the current situation in the country, more than two years following the ouster of the late former president Robert Mugabe.Zanu PF member Joseph Tshuma speaks with VOA&apos;s Gibbs Dube about the report</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-rand-corporation-report/5280780.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-rand-corporation-report/5280780.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Mon, 10 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>The ruling Zanu PF has blasted the Rand Corporation for compiling a blistering report on Zimbabwe about the current situation in the country, more than two years following the ouster of the late former president Robert Mugabe.Zanu PF member Joseph Tshuma speaks with VOA&apos;s Gibbs Dube about the report</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:03:29</itunes:duration>
                      
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            <title>MDC Commends Rand Corporation For Compiling &apos;Precise&apos; Report on Zimbabwe - February 09, 2020</title>
            <description>The opposition Movement for Democratic Change led by Nelson Chamisa has commended the Rand Corporation for coming up with a blistering report on political and economic reforms in Zimbabwe. VOA Zimbabwe Service&apos;s Gibbs Dube speaks with MDC chairperson Thabitha Khumalo about the report.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-rand-corporation-report-emmerson-mnangagwa-nelson-chamisa-mdc/5280776.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-rand-corporation-report-emmerson-mnangagwa-nelson-chamisa-mdc/5280776.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Sun, 09 Feb 2020 23:50:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>The opposition Movement for Democratic Change led by Nelson Chamisa has commended the Rand Corporation for coming up with a blistering report on political and economic reforms in Zimbabwe. VOA Zimbabwe Service&apos;s Gibbs Dube speaks with MDC chairperson Thabitha Khumalo about the report.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:03:12</itunes:duration>
                      
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            <title>Mumhanzi - Hurukuro naTongai Greatman Gwaze - February 04, 2020</title>
            <description></description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/mumhanzi-hurukuro-natongai-greatman-gwaze/5273677.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/mumhanzi-hurukuro-natongai-greatman-gwaze/5273677.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Tue, 04 Feb 2020 23:21:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>Blessing  Zulu</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary></itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:05:51</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:keywords>Muimbi, Hurukuro, Greatman, Tongai Greatman Gwaze</itunes:keywords>      
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            <title>who - February 01, 2020</title>
            <description></description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/who-2/5269086.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/who-2/5269086.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Sat, 01 Feb 2020 01:29:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary></itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:03:23</itunes:duration>
                      
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            <title>Interview with Zimbabwe Health Minister Dr. Obediah Moyo on Coronavirus - January 31, 2020</title>
            <description>In an interview with reporter Blessing Zulu of VOA&apos;s Zimbabwe Service, Health Minister Dr. Obediah Moyo said the country is following WHO guidelines to prevent a spread of the coronavirus.  He explains there are no reported cases of the virus, but several recent travelers are under surveillance.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/interview-with-zimbabwe-health-minister-dr-obediah-moyo-on-coronavirus/5268961.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/interview-with-zimbabwe-health-minister-dr-obediah-moyo-on-coronavirus/5268961.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2020 23:19:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>In an interview with reporter Blessing Zulu of VOA&apos;s Zimbabwe Service, Health Minister Dr. Obediah Moyo said the country is following WHO guidelines to prevent a spread of the coronavirus.  He explains there are no reported cases of the virus, but several recent travelers are under surveillance.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:14:51</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:keywords>Zimbabwe, china, health, Coronavirus, Surveillance</itunes:keywords>      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
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            <title>A top official of Zimbabwe&apos;s Ruling Party Dismisses Chamisa&apos;s Mediation Efforts - January 30, 2020</title>
            <description>Secretary for administration for Zimbabwe&apos;s ruling Zanu-PF party, Paul Mangwana has downplayed the visit to South Africa by Movement for Democratic Change leader Nelson Chamisa, to seek assistance in resolving the current crisis. Mangwana said there is no crisis in Zimbabwe that warrants mediation.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-ruling-party-member-dismisses-mediation-efforts-by-opposition-leader/5266236.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-ruling-party-member-dismisses-mediation-efforts-by-opposition-leader/5266236.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Thu, 30 Jan 2020 02:05:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Secretary for administration for Zimbabwe&apos;s ruling Zanu-PF party, Paul Mangwana has downplayed the visit to South Africa by Movement for Democratic Change leader Nelson Chamisa, to seek assistance in resolving the current crisis. Mangwana said there is no crisis in Zimbabwe that warrants mediation.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:01:15</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:keywords>Zimbabwe, politics, movement for democratic change, mdc formations, Zanu-PF</itunes:keywords>      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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            <title>Zimbabwe Opposition Leader Nelson Chamisa in South Africa - January 30, 2020</title>
            <description>Zimbabwe opposition leader Nelson Chamisa is in South Africa on a diplomatic offensive to pressure President Cyril Ramaphosa to intervene in his country’s affairs, to prevent further economic decline. He said he wants Pretoria to intervene because the political temperatures in Harare are rising.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-opposition-leader-nelson-chamisa-in-south-africa/5266234.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-opposition-leader-nelson-chamisa-in-south-africa/5266234.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Thu, 30 Jan 2020 02:03:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Zimbabwe opposition leader Nelson Chamisa is in South Africa on a diplomatic offensive to pressure President Cyril Ramaphosa to intervene in his country’s affairs, to prevent further economic decline. He said he wants Pretoria to intervene because the political temperatures in Harare are rising.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:02:45</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:keywords>Zimbabwe, South Africa, politics, movement for democratic change</itunes:keywords>      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
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            <title>Interview With Dr. Alex Gasasira on Coronavirus - January 29, 2020</title>
            <description></description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/interview-with-dr-alex-gasasira-on-corona-virus/5264211.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/interview-with-dr-alex-gasasira-on-corona-virus/5264211.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Wed, 29 Jan 2020 00:36:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary></itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:06:15</itunes:duration>
                      
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            <title>WFP Says Food Crisis in Zimbabwe Worsening Amid Economic Meltdown - January 28, 2020</title>
            <description>World Food Programme (WFP) regional director for Southern Africa Gerald says the situation is desperate in the country due to a devastating drought and an economic meltdown.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-food-crisis-worsening-amid-economic-meltdown/5262678.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-food-crisis-worsening-amid-economic-meltdown/5262678.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Tue, 28 Jan 2020 01:33:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>World Food Programme (WFP) regional director for Southern Africa Gerald says the situation is desperate in the country due to a devastating drought and an economic meltdown.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:03:49</itunes:duration>
                      
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                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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            <title>Top Chinese Diplomat Visiting Zimbabwe - January 13, 2020</title>
            <description>Chinese Foreign Affairs Minister Wang Yi is in Zimbabwe on a three-day business visit in a nation. He is expected to hold bilateral talks with top Zimbabwean government officials and directors of quasi-government firms in which the Chinese have business interests.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-china-relations-wang-yi/5242626.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-china-relations-wang-yi/5242626.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jan 2020 01:22:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Chinese Foreign Affairs Minister Wang Yi is in Zimbabwe on a three-day business visit in a nation. He is expected to hold bilateral talks with top Zimbabwean government officials and directors of quasi-government firms in which the Chinese have business interests.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:05:00</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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            <title>Interview With Dewa Mavhinga - January 09, 2020</title>
            <description></description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-chiwenga-marry-mubaiwa/5239144.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-chiwenga-marry-mubaiwa/5239144.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jan 2020 23:20:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary></itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:04:00</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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            <title>Zimbabweans Urged to Eat Rice Not Meat - January 04, 2020</title>
            <description>President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Friday told an angry crowd in Kuwadzana suburb in Harare to eat vegetables and not meat after they told him that they are struggling to make ends meet. Here is part of what he said when he walked addressed people while conducting his National Cleanup Campaign</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-cleanup-campaign-eat-vegetables-and-not-meat/5231490.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-cleanup-campaign-eat-vegetables-and-not-meat/5231490.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Sat, 04 Jan 2020 01:07:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Friday told an angry crowd in Kuwadzana suburb in Harare to eat vegetables and not meat after they told him that they are struggling to make ends meet. Here is part of what he said when he walked addressed people while conducting his National Cleanup Campaign</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:02:19</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
                <enclosure url="https://voa-audio.voanews.eu/vzi/2020/01/03/b268415e-4a8b-4aa4-aa10-6d151d057ee2_original.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" length="854016" />
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            <title>Nkomo: No Talks With MDC Without Recognizing Mnangagwa As Legitimate Zimbabwe Leader - December 17, 2019</title>
            <description>Zanu PF&apos;s Malaki Nkomo says there won&apos;t be any talks between the ruling party and the opposiiton MDC led by Nelson Chamisa if they party does not recognize President Mnangagwa as the legitimately-elected president of Zimbabwe.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-mnangagwa-legitimately-elected/5209436.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-mnangagwa-legitimately-elected/5209436.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2019 19:29:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Zanu PF&apos;s Malaki Nkomo says there won&apos;t be any talks between the ruling party and the opposiiton MDC led by Nelson Chamisa if they party does not recognize President Mnangagwa as the legitimately-elected president of Zimbabwe.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:03:02</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
                <enclosure url="https://voa-audio.voanews.eu/vzi/2019/12/17/2cb0a5df-96cf-4eac-aa35-fdd8654a09a0_original.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" length="1118208" />
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            <title>&apos;Chamisa Not Interested in Unity Govt&apos; - December 17, 2019</title>
            <description>Nkululeko Sibanda, spokesperson of MDC leader Nelson Chamisa, says he is not interested in forming a unity government with the ruling Zanu PF party. He speaks about this issue with VOA Zimbabwe Service&apos;s Gibbs Dube.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-chamisa-not-interested-in-unity-talks/5209431.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-chamisa-not-interested-in-unity-talks/5209431.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2019 19:26:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Nkululeko Sibanda, spokesperson of MDC leader Nelson Chamisa, says he is not interested in forming a unity government with the ruling Zanu PF party. He speaks about this issue with VOA Zimbabwe Service&apos;s Gibbs Dube.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:03:54</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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            <title>Anti-Corruption Commission Arrested Wife of VP Chiwenga - December 15, 2019</title>
            <description>The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission has arrested Marry Chiwenga, the wife of Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, who is facing charges of forging the couple&apos;s marriage certificate, money laundering and externalizing over $1 million. Commissioner John Makamure speaks with Jonga Kandemiiri.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-marry-chiwenga-constantino-chiwenga-divorce-fraud/5206794.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-marry-chiwenga-constantino-chiwenga-divorce-fraud/5206794.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Sun, 15 Dec 2019 22:08:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission has arrested Marry Chiwenga, the wife of Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, who is facing charges of forging the couple&apos;s marriage certificate, money laundering and externalizing over $1 million. Commissioner John Makamure speaks with Jonga Kandemiiri.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:04:58</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
                <enclosure url="https://voa-audio.voanews.eu/vzi/2019/12/15/937d8c37-5c48-41bb-9058-542a64babbef_original.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" length="1830912" />
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            <title>Interview With Dr. Tonderai Kasu on Cuban Doctors - December 12, 2019</title>
            <description></description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-cuba-doctors/5203717.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-cuba-doctors/5203717.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2019 23:01:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary></itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:03:34</itunes:duration>
                      
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                <enclosure url="https://voa-audio.voanews.eu/vzi/2019/12/12/b514b525-37fc-4581-808f-f3b6c97d85f1_original.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" length="1314816" />
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            <title>EleSouth Africa Bathi Bazawukhomba Olotshwala Omalayitsha Abathwala Abantwana Okungekho Emthethweni - December 12, 2019</title>
            <description>Uhulumende wakwele South Africa uthi bazawukhomba olotshwala omalayitsha abazama ukungena labantwana beZimbabwe kulelolizwe okungekho emthethweni ngemva kokutholakala komtshova ongelamiqobotsho usubanga ePitoli labantwana beZimbabwe abalitshumi. Udaba esilethulelwe nguBenedict Nhlapho</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-omalayitsha-south-africa-children-abantwana/5203426.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-omalayitsha-south-africa-children-abantwana/5203426.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2019 19:24:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Uhulumende wakwele South Africa uthi bazawukhomba olotshwala omalayitsha abazama ukungena labantwana beZimbabwe kulelolizwe okungekho emthethweni ngemva kokutholakala komtshova ongelamiqobotsho usubanga ePitoli labantwana beZimbabwe abalitshumi. Udaba esilethulelwe nguBenedict Nhlapho</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:03:04</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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            <title>&apos;Zanu PF Should Fix Economy, Not Focus on 2023 Presidential Election&apos; - December 08, 2019</title>
            <description></description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-emmerson-mnangagwa-focus-presidential-election-2023/5197808.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-emmerson-mnangagwa-focus-presidential-election-2023/5197808.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Sun, 08 Dec 2019 23:37:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary></itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:02:05</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
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            <title>Obert Mpofu: Zanu PF Activist Fully Supporting Mnangagwa&apos;s 2023 Presidential Election Candidacy - December 08, 2019</title>
            <description>Zanu PF secretary for administration, Obert Mpofu, says they are fully supporting President Emmerson Mnangagwa as their sole candidate for the 2023 presidential election. He speaks with VOA Zimbabwe Service&apos;s Gibbs Dube.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-interview-with-obert-mpofu/5197807.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-interview-with-obert-mpofu/5197807.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Sun, 08 Dec 2019 23:33:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Zanu PF secretary for administration, Obert Mpofu, says they are fully supporting President Emmerson Mnangagwa as their sole candidate for the 2023 presidential election. He speaks with VOA Zimbabwe Service&apos;s Gibbs Dube.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:04:54</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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            <title>Zanu Activist Says Some Police Action Designed to Undermine Mnangagwa - December 01, 2019</title>
            <description>Zanu PF activist, Joseph Tshuma, says police who allegedly fired live bullets at opposition MDC leader Nelson Chamisa and his supporters while they were planting trees in Marondera, are undermining the authority of President Emmerson Mnangagwa.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-police-undermining-mnangagwa/5188507.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-police-undermining-mnangagwa/5188507.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Sun, 01 Dec 2019 22:46:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Zanu PF activist, Joseph Tshuma, says police who allegedly fired live bullets at opposition MDC leader Nelson Chamisa and his supporters while they were planting trees in Marondera, are undermining the authority of President Emmerson Mnangagwa.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:04:17</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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            <title>&apos;Police Wanted to Gun Down Chamisa&apos; - December 01, 2019</title>
            <description>&apos;Police Wanted to Gun Down Chamisa&apos;</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-police-wanted-to-gun-down-chamisa/5188505.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-police-wanted-to-gun-down-chamisa/5188505.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Sun, 01 Dec 2019 22:44:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>&apos;Police Wanted to Gun Down Chamisa&apos;</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:03:07</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
                <enclosure url="https://voa-audio.voanews.eu/vzi/2019/12/01/1dffc6f6-1910-4cf7-9aed-063b9468c124_original.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" length="1148928" />
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            <title>Vuselela Umoya Silo Ntungamili Nkomo - December 01, 2019</title>
            <description></description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/vuselela-umoya-religion/5188480.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/vuselela-umoya-religion/5188480.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Sun, 01 Dec 2019 21:41:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary></itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:05:00</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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            <title>Is Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa Worse Than Late Robert Mugabe - November 15, 2019</title>
            <description></description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-mugabe-mnangagwa/5167070.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-mugabe-mnangagwa/5167070.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Fri, 15 Nov 2019 02:23:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary></itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:06:37</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
                <enclosure url="https://voa-audio.voanews.eu/vzi/2019/11/15/64244209-9dda-4e0b-b31d-47ac7cec6743_original.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" length="2439168" />
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            <title>Zimbabwe Doctors Open to Dialogue, But Defy Disciplinary Hearing - November 12, 2019</title>
            <description>Acting Secretary General of the Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association, Tawanda Zvakada, said while doctors will not appear attend disciplinary hearings, despite the threat to their jobs, but they remain open to dialogue with their employer, the Health Services Board, and government.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-doctors-remain-open-to-dialogue-with-government-but-defy-disciplinary-hearing/5162117.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-doctors-remain-open-to-dialogue-with-government-but-defy-disciplinary-hearing/5162117.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Tue, 12 Nov 2019 02:02:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>Blessing  Zulu</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Acting Secretary General of the Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association, Tawanda Zvakada, said while doctors will not appear attend disciplinary hearings, despite the threat to their jobs, but they remain open to dialogue with their employer, the Health Services Board, and government.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:02:02</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:keywords>Zimbabwe, strike, health, doctors, health services board, Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Assn, Disciplinary Hearing</itunes:keywords>      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
                <enclosure url="https://voa-audio.voanews.eu/vzi/2019/11/12/a50bd7b9-c7fd-4653-ac11-80ca6be2be44_original.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" length="749568" />
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            <title>More Zimbabwe Doctors Face Firing Due to Ongoing Strike - November 12, 2019</title>
            <description>About 500-Zimbabwe government hospital doctors could soon be out work, pending the outcome of a disciplinary hearing, on their ongoing strike.  The Executive Chair of the Health Services Board, Dr. Paulina Sikosana explains that they have solicited the services of the office of the Attorney General.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/more-zimbabwe-doctors-face-firing-due-to-ongoing-strike/5162112.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/more-zimbabwe-doctors-face-firing-due-to-ongoing-strike/5162112.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Tue, 12 Nov 2019 01:56:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>Blessing  Zulu</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>About 500-Zimbabwe government hospital doctors could soon be out work, pending the outcome of a disciplinary hearing, on their ongoing strike.  The Executive Chair of the Health Services Board, Dr. Paulina Sikosana explains that they have solicited the services of the office of the Attorney General.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:03:00</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:keywords>Zimbabwe, strike, doctors, health ministry, health services board, striking, Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Assn</itunes:keywords>      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
                <enclosure url="https://voa-audio.voanews.eu/vzi/2019/11/12/9899b756-de0a-43c8-a461-eefd1005159f_original.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" length="1105920" />
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            <title>Zimbabwe Government Releases New Notes Aimed At Easing Cash Shortage - November 12, 2019</title>
            <description>Reserve Bank Governor John Mangudya announced the release of new local currency, which he said will go a long way in easing cash shortages. He also urged shop owners to bank their money in commercial banks rather than hoarding it. A total of $Z1Billion will be released over a period of six months.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-government-releases-new-notes-aimed-at-easing-cash-shortages/5161724.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-government-releases-new-notes-aimed-at-easing-cash-shortages/5161724.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Tue, 12 Nov 2019 01:45:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>Jonga Kandemiiri</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Reserve Bank Governor John Mangudya announced the release of new local currency, which he said will go a long way in easing cash shortages. He also urged shop owners to bank their money in commercial banks rather than hoarding it. A total of $Z1Billion will be released over a period of six months.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:02:35</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:keywords>Zimbabwe, economy, currency, cash, Notes</itunes:keywords>      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
                <enclosure url="https://voa-audio.voanews.eu/vzi/2019/11/11/00899ac0-d0b2-4b17-83ff-a14451244b61_original.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" length="952320" />
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            <title>Zimbabwe Cabinet Minister Faces Corruption Charges, More to Follow Says ZACC Chair - November 05, 2019</title>
            <description>The chair of the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission or ZACC, Loice Matanda-Moyo, has confirmed that Minister of State for Presidential Affairs, Joram Gumbo, is scheduled to appear in a Harare court, Tuesday, to answer to allegations of abuse of office, during his tenure as minister of transport.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-energy-minister-faces-corruption-allegations-/5152354.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-energy-minister-faces-corruption-allegations-/5152354.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Tue, 05 Nov 2019 00:55:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>Jonga Kandemiiri</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>The chair of the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission or ZACC, Loice Matanda-Moyo, has confirmed that Minister of State for Presidential Affairs, Joram Gumbo, is scheduled to appear in a Harare court, Tuesday, to answer to allegations of abuse of office, during his tenure as minister of transport.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:04:14</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:keywords>Zimbabwe, corruption, zacc, zimbabwe anti-corruption commission, joram gumbo, Cabinet Minister, Energy and Development Ministe, Loice Matanda-Moyo</itunes:keywords>      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
                <enclosure url="https://voa-audio.voanews.eu/vzi/2019/11/04/dc1cb964-25c6-4786-8afb-d80ad3c9afe7_original.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" length="1560576" />
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            <title>International Community Differs on Targeted Sanctions Imposed on Some Zimbabweans - November 01, 2019</title>
            <description>International Community Differs on Targeted Sanctions Imposed on Some Zimbabweans. Report Filed by Ndimyake Mwakalyelye</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-sanctions-emmerson-mnangagwa/5148340.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-sanctions-emmerson-mnangagwa/5148340.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Fri, 01 Nov 2019 03:46:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>International Community Differs on Targeted Sanctions Imposed on Some Zimbabweans. Report Filed by Ndimyake Mwakalyelye</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:07:11</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
                <enclosure url="https://voa-audio.voanews.eu/vzi/2019/11/01/78ca0770-a327-4f43-a245-4478e0384b99_original.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" length="2648064" />
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            <title>SADC to Call for Lifting of Targeted Sanctions in Zimbabwe - October 25, 2019</title>
            <description></description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/sadc-zimbabwe-sanctions/5138868.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/sadc-zimbabwe-sanctions/5138868.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Fri, 25 Oct 2019 02:03:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary></itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:06:43</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
                <enclosure url="https://voa-audio.voanews.eu/vzi/2019/10/25/08e8b240-b1b4-41b0-83c8-4eece63ea8df_original.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" length="2476032" />
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            <title>&apos;Doctors Boycotting Salary, Allowance Review Talks&apos; - October 23, 2019</title>
            <description></description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-doctors-strike-salary-allowance-reviews/5135123.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-doctors-strike-salary-allowance-reviews/5135123.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Wed, 23 Oct 2019 01:08:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary></itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:03:18</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
                <enclosure url="https://voa-audio.voanews.eu/vzi/2019/10/22/85a69475-7013-493f-86ab-d7fd34fa7f90_original.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" length="1216512" />
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            <title>Doctors&apos; Leader: Govt Not Serious on Salary, Allowance Reviews - October 23, 2019</title>
            <description></description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-doctors-government-not-serious-on-reviews/5135122.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-doctors-government-not-serious-on-reviews/5135122.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Wed, 23 Oct 2019 01:07:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary></itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:03:40</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
                <enclosure url="https://voa-audio.voanews.eu/vzi/2019/10/22/f3f5fcab-5574-4a2b-8d2d-86fe66b55557_original.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" length="1351680" />
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            <title>Interview With Davies Ndumiso Sibanda on Doctors&apos; Supreme Court Case - October 13, 2019</title>
            <description></description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-interview-with-labour-expert-on-doctors-strike-supreme-court-case/5122203.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-interview-with-labour-expert-on-doctors-strike-supreme-court-case/5122203.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Sun, 13 Oct 2019 22:08:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary></itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:05:20</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
                <enclosure url="https://voa-audio.voanews.eu/vzi/2019/10/13/bf4959e6-d5d6-4fa7-aebb-f13723f4af62_original.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" length="1966080" />
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            <title>Interview With Doctor Alex Gasasira - October 04, 2019</title>
            <description></description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/interview-with-doctor-gasasira/5109664.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/interview-with-doctor-gasasira/5109664.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Fri, 04 Oct 2019 01:40:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary></itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:24:57</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
                <enclosure url="https://voa-audio.voanews.eu/vzi/2019/10/03/293f5ca1-a789-4c2a-8c49-c466a8e6d696_original.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" length="9197568" />
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            <title>Leo Mugabe: Burial of Former President Robert Mugabe A Very Private Ceremony - September 27, 2019</title>
            <description>Leo Mugabe: Burial of Former President Robert Mugabe A Very Private Ceremony</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-burial-of-robert-mugabe/5101840.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-burial-of-robert-mugabe/5101840.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Fri, 27 Sep 2019 23:05:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Leo Mugabe: Burial of Former President Robert Mugabe A Very Private Ceremony</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:03:39</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
                <enclosure url="https://voa-audio.voanews.eu/vzi/2019/09/27/65cfdbd5-c03b-4123-a99f-28ac1f2ca01a_original.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" length="1345536" />
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            <title>Interview With Dr. Fortune Nyamande - September 27, 2019</title>
            <description></description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/interview-with-fortune-nyamande/5100346.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/interview-with-fortune-nyamande/5100346.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Fri, 27 Sep 2019 01:24:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary></itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:04:43</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
                <enclosure url="https://voa-audio.voanews.eu/vzi/2019/09/26/e3b64e31-b418-4c6f-b3e9-a70c6f953e28_original.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" length="1738752" />
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            <title>Govt Says Mugabe Family Burying Late Zimbabwe Leader in Zvimba - September 27, 2019</title>
            <description>Information Secretary, Nick Mangwana, says the family of the late former president has a right to designate the burial place of Mugabe, who died of cancer on September 6th in Singapore.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-robert-mugabe-burial/5100299.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-robert-mugabe-burial/5100299.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Fri, 27 Sep 2019 00:36:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Information Secretary, Nick Mangwana, says the family of the late former president has a right to designate the burial place of Mugabe, who died of cancer on September 6th in Singapore.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:02:25</itunes:duration>
                      
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            <title>Interview With Maureen Kademaunga - September 27, 2019</title>
            <description></description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/interview-with-maureen-kademaunga-zimbabwe/5100294.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/interview-with-maureen-kademaunga-zimbabwe/5100294.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Fri, 27 Sep 2019 00:35:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary></itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:04:18</itunes:duration>
                      
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            <title>Zimbabwe President Calls for End of Sanctions, While Lauding Country&apos;s Progress - September 26, 2019</title>
            <description>Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa addressed the 74th UN General Assembly Wednesday, starting with acknowledging the passing of former President Robert Mugabe, and echoing the call for the end of sanctions.  Mnangagwa said the road to recovery is &quot;winding and sometimes very bumpy,&quot; but on course.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-president-calls-for-end-to-sanctions-as-he-lauds-countrys-progress/5099201.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-president-calls-for-end-to-sanctions-as-he-lauds-countrys-progress/5099201.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Thu, 26 Sep 2019 02:42:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa addressed the 74th UN General Assembly Wednesday, starting with acknowledging the passing of former President Robert Mugabe, and echoing the call for the end of sanctions.  Mnangagwa said the road to recovery is &quot;winding and sometimes very bumpy,&quot; but on course.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:16:02</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:keywords>Zimbabwe, united nations, un general assembly</itunes:keywords>      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
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            <title>&apos;Abducted Doctor Resurfaces in Nyadira - September 20, 2019</title>
            <description></description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-abducted-found-in-nyadira/5091557.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-abducted-found-in-nyadira/5091557.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2019 04:03:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary></itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:02:49</itunes:duration>
                      
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            <title>Report Filed By Gibbs Dube - September 15, 2019</title>
            <description></description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-report-filed-nugabe-burial/5084573.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-report-filed-nugabe-burial/5084573.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Sun, 15 Sep 2019 23:11:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary></itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:06:14</itunes:duration>
                      
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            <title>Mugabe Family Fend Off Criticism Against Extended Burial Due to Request for Special Site - September 15, 2019</title>
            <description>The body of former Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe did not make it to his rural home in Zvimba, Sunday, as initially announced, disappointing hundreds of mourners who had gathered at his homestead in Kutama, to pay their last respects.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/mugabe-family-fends-off-criticism-against-extended-burial-due-to-request-for-special-site/5084566.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/mugabe-family-fends-off-criticism-against-extended-burial-due-to-request-for-special-site/5084566.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Sun, 15 Sep 2019 22:40:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>Gibbs Dube</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>The body of former Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe did not make it to his rural home in Zvimba, Sunday, as initially announced, disappointing hundreds of mourners who had gathered at his homestead in Kutama, to pay their last respects.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:06:14</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:keywords>Zimbabwe, mugabe, Burial</itunes:keywords>      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
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            <title>Former Zimbabwe President Honored with 21-Gun Salute State Burial - September 15, 2019</title>
            <description>Zimbabwe’s former longtime President Robert Gabriel Mugabe, received a 21-gun salute military honor at his state burial, Saturday, in the presence of his family, fellow country men and women, and foreign dignitaries that included current and former heads of state from around the continent.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/former-zimbabwe-president-honored-with-21-gun-salute-state-burial/5083826.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/former-zimbabwe-president-honored-with-21-gun-salute-state-burial/5083826.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Sun, 15 Sep 2019 00:04:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>Gibbs Dube</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Zimbabwe’s former longtime President Robert Gabriel Mugabe, received a 21-gun salute military honor at his state burial, Saturday, in the presence of his family, fellow country men and women, and foreign dignitaries that included current and former heads of state from around the continent.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:06:54</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:keywords>Zimbabwe, mugabe, national heroes acre, State Funeral</itunes:keywords>      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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            <title>Zimbabweans Express Mixed Feelings Over Mugabe&apos;s Legacy - September 13, 2019</title>
            <description></description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabweans-speak-out-on-mugabe-legacy/5081518.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabweans-speak-out-on-mugabe-legacy/5081518.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Fri, 13 Sep 2019 01:26:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary></itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:04:25</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
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            <title>Interview With Former USA Ambassador to Zimbabwe Charles Ray - September 09, 2019</title>
            <description></description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/charles-ray-former-united-states-ambassador-to-zimbabwe/5076450.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/charles-ray-former-united-states-ambassador-to-zimbabwe/5076450.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Mon, 09 Sep 2019 22:42:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary></itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:06:40</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
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            <title>Interview With Rugare Gumbo - September 09, 2019</title>
            <description></description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-robert-mugabe-death-interview-with-rugare-gumbo/5076433.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-robert-mugabe-death-interview-with-rugare-gumbo/5076433.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Mon, 09 Sep 2019 22:31:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary></itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:05:19</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
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            <title>Interview With Monica Mutsvangwa - September 09, 2019</title>
            <description></description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/interview-monica-mutsvangwa-zimbabwe/5076425.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/interview-monica-mutsvangwa-zimbabwe/5076425.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Mon, 09 Sep 2019 22:29:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>Jonga Kandemiiri</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary></itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:01:59</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
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            <title>Former Mugabe Cabinet Minister Critical of Late Leader But Praises Education Policy - September 09, 2019</title>
            <description>Former cabinet minister and senior Zanu PF official, Rurare Gumbo, described the late former Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe as a cruel and autocratic leader.  The former minister of Economic Development and Agriculture, says he has &quot;no kind words,&quot;  Mugabe but applauds his commitment to education.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/former-cabinet-minister-in-mugabe-govt-critical-of-former-leader-but-praises-education/5075956.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/former-cabinet-minister-in-mugabe-govt-critical-of-former-leader-but-praises-education/5075956.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Mon, 09 Sep 2019 16:46:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>Jonga Kandemiiri</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Former cabinet minister and senior Zanu PF official, Rurare Gumbo, described the late former Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe as a cruel and autocratic leader.  The former minister of Economic Development and Agriculture, says he has &quot;no kind words,&quot;  Mugabe but applauds his commitment to education.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:05:19</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:keywords>Zimbabwe, mugabe, education, legacy</itunes:keywords>      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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            <title>Former US Ambassador to Zimbabwe Reflects on Mugabe&apos;s Legacy - September 09, 2019</title>
            <description>Charles Ray, former U.S. Ambassador to Zimbabwe from 2009 to 2012, said while Mugabe, reflects on the life of former Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe.  Ray says despite mixed legacy of good policies like education, and controversial ones like land reform, Mugabe was one of Africa&apos;s founding fathers.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/fomer-us-ambassador-to-zimbabwe-reflects-on-mugabe-legacy/5075912.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/fomer-us-ambassador-to-zimbabwe-reflects-on-mugabe-legacy/5075912.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Mon, 09 Sep 2019 16:35:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>Gibbs Dube</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Charles Ray, former U.S. Ambassador to Zimbabwe from 2009 to 2012, said while Mugabe, reflects on the life of former Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe.  Ray says despite mixed legacy of good policies like education, and controversial ones like land reform, Mugabe was one of Africa&apos;s founding fathers.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:06:40</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:keywords>Zimbabwe, mugabe, united states, ambassador, legacy</itunes:keywords>      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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            <title>Mugabe&apos;s Life And Legacy - September 06, 2019</title>
            <description></description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/mugabe-dies/5072719.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/mugabe-dies/5072719.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Fri, 06 Sep 2019 14:22:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary></itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:10:39</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
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            <title>Acting president of the Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors’ Association, Dr. Peter Magombeyi - September 05, 2019</title>
            <description></description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-doctors-association-strike/5070353.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/zimbabwe-doctors-association-strike/5070353.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Thu, 05 Sep 2019 00:08:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary></itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:02:08</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
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            <title>Interview With Dr. Paulinus Sikosana - September 05, 2019</title>
            <description></description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/interview-with-doctor-sikosana/5070351.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/interview-with-doctor-sikosana/5070351.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Thu, 05 Sep 2019 00:06:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary></itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:06:00</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
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            <title>Former General Who Toppled Mugabe, In China for Medical Care - July 23, 2019</title>
            <description>President Emmerson Mnangagwa ended the brewing rumors and speculation about the health and whereabouts of his vice president, who had been absent from many public events, at a recent Zanu-PF Women’s National Assembly.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/5012113.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/5012113.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jul 2019 19:03:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>Blessing  Zulu</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>President Emmerson Mnangagwa ended the brewing rumors and speculation about the health and whereabouts of his vice president, who had been absent from many public events, at a recent Zanu-PF Women’s National Assembly.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:03:16</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:keywords>Zimbabwe, china, health, vice president</itunes:keywords>      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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            <title>Trump Lauds America&apos;s Military Might, Unity of Purpose, at 243rd Independence Anniversary - July 05, 2019</title>
            <description>United States President Donald Trump marked the nation&apos;s 243rd Independence Anniversary with a speech from the iconic Lincoln Memorial, where he championed America&apos;s military and spirit of unity.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4987583.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4987583.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jul 2019 02:35:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>United States President Donald Trump marked the nation&apos;s 243rd Independence Anniversary with a speech from the iconic Lincoln Memorial, where he championed America&apos;s military and spirit of unity.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:48:39</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:keywords>united states, independence day, 243rd Independence Day</itunes:keywords>      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
                <enclosure url="https://voa-audio.voanews.eu/vzi/2019/07/05/bd089d42-b3d1-4019-9d1e-d7fa9198715d_original.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" length="17934336" />
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            <title>Zimbabwe Dollar Coming Back ... - June 17, 2019</title>
            <description>Zimbabwean businessman, Busisa Moyo, who is also in President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s Advisory Council, says the government has assured local entrepreneurs that the local currency set to be availed in the country before the end of the year won’t be printed in billions like the now defunct dollar.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4962721.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4962721.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2019 23:58:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Zimbabwean businessman, Busisa Moyo, who is also in President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s Advisory Council, says the government has assured local entrepreneurs that the local currency set to be availed in the country before the end of the year won’t be printed in billions like the now defunct dollar.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:07:51</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
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            <title>Zimbabweans In The U.S. Meet For Annual Business Expo in Chicago - May 24, 2019</title>
            <description>The 20th edition of Zim Expo, an annual event for business development, social empowerment, equity investments and networking opportunities for Zimbabweans living in various countries, kicks off Friday in Chicago, USA, amid an economic meltdown back home.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4931386.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4931386.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2019 19:33:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>The 20th edition of Zim Expo, an annual event for business development, social empowerment, equity investments and networking opportunities for Zimbabweans living in various countries, kicks off Friday in Chicago, USA, amid an economic meltdown back home.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:05:19</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:keywords>Zimbabwe, business, united states, Chicago, ZimExpo 2019</itunes:keywords>      
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            <title>Zimbabwe White Farmers to Start Getting Compensation Funds Soon, Says Representative - May 13, 2019</title>
            <description>Director Ben Gilpin of the Commercial Farmers Union of Zimbabwe says more than 800-white farmers have applied for compensation, and that the allocation may start as early as May. Gilpin tells Blessing Zulu of VOA&apos;s Zimbabwe Service, that the first payment will target the most financially distressed.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4915739.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4915739.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2019 23:12:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Director Ben Gilpin of the Commercial Farmers Union of Zimbabwe says more than 800-white farmers have applied for compensation, and that the allocation may start as early as May. Gilpin tells Blessing Zulu of VOA&apos;s Zimbabwe Service, that the first payment will target the most financially distressed.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:04:00</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:keywords>Zimbabwe, government, compensation, white farmers, commercial farmers union</itunes:keywords>      
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            <title>Interview With Mandla Nkomo - May 13, 2019</title>
            <description></description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4914300.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4914300.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2019 01:23:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary></itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:03:43</itunes:duration>
                      
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            <title>Nkululeko Sibanda: High Court Judgement on MDC Leadership Surprising - May 09, 2019</title>
            <description></description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4910930.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4910930.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2019 21:16:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary></itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:04:22</itunes:duration>
                      
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            <title>Interview With Miriam Sibanda - May 05, 2019</title>
            <description></description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4904305.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4904305.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Sun, 05 May 2019 02:48:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary></itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:07:29</itunes:duration>
                      
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            <title>Zanu PF Activist Attacks Jonathan Moyo Over Mnangagwa Poll Results - March 26, 2019</title>
            <description>Zanu PF Activist Attacks Jonathan Moyo Over Mnangagwa Poll Results</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4849170.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4849170.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2019 22:05:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Zanu PF Activist Attacks Jonathan Moyo Over Mnangagwa Poll Results</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:04:09</itunes:duration>
                      
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            <title>&apos;Zimbabwe NGO Should Complement Govt Programs&apos; - March 15, 2019</title>
            <description></description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4829654.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4829654.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2019 00:27:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary></itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:04:54</itunes:duration>
                      
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            <title>Dewa Mavhinga On Suspension of Zimbabwe NGO - March 15, 2019</title>
            <description></description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4829652.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4829652.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2019 00:25:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary></itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:05:03</itunes:duration>
                      
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            <title>Zimbabwe Women&apos;s Parliamentary Caucus Demands More Equality for Women - March 09, 2019</title>
            <description>Deputy chair of the Zimbabwe Women&apos;s Parliamentary Caucus, Sibusisiwe Budha-Masara, says more needs to be done to uplift the status of women in Zimbabwe.  Speaking with Sithandekile Mhlanga of VOA&apos;s Zimbabwe Service, Budha-Masara of the opposition MDC, says government claims of progress are false.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4821129.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4821129.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Sat, 09 Mar 2019 02:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Deputy chair of the Zimbabwe Women&apos;s Parliamentary Caucus, Sibusisiwe Budha-Masara, says more needs to be done to uplift the status of women in Zimbabwe.  Speaking with Sithandekile Mhlanga of VOA&apos;s Zimbabwe Service, Budha-Masara of the opposition MDC, says government claims of progress are false.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:02:24</itunes:duration>
                      
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            <title>Zimbabwe Women&apos;s Affairs Minister Reflects on International Women&apos;s Day - March 09, 2019</title>
            <description>Women&apos;s Affairs Minister Sithembiso Nyoni says Zimbabwe has a lot to celebrate where it comes to achievements by women, but stresses that more has to be done.  In an interview with Sithandekile Mhlanga of VOA&apos;s Zimbabwe Service, Nyoni highlighted some of the achievements made.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4821119.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4821119.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Sat, 09 Mar 2019 01:53:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Women&apos;s Affairs Minister Sithembiso Nyoni says Zimbabwe has a lot to celebrate where it comes to achievements by women, but stresses that more has to be done.  In an interview with Sithandekile Mhlanga of VOA&apos;s Zimbabwe Service, Nyoni highlighted some of the achievements made.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:04:51</itunes:duration>
                      
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            <title>Mangwana: Sanctions Hurting Zimbabweans - March 08, 2019</title>
            <description>“What I can only say is that Zimbabwe is leaving no stone unturned in its efforts to ensure that the illegal sanctions imposed upon the nation are removed. So we are doing everything that’s possible, everything that is legal to make sure that the livelihoods of Zimbabweans are improved ...&quot;</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4818038.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4818038.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2019 00:26:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>“What I can only say is that Zimbabwe is leaving no stone unturned in its efforts to ensure that the illegal sanctions imposed upon the nation are removed. So we are doing everything that’s possible, everything that is legal to make sure that the livelihoods of Zimbabweans are improved ...&quot;</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:03:58</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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            <title>Vanguard Director Jeffrey Smith Criticizes Washington&apos;s Links With Zimbabwe Govt - March 08, 2019</title>
            <description>“I think in summation, it really is a very apt manifestation of all that is wrong with Washington DC at this point.  You have this lobby firm with obvious close links to the administration representing one of the more repressive countries, not only in Africa but the entire world ...&quot;</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4818027.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4818027.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2019 00:15:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>“I think in summation, it really is a very apt manifestation of all that is wrong with Washington DC at this point.  You have this lobby firm with obvious close links to the administration representing one of the more repressive countries, not only in Africa but the entire world ...&quot;</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:02:48</itunes:duration>
                      
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            <title>Jeremiah Bhamu: Joanna Mamombe Facing Charges of Attempting to Overthrow Mangagwa&apos;s Govt - March 04, 2019</title>
            <description>Jeremiah Bhamu: Joanna Mamombe Facing Charges of Attempting to Overthrow Mangagwa&apos;s Govt</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4813053.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4813053.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2019 23:38:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Jeremiah Bhamu: Joanna Mamombe Facing Charges of Attempting to Overthrow Mangagwa&apos;s Govt</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:05:06</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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            <title>Interview With Tinomudaishe Chinyoka - February 21, 2019</title>
            <description></description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4797222.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4797222.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2019 01:01:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary></itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:02:56</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
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            <title>Brian Dube: I Was Attacked in Court By Suspected Zanu PF Activist - February 20, 2019</title>
            <description>Zimbabwean human rights lawyer, Brian Dube, claims that he was attacked inside the Gweru Magistrates Court on Monday by Tinomudaishe Chinyoka, said to be a Zanu PF activist. He claims that Chinyoka&apos;s actions were inspired by President Mnangagwa&apos;s threats that he will punish human rights activists.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4795118.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4795118.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2019 01:50:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Zimbabwean human rights lawyer, Brian Dube, claims that he was attacked inside the Gweru Magistrates Court on Monday by Tinomudaishe Chinyoka, said to be a Zanu PF activist. He claims that Chinyoka&apos;s actions were inspired by President Mnangagwa&apos;s threats that he will punish human rights activists.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:04:11</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
                <enclosure url="https://voa-audio.voanews.eu/vzi/2019/02/19/e2ef56a7-360d-43be-96b1-4b8faf8c9cf0_original.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" length="1542144" />
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            <title>Believe Gaule: Attack on Private Lawyer Not Inspired by Mnangagwa&apos;s Utterances on Punishing Lawyers, Doctors - February 20, 2019</title>
            <description>Zanu PF Central Committee member, Believe Gaule, says a Zimbabwean human rights lawyer who was attacked by an alleged Zanu PF activist Tinomudaushe Chinyoka was a &quot;lone wolf&quot; act and not inspired by President Emmerson Mnangagwa&apos;s remarks that he will punish those people who helped protesters.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4795114.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4795114.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2019 01:46:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Zanu PF Central Committee member, Believe Gaule, says a Zimbabwean human rights lawyer who was attacked by an alleged Zanu PF activist Tinomudaushe Chinyoka was a &quot;lone wolf&quot; act and not inspired by President Emmerson Mnangagwa&apos;s remarks that he will punish those people who helped protesters.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:05:34</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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            <title>Simon Khaya Moyo on Recent Zimbabwe Public Protests - February 16, 2019</title>
            <description>“All I can tell you is that it was not a demonstration and it was not a protest, it was a very violent demonstration where shops were looted, where there were barricades on all roads leading into town and nobody could go to work, where a lot of people broke into shops ...&quot;</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4789193.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4789193.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2019 01:02:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>“All I can tell you is that it was not a demonstration and it was not a protest, it was a very violent demonstration where shops were looted, where there were barricades on all roads leading into town and nobody could go to work, where a lot of people broke into shops ...&quot;</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:04:22</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
                <enclosure url="https://voa-audio.voanews.eu/vzi/2019/02/15/97778f85-f0e9-4749-9a42-187dd3c718c9_original.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" length="1609728" />
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            <title>Mnangagwa Pushes Against Western Calls To Account for Violence, Commits to More Dialogue - February 15, 2019</title>
            <description>President Emmerson Mnangagwa pushes against western calls to account for violence.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4788436.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4788436.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2019 17:19:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>President Emmerson Mnangagwa pushes against western calls to account for violence.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:17:33</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:keywords>Zimbabwe, united states, Engagement</itunes:keywords>      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
                <enclosure url="https://voa-audio.voanews.eu/vzi/2019/02/15/713f2d14-46c3-44bf-9f9a-682ec81ff6c9_original.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" length="6469632" />
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            <title>Interview With Zanu PF&apos;s Joseph Tshuma - February 08, 2019</title>
            <description></description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4777588.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4777588.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2019 01:50:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary></itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:04:58</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
                <enclosure url="https://voa-audio.voanews.eu/vzi/2019/02/07/404efcd0-5316-4d1e-8a36-d2556a193764_original.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" length="1830912" />
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            <title>Clement Moyo: No Need for Mnangagwa to Engage African Leaders When His Nation is Burning - February 08, 2019</title>
            <description>Clement Moyo: No Need for Mnangagwa to Engage African Leaders When His Nation is Burning.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4777585.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4777585.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2019 01:46:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Clement Moyo: No Need for Mnangagwa to Engage African Leaders When His Nation is Burning.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:08:43</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
                <enclosure url="https://voa-audio.voanews.eu/vzi/2019/02/07/4ff6e281-9b5a-4210-a973-565b8a3a1543_original.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" length="3213312" />
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            <title>Interview With Noah Manyika - February 06, 2019</title>
            <description></description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4774555.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4774555.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2019 02:38:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary></itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:03:11</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
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                <enclosure url="https://voa-audio.voanews.eu/vzi/2019/02/06/2c7353c7-c7bf-4c92-a91d-b8241badb82d_original.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" length="1173504" />
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            <title>Zimbabwe Legislator Calls for National Hero Status for Late Musician Oliver Mutukudzi - January 24, 2019</title>
            <description>Independent legislator for Norton, Themba Mliswa, wants Zimbabwe&apos;s government to declare Oliver Mtukudzi a hero and bury him at the National Heroes Acre.  Mliswa, who represents the constituency where Mtukudzi lives, said the recognition is fitting.  &quot;He was a hero in that he unified the nation.&quot;</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4756164.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4756164.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2019 01:35:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Independent legislator for Norton, Themba Mliswa, wants Zimbabwe&apos;s government to declare Oliver Mtukudzi a hero and bury him at the National Heroes Acre.  Mliswa, who represents the constituency where Mtukudzi lives, said the recognition is fitting.  &quot;He was a hero in that he unified the nation.&quot;</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:04:03</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:keywords>Zimbabwe, music, heroes acre, oliver mtukudzi</itunes:keywords>      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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            <title>Zimbabwe Opposition MDC Leader Pays Tribute to Late Musician Oliver Mtukudzi - January 24, 2019</title>
            <description>In paying tribute to late musician Oliver Mtukudzi, Zimbabwe opposition MDC leader Nelson Chamisa described him as &quot;a man full of sense of humor, a father, a loving father, a great advisor, a mentor to many, a mentor to generations.  An icon to the nation.&quot;</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4756158.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4756158.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2019 01:29:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>In paying tribute to late musician Oliver Mtukudzi, Zimbabwe opposition MDC leader Nelson Chamisa described him as &quot;a man full of sense of humor, a father, a loving father, a great advisor, a mentor to many, a mentor to generations.  An icon to the nation.&quot;</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:07:26</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:keywords>Zimbabwe, opposition, music, hero, movement for democratic change, oliver mtukudzi</itunes:keywords>      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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            <title>Thabitha Khumalo: Mnangagwa Should Not Attend World Economic Forum - January 19, 2019</title>
            <description>Thabitha Khumalo, chairperson of the MDC led by Nelson Chamisa, says President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who is currently visiting some European nations and is set to attend the World Economic Forum, should come back home and address serious political and economic problems.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4749640.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4749640.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2019 01:50:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Thabitha Khumalo, chairperson of the MDC led by Nelson Chamisa, says President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who is currently visiting some European nations and is set to attend the World Economic Forum, should come back home and address serious political and economic problems.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:03:42</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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            <title>Joseph Tshuma: Zimbabweans Digging Their Own Graves - January 19, 2019</title>
            <description>Zanu PF Central Committee member, Joseph Tshuma, says Zimbabweans who are attempting to block President Emmerson Mnangagwa from attending the forthcoming World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, are digging their own graves.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4749637.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4749637.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2019 01:47:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Zanu PF Central Committee member, Joseph Tshuma, says Zimbabweans who are attempting to block President Emmerson Mnangagwa from attending the forthcoming World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, are digging their own graves.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:04:21</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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            <title>Report Filed By Gibbs Dube - January 17, 2019</title>
            <description>Zimbabwe’s government and opposition are trading words over the recent shutdown down in the country that turned violent and forced an internet black out to curtail the flow of information.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4746229.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4746229.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2019 01:35:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Zimbabwe’s government and opposition are trading words over the recent shutdown down in the country that turned violent and forced an internet black out to curtail the flow of information.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:05:10</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
                <enclosure url="https://voa-audio.voanews.eu/vzi/2019/01/16/04381469-aea4-4e7c-b296-ffbdaac0d16f_original.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" length="1904640" />
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            <title>Internet Expert Says It&apos;s Easy for Govt to Block Internet - January 16, 2019</title>
            <description></description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4744875.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4744875.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2019 02:07:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary></itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:03:56</itunes:duration>
                      
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                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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            <title>Believe Gaule: Zimbabwe Justified in Blocking Internet, Social Media - January 16, 2019</title>
            <description></description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4744872.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4744872.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2019 02:06:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary></itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:04:35</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
                <enclosure url="https://voa-audio.voanews.eu/vzi/2019/01/16/a2f727fc-00c5-45f8-a05d-17e9f671fc70_original.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" length="1689600" />
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            <title>Zimbabwe Govt Tackling Economic Crisis, Please Be Patient&apos; - January 04, 2019</title>
            <description>Zanu PF activist Believe Gaule says while the economic crisis is causing strikes in most sectors in Zimbabwe there is need to &quot;be patient with President Emmerson Mnangagwa who is fixing the economy.&quot; He speaks with VOA Zimbabwe Service&apos;s Gibbs Dube about the crippling strikes in Zimbabwe.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4727906.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4727906.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2019 01:10:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Zanu PF activist Believe Gaule says while the economic crisis is causing strikes in most sectors in Zimbabwe there is need to &quot;be patient with President Emmerson Mnangagwa who is fixing the economy.&quot; He speaks with VOA Zimbabwe Service&apos;s Gibbs Dube about the crippling strikes in Zimbabwe.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:04:35</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
                <enclosure url="https://voa-audio.voanews.eu/vzi/2019/01/03/92c23ba7-dfb5-4c2f-91a2-f462d6514348_original.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" length="1689600" />
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            <title>Merry Christmas - December 25, 2018</title>
            <description>Merry Christmas ... Rev. Ray Motsi speaking about Christmas ...</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4715739.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4715739.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Tue, 25 Dec 2018 22:07:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Merry Christmas ... Rev. Ray Motsi speaking about Christmas ...</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:00:45</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
                <enclosure url="https://voa-audio.voanews.eu/vzi/2018/12/25/3e5ac609-34f7-4cc8-b685-af178b6b6122_original.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" length="276480" />
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            <title>Dr. Mthabisi Bhebhe: We Are Not Returning to Work Despite Unfavorable Labor Court Ruling - December 24, 2018</title>
            <description></description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4713101.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4713101.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Mon, 24 Dec 2018 00:24:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary></itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:04:57</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
                <enclosure url="https://voa-audio.voanews.eu/vzi/2018/12/23/25d68c13-bed6-4a3e-a82a-9adcaed03649_original.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" length="1824768" />
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            <title>Dr. Xolani Ndlovu: Striking Doctors Continuing With Industrial Action - December 24, 2018</title>
            <description>Dr. Xolani Ndlovu, acting Clinical Director of Mpilo Hospital in the country’s second largest city, Bulawayo, says striking doctors have not yet returned to work, resulting in the dumping of most critical services at the state hospital.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4713100.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4713100.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Mon, 24 Dec 2018 00:20:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Dr. Xolani Ndlovu, acting Clinical Director of Mpilo Hospital in the country’s second largest city, Bulawayo, says striking doctors have not yet returned to work, resulting in the dumping of most critical services at the state hospital.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:01:41</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
                <enclosure url="https://voa-audio.voanews.eu/vzi/2018/12/23/c499f6a0-83b0-4b69-9970-a0fa8b9376c9_original.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" length="620544" />
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            <title>South Africa Issues Arrest Warrant for Former Zimbabwe First Lady Over Assault Charges - December 20, 2018</title>
            <description>The warrant of arrest for Mrs. Mugabe relates to a 2017 incident where she allegedly attacked Engels, who was with her sons in a hotel room in Johannesburg, with an extension cord, causing damages to her face.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4709071.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4709071.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2018 17:19:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>Tanonoka Whande</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>The warrant of arrest for Mrs. Mugabe relates to a 2017 incident where she allegedly attacked Engels, who was with her sons in a hotel room in Johannesburg, with an extension cord, causing damages to her face.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:04:52</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:keywords>Zimbabwe, South Africa, GRACE MUGABE, arrest warrant, gabriella engels</itunes:keywords>      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
                <enclosure url="https://voa-audio.voanews.eu/vzi/2018/12/20/8a05b7be-adb4-412e-bf73-ce4016ceea97_original.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" length="1794048" />
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            <title>Zimbabwe Business Forum Urges USA to Remove Targeted Sanctions Imposed on Zanu PF Leader - December 10, 2018</title>
            <description>A business forum representing companies on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange has urged the United States to remove targeted sanctions imposed on Zanu PF leaders over claims of human rights abuses and election rigging. Report filed by Gibbs Dube.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4693314.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4693314.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2018 00:46:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>A business forum representing companies on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange has urged the United States to remove targeted sanctions imposed on Zanu PF leaders over claims of human rights abuses and election rigging. Report filed by Gibbs Dube.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:04:24</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
                <enclosure url="https://voa-audio.voanews.eu/vzi/2018/12/09/d4733f23-87e0-4fb4-8939-0ee0b25f68e4_original.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" length="1622016" />
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            <title>Controversial Zimbabwe Legislation POSA &apos;As Good As Gone&apos; Says Former UN Rep - November 29, 2018</title>
            <description>Zimbabwe’s Former Permanent UN Rep. Chitsaka Chipaziwa said the controversial Public Order and Security Act (POSA) and the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA) would be soon gone or reformed.  Chipaziwa spoke at a discussion hosted by Zimbabwe Television Network (ZTN.)</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4680252.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4680252.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2018 23:48:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Zimbabwe’s Former Permanent UN Rep. Chitsaka Chipaziwa said the controversial Public Order and Security Act (POSA) and the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA) would be soon gone or reformed.  Chipaziwa spoke at a discussion hosted by Zimbabwe Television Network (ZTN.)</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:01:57</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:keywords>Zimbabwe, media, aippa, posa, legislation</itunes:keywords>      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
                <enclosure url="https://voa-audio.voanews.eu/vzi/2018/11/29/e9422a22-7f27-4b42-9c3d-6b05af9d6494_48k.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" length="718848" />
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            <title>Interview With Believe Gaule - November 29, 2018</title>
            <description></description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4679292.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4679292.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2018 08:33:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary></itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:03:55</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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            <title>Thabitha Khumalo: No Law Compelling MPs to Stand in Parliament for Zimbabwe President - November 23, 2018</title>
            <description></description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4670578.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4670578.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2018 02:10:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary></itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:03:33</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
                <enclosure url="https://voa-audio.voanews.eu/vzi/2018/11/23/7db6019d-6880-4ab7-9905-6081df408537_original.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" length="1308672" />
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            <title>Gaule: MDC Members of Parliament Should Respect Mnangagwa - November 23, 2018</title>
            <description></description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4670576.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4670576.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2018 02:09:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary></itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:03:47</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
                <enclosure url="https://voa-audio.voanews.eu/vzi/2018/11/23/b55f9f76-67d0-4597-939c-5b1dd47685c9_original.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" length="1394688" />
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            <title>Zanu PF&apos;s Believe Gaule Says Zimbabweans Are Happy Under Mnangagwa Rule - November 14, 2018</title>
            <description>Zanu PF&apos;s Believe Gaule says Zimbabweans are happy under President Emmerson Mnangagwa&apos;s government compared to the time when the country was ruled by Mr. Robert Mugabe.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4657835.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4657835.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2018 08:36:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Zanu PF&apos;s Believe Gaule says Zimbabweans are happy under President Emmerson Mnangagwa&apos;s government compared to the time when the country was ruled by Mr. Robert Mugabe.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:03:56</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
                <enclosure url="https://voa-audio.voanews.eu/vzi/2018/11/14/5988a3d3-97e4-4b56-b998-2bac1c7606a1_original.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" length="1449984" />
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            <title>Zimbabwe Police: Reckless Driving Might Have Caused Rusape Bus Accident - November 08, 2018</title>
            <description>Zimbabwe police say 47 people died Wednesday in a road traffic accident along the Harare-Mutare highway.  Assistant police commissioner Paul Nyanti says the accident was the result of a collision between two buses.  He says it is likely speed or reckless driving might be the cause of the accident.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4649614.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4649614.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2018 07:27:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Zimbabwe police say 47 people died Wednesday in a road traffic accident along the Harare-Mutare highway.  Assistant police commissioner Paul Nyanti says the accident was the result of a collision between two buses.  He says it is likely speed or reckless driving might be the cause of the accident.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:02:09</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
                <enclosure url="https://voa-audio.voanews.eu/vzi/2018/11/08/cb8102b0-69ff-4c95-827b-db78fa89e7e9_original.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" length="792576" />
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            <title>Interview With Solomon Bismarck Bobosibunu - November 06, 2018</title>
            <description></description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4646392.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4646392.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2018 08:41:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary></itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:02:38</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
                <enclosure url="https://voa-audio.voanews.eu/vzi/2018/11/06/3650fb0b-ab75-4d6d-b95c-fb780f286471_original.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" length="970752" />
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            <title>Interview With Effort Nkomo of Zanu PF - October 31, 2018</title>
            <description></description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4635923.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4635923.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2018 01:20:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary></itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:02:37</itunes:duration>
                      
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                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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            <title>Interview With Rashid Mahiya - October 31, 2018</title>
            <description></description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4635920.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4635920.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2018 01:19:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary></itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:06:06</itunes:duration>
                      
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            <title>MDC: People of Zimbabwe Have Spoken By Swearing in Their President - October 28, 2018</title>
            <description>“… The people of Zimbabwe have spoken and have sworn in their president who is Advocate Nelson Chamisa to be the president of Zimbabwe and the people (who attended the party rally) at Gwanzura Stadium declared him as duly elected president of the Republic of Zimbabwe.”</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4631909.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4631909.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Sun, 28 Oct 2018 00:16:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>“… The people of Zimbabwe have spoken and have sworn in their president who is Advocate Nelson Chamisa to be the president of Zimbabwe and the people (who attended the party rally) at Gwanzura Stadium declared him as duly elected president of the Republic of Zimbabwe.”</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:03:12</itunes:duration>
                      
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            <title>Joseph Tshuma: MDC&apos;s Move to Install Chamisa As President Is Treasonous - October 28, 2018</title>
            <description>Joseph Tshuma, a member of the ruling Zanu PF party&apos;s Central Committee, said the MDC&apos;s move to install Nelson Chamisa as president of Zimbabwe was treasonous.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4631908.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4631908.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Sun, 28 Oct 2018 00:14:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Joseph Tshuma, a member of the ruling Zanu PF party&apos;s Central Committee, said the MDC&apos;s move to install Nelson Chamisa as president of Zimbabwe was treasonous.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:04:08</itunes:duration>
                      
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                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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            <title>ZCTU: We Are Staging Mass Action Over Proposed Money Transfer Tax, Economic Meltdown - October 11, 2018</title>
            <description></description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4608805.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4608805.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2018 06:17:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary></itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:06:36</itunes:duration>
                      
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                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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            <title>ZANU PF MP: ZCTU Protest &apos;Brainless&apos; - October 11, 2018</title>
            <description>Zanu PF parliamentarian Dingumuzi Phuthi says the ZCTU should engage the government in better way than staging public protests. He says the organization should have listened to police concerns that huge gatherings are likely to spread cholera, which has already claimed about 50 lives.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4608804.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4608804.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2018 06:14:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Zanu PF parliamentarian Dingumuzi Phuthi says the ZCTU should engage the government in better way than staging public protests. He says the organization should have listened to police concerns that huge gatherings are likely to spread cholera, which has already claimed about 50 lives.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:07:06</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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            <title>In UN General Assembly Address Mnangagwa Repeats Calls to End Sanctions, Reform UN - September 27, 2018</title>
            <description>Addressing the UN General Assembly since taking office, Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa painted a picture of a country on the move. He reiterated that his country is open for business, and outlined steps to end poverty and corruption.  He called for an end to &quot;illegal sanctions.&quot;</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4589210.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4589210.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2018 01:54:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Addressing the UN General Assembly since taking office, Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa painted a picture of a country on the move. He reiterated that his country is open for business, and outlined steps to end poverty and corruption.  He called for an end to &quot;illegal sanctions.&quot;</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:15:31</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:keywords>Zimbabwe, Unga, president emmerson mnangagwa</itunes:keywords>      
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                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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            <title>Interview With USA Ambassador to Zimbabwe Brian Nichols - September 17, 2018</title>
            <description>Interview With United States ambassador to Zimbabwe, Brian Nichols.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4575383.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4575383.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2018 21:44:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Interview With United States ambassador to Zimbabwe, Brian Nichols.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:08:26</itunes:duration>
                      
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                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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            <title>Interview With USA Ambassador to Zimbabwe Brian Nichols - September 15, 2018</title>
            <description></description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4575359.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4575359.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Sat, 15 Sep 2018 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary></itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:08:26</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
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            <title>Interview With USA Ambassador to Zimbabwe Brian Nichols - September 15, 2018</title>
            <description></description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4575357.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4575357.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Sat, 15 Sep 2018 17:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary></itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:08:26</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
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            <title>Interview with Former U.S. Asst. Secretary of State for Africa Johnnie Carson - September 14, 2018</title>
            <description>Former U.S. Secretary of State for Africa, Johnnie Carson, spoke with Blessing Zulu of VOA&apos;s Zimbabwe Service, after a second visit to Zimbabwe following its July 30th election.  Ambassador Carson co-led the joint IRI and ND Zimbabwe International Election Observation Mission (ZIEOM).</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4570807.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4570807.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2018 00:38:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Former U.S. Secretary of State for Africa, Johnnie Carson, spoke with Blessing Zulu of VOA&apos;s Zimbabwe Service, after a second visit to Zimbabwe following its July 30th election.  Ambassador Carson co-led the joint IRI and ND Zimbabwe International Election Observation Mission (ZIEOM).</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:10:06</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
                <enclosure url="https://voa-audio.voanews.eu/vzi/2018/09/13/51effeff-ae10-429d-b069-aadf0776f7ed_48k.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" length="3723264" />
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            <title>&apos;The People Will Swear-in Chamisa on Saturday&apos; - September 10, 2018</title>
            <description>Dr. Nkululeko Sibanda, MDC-T presidential spokesperson, says the people of Zimbabwe are expected to swear-in Nelson Chamisa as the legitimately-elected president of Zimbabwe.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4564097.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4564097.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2018 00:38:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Dr. Nkululeko Sibanda, MDC-T presidential spokesperson, says the people of Zimbabwe are expected to swear-in Nelson Chamisa as the legitimately-elected president of Zimbabwe.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:05:45</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
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            <title>Human Rights Lawyer Says Chamisa &apos;Swearing-in&apos; Big Joke - September 10, 2018</title>
            <description>Human rights lawyer Matshobana Ncube says the proposed swearing-in of Nelson Chamisa &quot;is a joke&quot;.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4564094.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4564094.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2018 00:35:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Human rights lawyer Matshobana Ncube says the proposed swearing-in of Nelson Chamisa &quot;is a joke&quot;.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:01:58</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
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            <title>&apos;Proposed Chamisa Swearing-in Treasonous&apos; - September 10, 2018</title>
            <description>Believe Gaule of Zanu PF says the proposed swearing-in of losing presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa is treasonous.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4564091.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4564091.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2018 00:31:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Believe Gaule of Zanu PF says the proposed swearing-in of losing presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa is treasonous.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:01:39</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
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            <title>Thabitha Khumalo on MDC Alliance&apos;s Refusal to Recognize Mnangagwa as 2018 Presidential Election Winner - September 01, 2018</title>
            <description>Thabitha Khumalo, acting spokesperson of the MDC Alliance led by Nelson Chamisa, speaks about the Alliance&apos;s refusal to recognize President Emmerson Mnangagwa as winner of the 2018 presidential election.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4553893.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4553893.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Sat, 01 Sep 2018 19:34:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Thabitha Khumalo, acting spokesperson of the MDC Alliance led by Nelson Chamisa, speaks about the Alliance&apos;s refusal to recognize President Emmerson Mnangagwa as winner of the 2018 presidential election.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:02:52</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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            <title>Interview with U.S. Congresswoman Karen Bass on Observing Zimbabwe Elections - August 31, 2018</title>
            <description>Cong. Bass: What I would recommend is that we monitor the situation, we continue to stay engaged, and we encourage the government to respond to the opposition in a peaceful manner and we encourage he opposition to protest, to be vocal, but to do it in a peaceful manner.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4553139.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4553139.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2018 22:38:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>Gibbs Dube</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Cong. Bass: What I would recommend is that we monitor the situation, we continue to stay engaged, and we encourage the government to respond to the opposition in a peaceful manner and we encourage he opposition to protest, to be vocal, but to do it in a peaceful manner.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:04:33</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:keywords>Zimbabwe, united states, Zanu-PF, mdc alliance, National Democratic Institute, Int&apos;l Republican Institute</itunes:keywords>      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
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            <title>Interview Zimbabwe Opposition MDC Alliance Leader Nelson Chamisa - August 29, 2018</title>
            <description>Blessing Zulu of VOA&apos;s Zimbabwe Service spoke with opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa  about his plans for Zimbabwe, following the outcome of the Constitutional Court ruling that enabled President Emmerson Mnangagwa&apos;s inauguration. Chamisa said he will continue with his challenge.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4548131.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4548131.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2018 00:26:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Blessing Zulu of VOA&apos;s Zimbabwe Service spoke with opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa  about his plans for Zimbabwe, following the outcome of the Constitutional Court ruling that enabled President Emmerson Mnangagwa&apos;s inauguration. Chamisa said he will continue with his challenge.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:11:26</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:keywords>Zimbabwe, Nelson Chamisa, mdc alliance</itunes:keywords>      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
                <enclosure url="https://voa-audio.voanews.eu/vzi/2018/08/28/a2a5eea7-8512-4ada-be8d-6aa85fd7dd4c_original.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" length="4214784" />
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            <title>Report Filed By Gibbs Dube - August 27, 2018</title>
            <description></description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4545058.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4545058.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2018 00:15:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary></itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:05:59</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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            <title>Interview With Joseph Tshuma of Zanu PF on Mnangagwa Inauguration - August 26, 2018</title>
            <description></description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4545039.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4545039.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Sun, 26 Aug 2018 22:19:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary></itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:02:51</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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            <title>Interview With Dr. Nkululeko Sibanda - August 26, 2018</title>
            <description></description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4545038.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4545038.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Sun, 26 Aug 2018 22:18:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary></itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:05:42</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
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                <enclosure url="https://voa-audio.voanews.eu/vzi/2018/08/26/ef11c239-648f-4e95-83da-d809cada6240_original.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" length="2101248" />
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            <title>Interview with Lwazi Mtfhiyo, South African Human Rights Lawyer, Land Expert - August 25, 2018</title>
            <description>South African human rights lawyer and land expert has dismissed claims by U.S. President Donald Trump that land is being forcibly taken from white farmers and that some are being killed in the process. Interview with Washington Mandela Fellow Nomfundo Mkhize, on attachment with VOA Zimbabwe Serivce.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4543456.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4543456.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Sat, 25 Aug 2018 01:19:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>South African human rights lawyer and land expert has dismissed claims by U.S. President Donald Trump that land is being forcibly taken from white farmers and that some are being killed in the process. Interview with Washington Mandela Fellow Nomfundo Mkhize, on attachment with VOA Zimbabwe Serivce.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:05:50</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:keywords>South Africa, united states, twitter, President Trump, Land Grabs</itunes:keywords>      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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            <title>Interview with Dr. Nkululeko Sibanda, Spokesperson, MDC-T Leader Nelson Chamisa - August 25, 2018</title>
            <description>Spokesperson for MDC-T leader Nelson Chamisa told reporter Blessing Zulu of VOA&apos;s Zimbabwe Service that his party rejected the Constitutional Court ruling that validated the July 30th elections, won by incumbent Emmerson Mnangagwa.  Sibanda said Court&apos;s ruling was shocking.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4543414.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4543414.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Sat, 25 Aug 2018 00:41:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Spokesperson for MDC-T leader Nelson Chamisa told reporter Blessing Zulu of VOA&apos;s Zimbabwe Service that his party rejected the Constitutional Court ruling that validated the July 30th elections, won by incumbent Emmerson Mnangagwa.  Sibanda said Court&apos;s ruling was shocking.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:04:21</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:keywords>Zimbabwe, mdc-t, constitutional court, Elections 2018</itunes:keywords>      
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            <title>Interview with Paul Mangwana, Zanu-PF Secretary for Legal Affairs - August 25, 2018</title>
            <description>Secretary for Legal Affairs forZanu-PF, Paul Mangwana tells Blessing Zulu of VOA&apos;s Zimbabwe Service that his party is happy with the Constitutional Court ruling in favor of President Emmerson Mnangagwa. The Court dismissed MDC Alliance&apos;s application on grounds it was weak. Inauguration is Sunday.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4543408.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4543408.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Sat, 25 Aug 2018 00:29:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Secretary for Legal Affairs forZanu-PF, Paul Mangwana tells Blessing Zulu of VOA&apos;s Zimbabwe Service that his party is happy with the Constitutional Court ruling in favor of President Emmerson Mnangagwa. The Court dismissed MDC Alliance&apos;s application on grounds it was weak. Inauguration is Sunday.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:01:09</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:keywords>Zimbabwe, constitutional court, Zanu-PF, mdc alliance</itunes:keywords>      
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            <title>Interview with Alex Magaisa, Zimbabwean Constitutional Lawyer, Kent University Lecturer - August 25, 2018</title>
            <description>Zimbabwean Constitutional lawyer, Alex Magaisa tells Evans Zininga of VOA&apos;s Zimbabwe Service that Zanu-PF party and duly-elected President Emmerson Mnangagwa have a ways to go to earn the acceptance of the Zimbabwean people and int&apos;l community, given the questions surrounding the court ruling.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4543403.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4543403.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Sat, 25 Aug 2018 00:14:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Zimbabwean Constitutional lawyer, Alex Magaisa tells Evans Zininga of VOA&apos;s Zimbabwe Service that Zanu-PF party and duly-elected President Emmerson Mnangagwa have a ways to go to earn the acceptance of the Zimbabwean people and int&apos;l community, given the questions surrounding the court ruling.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:05:20</itunes:duration>
                      
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            <title>Interview With Kate Hoey - August 20, 2018</title>
            <description></description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4535256.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4535256.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2018 00:34:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary></itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:05:47</itunes:duration>
                      
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            <title>Interview With Believe Gaule - August 20, 2018</title>
            <description></description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4535255.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4535255.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2018 00:33:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary></itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:03:09</itunes:duration>
                      
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            <title>Interview With Zanu PF Admin Boss Dixon Dzora On ConCourt Case - August 16, 2018</title>
            <description></description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4530905.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4530905.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2018 07:27:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary></itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:03:33</itunes:duration>
                      
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            <title>Ingxoxo Esiyenze LoNkosazana Thabitha Khumalo - August 14, 2018</title>
            <description></description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4527531.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4527531.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2018 07:13:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary></itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:03:26</itunes:duration>
                      
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            <title>Okwethulwe NguEmmerson Mnangagwa eHeroes Acre - August 14, 2018</title>
            <description></description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4527530.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4527530.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2018 07:11:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary></itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:00:37</itunes:duration>
                      
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            <title>Udaba Esilethulelwe NguAlbert Ncube - August 14, 2018</title>
            <description></description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4527529.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4527529.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2018 07:10:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary></itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:03:12</itunes:duration>
                      
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            <title>Ingxoxo Esiyenze LoMnu. Joseph Tshuma - August 14, 2018</title>
            <description></description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4527526.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4527526.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2018 07:08:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary></itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:03:01</itunes:duration>
                      
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            <title>UMnu. Sibusiso Moyo Ukhuluma Ngezijeziso Zenotho - August 14, 2018</title>
            <description></description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4527525.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4527525.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2018 07:06:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary></itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:01:35</itunes:duration>
                      
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            <title>Interview With Dr. Nkululeko Sibanda - August 13, 2018</title>
            <description></description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4525864.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4525864.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2018 05:37:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary></itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:02:42</itunes:duration>
                      
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            <title>Interview With Believe Gaule - August 13, 2018</title>
            <description></description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4525863.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4525863.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2018 05:35:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary></itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:02:14</itunes:duration>
                      
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            <title>Interview With Job Sibanda - August 13, 2018</title>
            <description></description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4525862.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4525862.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2018 05:34:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary></itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:03:35</itunes:duration>
                      
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            <title>Mnangagwa&apos;s Win May Not Be Too Sweet ... - August 03, 2018</title>
            <description>Incumbent Zimbabwe President Emmerson Dambudzo has narrowly won the country’s presidential poll, making him the first democratically elected president to succeed longtime leader president Robert Mugabe. However, the victory, may not be so sweet following contested polls and the death of six people.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4512389.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4512389.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2018 16:51:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Incumbent Zimbabwe President Emmerson Dambudzo has narrowly won the country’s presidential poll, making him the first democratically elected president to succeed longtime leader president Robert Mugabe. However, the victory, may not be so sweet following contested polls and the death of six people.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:04:49</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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            <title>Interview With Nkululeko Sibanda - August 02, 2018</title>
            <description></description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4510234.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4510234.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2018 02:37:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary></itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:05:23</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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            <title>Interview With Dewa Mavhinga on Zimbabwe Protests And Elections - August 02, 2018</title>
            <description></description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4510232.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4510232.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2018 02:36:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary></itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:00:16</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
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            <title>President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Street Protests - August 02, 2018</title>
            <description></description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4510231.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4510231.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2018 02:35:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary></itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:00:57</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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            <title>Report Filed By Blessing Zulu - July 31, 2018</title>
            <description>Former Zimbabwe Vice President, Joice Mujuru, presidential candidate of the People’s Rainbow Coalition, says the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission to disqualify both President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Nelson Chamisa for allegedly breaching the constitution by campaigning 24 hours before election day.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4506961.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4506961.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jul 2018 02:50:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Former Zimbabwe Vice President, Joice Mujuru, presidential candidate of the People’s Rainbow Coalition, says the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission to disqualify both President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Nelson Chamisa for allegedly breaching the constitution by campaigning 24 hours before election day.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:05:03</itunes:duration>
                      
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            <title>Former Zimbabwe President Re-Emerges On Eve of Crucial Elections; Calls for Return of Constitutionality - July 30, 2018</title>
            <description>&quot;I hope the choice or the voting which will be done tomorrow, and this is what I regard as the greatest event that should happen, will reform, will throw, thrust away, military, a military form of government and bring us back to constitutionality.  We must have a democratic constitution.&quot;</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4505391.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4505391.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2018 03:32:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>&quot;I hope the choice or the voting which will be done tomorrow, and this is what I regard as the greatest event that should happen, will reform, will throw, thrust away, military, a military form of government and bring us back to constitutionality.  We must have a democratic constitution.&quot;</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:40:25</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:keywords>Zimbabwe, elections, opposition, Zanu-PF, Former President Mugabe</itunes:keywords>      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
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            <title>Former President of Ghana Observes Zimbabwe Elections, Describes Them as Watershed Elections - July 30, 2018</title>
            <description>Former Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama is leading the Commonwealth Group observing Zimbabwe&apos;s 2018 elections.  He tells Blessing Zulu of VOA&apos;s Zimbabwe Service that the elections are  one of the most important and “watershed elections” in the history of the nation.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4504963.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4504963.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2018 00:06:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>Blessing  Zulu</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Former Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama is leading the Commonwealth Group observing Zimbabwe&apos;s 2018 elections.  He tells Blessing Zulu of VOA&apos;s Zimbabwe Service that the elections are  one of the most important and “watershed elections” in the history of the nation.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:07:15</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:keywords>Zimbabwe, elections, politics, 2018 elections, Commonwealth Observers, Former Ghana President</itunes:keywords>      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
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            <title>Interview with Ambassador Johhnie Carson - July 28, 2018</title>
            <description>In an exclusive interview Ambassador Carson, who is part of the International Republican Institute and the National Democratic Institute joint election observation mission to Zimbabwe, says there has been a significant improvement compared to previous elections under Mugabe marred by violence,</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4503919.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4503919.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Sat, 28 Jul 2018 17:33:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>In an exclusive interview Ambassador Carson, who is part of the International Republican Institute and the National Democratic Institute joint election observation mission to Zimbabwe, says there has been a significant improvement compared to previous elections under Mugabe marred by violence,</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:13:37</itunes:duration>
                      
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            <title>Interview With Former Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn - July 28, 2018</title>
            <description>&quot;Overall, the situation in Zimbabwe is peaceful and and is stable, and right now, I am looking through my window. The rally that MDC Alliance is making, it’s a very heated campaign. And so I think, all over the country ... we are getting reports that it’s going on in a peaceful way.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4503893.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4503893.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Sat, 28 Jul 2018 16:56:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>&quot;Overall, the situation in Zimbabwe is peaceful and and is stable, and right now, I am looking through my window. The rally that MDC Alliance is making, it’s a very heated campaign. And so I think, all over the country ... we are getting reports that it’s going on in a peaceful way.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:07:45</itunes:duration>
                      
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            <title>Former Ethiopian PM Hailemariam Desalegn Heads AU Election Observer Mission to Zimbabwe - July 28, 2018</title>
            <description>Former Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn is heading the African Union Election Observation Mission to Zimbabwe.  In an interview with VOA Zimbabwe Service reporter Blessing Zulu, he discusses his observations to day, and significance of elections for the country&apos;s future.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4503849.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4503849.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Sat, 28 Jul 2018 15:52:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>Blessing  Zulu</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Former Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn is heading the African Union Election Observation Mission to Zimbabwe.  In an interview with VOA Zimbabwe Service reporter Blessing Zulu, he discusses his observations to day, and significance of elections for the country&apos;s future.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:07:45</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:keywords>Zimbabwe, ethiopia, elections, African Union, observer mission, PM Hailemariam Desalegn</itunes:keywords>      
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            <title>Interview With Zanu PF&apos;s Joseph Tshuma - July 26, 2018</title>
            <description></description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4501422.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4501422.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2018 21:39:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary></itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:04:51</itunes:duration>
                      
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            <title>David Coltart Dismisses As Misleading Guto&apos;s Claims of Mnangagwa Victory in Zimbabwe Presidential Poll - July 24, 2018</title>
            <description></description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4497572.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4497572.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2018 17:13:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary></itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:05:16</itunes:duration>
                      
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            <title>Political Analyst Says Mnanagwga to Beat Chamisa And Others in Presidential Poll - July 24, 2018</title>
            <description></description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4495450.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4495450.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2018 01:47:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary></itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:08:06</itunes:duration>
                      
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            <title>Leadership Problems Weakened Zimbabwe Opposition MDC-T - July 10, 2018</title>
            <description>In a paper titled: What Went Wrong With Zimbabwe’s MDC-T?, Leon Hartwell, cites many issues that have weakened the MDC, which include lack of prudent leadership, intraparty violence, failure to respect the party’s constitution, policy inconsistencies and poor communication strategies.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4475531.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4475531.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2018 00:33:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>In a paper titled: What Went Wrong With Zimbabwe’s MDC-T?, Leon Hartwell, cites many issues that have weakened the MDC, which include lack of prudent leadership, intraparty violence, failure to respect the party’s constitution, policy inconsistencies and poor communication strategies.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:06:06</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:keywords>Zimbabwe, morgan tsvangirai, mdc-t, Nelson Chamisa</itunes:keywords>      
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                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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            <title>Former American Envoy Says Positive Election Preparations Taking Place in Zimbabwe - June 30, 2018</title>
            <description>“There are some positive things that are happening. The president’s commitment to hold a free and fair election and to invite international groups, we commend him for that ... I think that openness and invitation to international scrutiny is a very good thing.”</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4460842.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4460842.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Sat, 30 Jun 2018 00:18:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>“There are some positive things that are happening. The president’s commitment to hold a free and fair election and to invite international groups, we commend him for that ... I think that openness and invitation to international scrutiny is a very good thing.”</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:06:16</itunes:duration>
                      
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                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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            <title>Chigumba Speaks About Zimbabwe Elections - June 25, 2018</title>
            <description>Zimbabwe Electoral Commission chairperson Priscilla Chigumba speaks with VOA&apos;s Peter Clottey about the forthcoming general elections.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4454170.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4454170.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2018 23:17:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Zimbabwe Electoral Commission chairperson Priscilla Chigumba speaks with VOA&apos;s Peter Clottey about the forthcoming general elections.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:05:31</itunes:duration>
                      
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                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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            <title>Interview With George Charamba on Explosion At White City Stadium - June 25, 2018</title>
            <description></description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4453739.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4453739.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2018 19:05:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary></itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:05:29</itunes:duration>
                      
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            <title>Nelson MDC Grabs Majority Seats Ahead of Nomination Court - June 13, 2018</title>
            <description></description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4437712.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4437712.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2018 23:47:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary></itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:02:29</itunes:duration>
                      
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            <title>Interview With Zimbabwe Businessman Justice Sibanda Fearing For His Life Over Mnangagwa Rescue - May 24, 2018</title>
            <description></description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4408704.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4408704.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2018 22:26:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary></itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:03:39</itunes:duration>
                      
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            <title>Underfire Terrence Mukupe Denies Saying Army Will Block Nelson Chamisa If He Wins Presidential Election - May 23, 2018</title>
            <description>Deputy Finance Minister Terrence Mukupe has denied saying Zimbabwe’s armed forces won’t allow opposition MDC-T leader Nelson Chamisa to rule the country if he beats President Emmerson Mnangagwa in the forthcoming presidential election. Mukupe speaks with VOA ZImbabwe Service&apos;s Gibbs Dube.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4407085.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4407085.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2018 23:18:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Deputy Finance Minister Terrence Mukupe has denied saying Zimbabwe’s armed forces won’t allow opposition MDC-T leader Nelson Chamisa to rule the country if he beats President Emmerson Mnangagwa in the forthcoming presidential election. Mukupe speaks with VOA ZImbabwe Service&apos;s Gibbs Dube.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:10:44</itunes:duration>
                      
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                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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            <title>Zimbabwe Lawmakers Want Mugabe to Testify in $15 Billion Diamond Revenue Loss - May 21, 2018</title>
            <description>Zimbabwe’s parliamentary committee on mines is on Wednesday expected to press former president Robert Mugabe to give evidence about the disappearance of diamond revenues amounting to $15 billion. The committee says it will conduct the hearing at Mugabe’s Harare mansion - the Blue Roof.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4403913.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4403913.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2018 23:33:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Zimbabwe’s parliamentary committee on mines is on Wednesday expected to press former president Robert Mugabe to give evidence about the disappearance of diamond revenues amounting to $15 billion. The committee says it will conduct the hearing at Mugabe’s Harare mansion - the Blue Roof.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:05:38</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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            <title>Zimbabwe Health Minister Dr. David Parirenyatwa Updates Press on End of Nurse&apos;s Strike - April 23, 2018</title>
            <description>Zimbabwe’s Health Minister Dr. David Parirenyatwa addressed journalists in Harare, Monday, declaring an end to the weeklong strike by the country’s government-employed nurses. &quot;The issue of industrial action for nurses so far has closed. The nurses are largely back at work,&quot; Dr. Parirenyatwa said.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4361540.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4361540.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2018 23:28:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Zimbabwe’s Health Minister Dr. David Parirenyatwa addressed journalists in Harare, Monday, declaring an end to the weeklong strike by the country’s government-employed nurses. &quot;The issue of industrial action for nurses so far has closed. The nurses are largely back at work,&quot; Dr. Parirenyatwa said.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:04:41</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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            <title>Sibusiso Moyo: Zimbabwe An Awakening Economic Giant - April 16, 2018</title>
            <description></description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4350755.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4350755.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2018 23:42:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary></itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:05:57</itunes:duration>
                      
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            <title>Interview With  Gavine Serkin of Exotix - April 13, 2018</title>
            <description>The international business sector is facing some challenges in investing in Zimbabwe due to the current social, economic and political situation in Zimbabwe.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4347364.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4347364.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2018 22:52:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>The international business sector is facing some challenges in investing in Zimbabwe due to the current social, economic and political situation in Zimbabwe.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:05:25</itunes:duration>
                      
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                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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            <title>MDC-T Factionalism Rages On ... - April 12, 2018</title>
            <description></description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4344617.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4344617.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2018 22:41:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary></itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:03:44</itunes:duration>
                      
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            <title>MDC-T Recalls Defiant VP Thokozani Khupe - April 12, 2018</title>
            <description></description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4344615.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4344615.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2018 22:41:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary></itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:02:54</itunes:duration>
                      
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            <title>&apos;We Want Zanu PF to Remove Army From Rural Areas Ahead of Forthcoming Elections&apos; - April 11, 2018</title>
            <description>Eunice Sandi Moyo, acting chairperson of the opposition National Patriotic Front led by Ambrose Murinhiri and linked to former president Robert Mugabe, says Zanu PF should immediately withdraw soldiers deployed in villagers in Zimbabwe said to be political commissars.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4343023.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4343023.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2018 23:57:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Eunice Sandi Moyo, acting chairperson of the opposition National Patriotic Front led by Ambrose Murinhiri and linked to former president Robert Mugabe, says Zanu PF should immediately withdraw soldiers deployed in villagers in Zimbabwe said to be political commissars.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:05:15</itunes:duration>
                      
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            <title>Zimbabwean Students Participate in International Moot Court Competition - April 02, 2018</title>
            <description>Great Zimbabwe law students are taking part in this year&apos;s addition of the Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition in Washington DC. VOA Zimbabwe Service&apos;s Gibbs Dube speaks with Law Faculty Dean Victor Nkiwane.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4329348.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4329348.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2018 23:46:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Great Zimbabwe law students are taking part in this year&apos;s addition of the Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition in Washington DC. VOA Zimbabwe Service&apos;s Gibbs Dube speaks with Law Faculty Dean Victor Nkiwane.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:04:42</itunes:duration>
                      
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            <title>MDC-T Chairman Lovemore Moyo Quits - March 22, 2018</title>
            <description></description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4311947.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4311947.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2018 22:16:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary></itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:02:45</itunes:duration>
                      
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            <title>107 Parties to Contest Zimbabwe General Elections - March 09, 2018</title>
            <description>The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission says at least 107 political parties are expected to contest the 2018 general elections.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4288292.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4288292.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2018 23:15:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission says at least 107 political parties are expected to contest the 2018 general elections.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:05:31</itunes:duration>
                      
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            <title>Interview With Former U.S Ambassador to Zimbabwe Charles Ray - February 27, 2018</title>
            <description>“It’s very difficult for me to say it was right or wrong for the military to stage a coup to remove Robert Mugabe, but sometimes people have to do a necessary wrong to make things right ... People ... should be able to live with the outcome of their actions.”</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4272675.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4272675.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Tue, 27 Feb 2018 18:31:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>“It’s very difficult for me to say it was right or wrong for the military to stage a coup to remove Robert Mugabe, but sometimes people have to do a necessary wrong to make things right ... People ... should be able to live with the outcome of their actions.”</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:07:11</itunes:duration>
                      
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            <title>Life, Legacy of Late Morgan Richard Tsvangirai - February 15, 2018</title>
            <description>Born March 10th, 1952, in Gutu, Masvingo province, Morgan Richard Tsvangirai rose from humble beginnings with only a high-school education, to become one of Zimbabwe’s most formidable political and influential figures, earning national, regional and international recognition and respect.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4256453.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4256453.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2018 21:48:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Born March 10th, 1952, in Gutu, Masvingo province, Morgan Richard Tsvangirai rose from humble beginnings with only a high-school education, to become one of Zimbabwe’s most formidable political and influential figures, earning national, regional and international recognition and respect.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:07:52</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
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            <title>Joice Mujuru Says Friends Have Deserted Mugabe Though in Good Spirits - February 01, 2018</title>
            <description>Zimbabwe’s former vice president Joice Mujuru, who was ousted over allegations of factionalism and disloyalty, said she’s now “been vindicated,” after meeting with her former boss, President Robert Mugabe, who too was ousted from office in November 2017, by the country’s military.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4235110.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4235110.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Thu, 01 Feb 2018 22:11:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Zimbabwe’s former vice president Joice Mujuru, who was ousted over allegations of factionalism and disloyalty, said she’s now “been vindicated,” after meeting with her former boss, President Robert Mugabe, who too was ousted from office in November 2017, by the country’s military.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:07:22</itunes:duration>
                      
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            <title>Zimbabwe Lady Invokes Conversation About Culture, Identity Through a Scarf - January 30, 2018</title>
            <description>Zimbabwean citizen Celia Rukato is the name and face behind the colorful scarf worn by President Emmerson Mnangagwa at the World Economic Forum in Davos, last week. Rukato, founder of  Chjaa Enterprises Private Limited, shares the story of the scarf with Studio 7&apos;s Marvelous Mhlanga-Nyahuye.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4230233.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4230233.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Tue, 30 Jan 2018 00:51:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>Marvellous Mhlanga-Nyahuye</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Zimbabwean citizen Celia Rukato is the name and face behind the colorful scarf worn by President Emmerson Mnangagwa at the World Economic Forum in Davos, last week. Rukato, founder of  Chjaa Enterprises Private Limited, shares the story of the scarf with Studio 7&apos;s Marvelous Mhlanga-Nyahuye.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:03:14</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:keywords>Zimbabwe, scarf, chjaa enterprises, president mngangagwa</itunes:keywords>      
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            <title>Interview With Thabitha Khumalo And Dr. Nkululeko Sibanda on Tsvangirai Succession - January 11, 2018</title>
            <description>The Movement for Democratic Change says MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai has the right to pick a successor as per what was agreed in the last party congress. VOA&apos;s Gibbs Dube speaks with Thabitha Khumalo, MDC-T deputy spokesperson, and political analyst Dr. Nkululeko Sibanda.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4203865.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4203865.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jan 2018 22:36:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>The Movement for Democratic Change says MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai has the right to pick a successor as per what was agreed in the last party congress. VOA&apos;s Gibbs Dube speaks with Thabitha Khumalo, MDC-T deputy spokesperson, and political analyst Dr. Nkululeko Sibanda.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:05:19</itunes:duration>
                      
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            <title>&apos;Mnangagwa Visit to Morgan Tsvangirai&apos;s Home Commendable&apos; - January 06, 2018</title>
            <description>Luke Tamborinyoka, spokesperson for opposition MDC-T leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, says President Emmerson Mnangagwa&apos;s visit to Tsvangirai&apos;s Highlands residence on Friday is commendable.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4194903.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4194903.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Sat, 06 Jan 2018 02:20:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Luke Tamborinyoka, spokesperson for opposition MDC-T leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, says President Emmerson Mnangagwa&apos;s visit to Tsvangirai&apos;s Highlands residence on Friday is commendable.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:02:00</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:keywords>Zimbabwe, opposition, morgan tsvangirai</itunes:keywords>      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
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            <title>George Charamba Speaks About Mnangagwa&apos;s Visit to Tsvangirai&apos;s Home - January 06, 2018</title>
            <description>Presidential spokesperson George Charamba speaks with VOA&apos;s Blessing Zulu about President Emmerson Mnangagwa&apos;s visit on Friday to Morgan Tsvangirai&apos;s Highlands home in Harare.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4194901.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4194901.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Sat, 06 Jan 2018 02:19:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Presidential spokesperson George Charamba speaks with VOA&apos;s Blessing Zulu about President Emmerson Mnangagwa&apos;s visit on Friday to Morgan Tsvangirai&apos;s Highlands home in Harare.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:01:47</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:keywords>Zimbabwe</itunes:keywords>      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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            <title>Zimbabwe Election Resource Center: Mnangagwa&apos;s Govt Should Institute Electoral Reforms - January 02, 2018</title>
            <description>The Zimbabwe Election Resource Centre, a non-partisan think tank and advocacy institution on elections and democracy, has written a letter to President Emmerson Mnangagwa urging him to introduce a raft of reforms to ensure free and fair ahead of the crucial polls this year.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4189267.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4189267.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Tue, 02 Jan 2018 21:46:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>The Zimbabwe Election Resource Centre, a non-partisan think tank and advocacy institution on elections and democracy, has written a letter to President Emmerson Mnangagwa urging him to introduce a raft of reforms to ensure free and fair ahead of the crucial polls this year.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:03:15</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
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            <title>Will President Mnangagwa Fix Zimbabwe Economy Before 2018 General Elections? - December 30, 2017</title>
            <description>Will President Emmerson Mnangagwa fix Zimbabwe&apos;s ailing economy before 2018 general elections while surrounded by retired military generals? For more details, VOA&apos;s Gibbs Dube speaks with Zanu PF lawmaker Joseph Tshuma and political analyst Nkululeko Sibanda based at Huddersfield University, London</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4185333.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4185333.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Sat, 30 Dec 2017 02:28:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Will President Emmerson Mnangagwa fix Zimbabwe&apos;s ailing economy before 2018 general elections while surrounded by retired military generals? For more details, VOA&apos;s Gibbs Dube speaks with Zanu PF lawmaker Joseph Tshuma and political analyst Nkululeko Sibanda based at Huddersfield University, London</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:10:02</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
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            <title>Zimbabwe President Speaks Out Against Profiteers Amid Price Hikes - December 29, 2017</title>
            <description>“We are very concerned as government about the general rise in prices on the market,” Mnangagwa said, adding that he has already addressed the issues with Industry Minister Michael Bimha.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4183848.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4183848.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Fri, 29 Dec 2017 02:02:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>Blessing  Zulu</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>“We are very concerned as government about the general rise in prices on the market,” Mnangagwa said, adding that he has already addressed the issues with Industry Minister Michael Bimha.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:01:04</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:keywords>Zimbabwe, economy, price hikes, president emmerson mnangagwa</itunes:keywords>      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
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            <title>Zimbabwe&apos;s George Charamba Speaks With Evans Zininga of VOA Studio 7 - December 26, 2017</title>
            <description>Zimbabwe&apos;s presidential spokesperson and information secretary, George Charamba, speaks about the appointment of Zanu PF vice presidents Retired General Constantino Chiwenga and Kembo Mohadi.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4180168.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4180168.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Tue, 26 Dec 2017 23:28:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Zimbabwe&apos;s presidential spokesperson and information secretary, George Charamba, speaks about the appointment of Zanu PF vice presidents Retired General Constantino Chiwenga and Kembo Mohadi.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:04:20</itunes:duration>
                      
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            <title>Zimbabwe Foreign Minister, Retired General Sibusiso Moyo - December 15, 2017</title>
            <description>Zimbabwe&apos;s Foreign Minister, Retired General Sibusiso Moyo told Studio 7&apos;s Tanonoka Whande that his  first priority is &quot;economic development and emancipation,&quot; of Zimbabweans.  He said he will also pursue a robust re-engagement process to reintegrate the country into the international community.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4165912.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4165912.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Fri, 15 Dec 2017 23:22:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>Tanonoka Whande</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Zimbabwe&apos;s Foreign Minister, Retired General Sibusiso Moyo told Studio 7&apos;s Tanonoka Whande that his  first priority is &quot;economic development and emancipation,&quot; of Zimbabweans.  He said he will also pursue a robust re-engagement process to reintegrate the country into the international community.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:07:54</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:keywords>Zimbabwe, economy, foreign affairs, international community, reengagement</itunes:keywords>      
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            <title>US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Holds Hearing on &apos;The Future of Zimbabwe&apos; - December 13, 2017</title>
            <description>The U.S  is cautiously considering re-engaging Zimbabwe, following the resignation of former President Robert Mugabe, but it remains skeptical of how relations would improve, given that Zimbabwe’s new president is a close ally of Mr. Mugabe, and been accused of atrocities dating back to the 1980’s.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4161618.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4161618.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Wed, 13 Dec 2017 06:49:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>Ndimyake Mwakalyelye</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>The U.S  is cautiously considering re-engaging Zimbabwe, following the resignation of former President Robert Mugabe, but it remains skeptical of how relations would improve, given that Zimbabwe’s new president is a close ally of Mr. Mugabe, and been accused of atrocities dating back to the 1980’s.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:06:31</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:keywords>Zimbabwe, the future of zimbabwe, us senate</itunes:keywords>      
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            <title>US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Holds Hearing on &apos;The Future of Zimbabwe&apos; - December 13, 2017</title>
            <description>The U.S  is cautiously considering re-engaging Zimbabwe, following the resignation of former President Robert Mugabe, but it remains skeptical of how relations would improve, given that Zimbabwe’s new president is a close ally of Mr. Mugabe, and been accused of atrocities dating back to the 1980’s.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4161617.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4161617.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Wed, 13 Dec 2017 06:46:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>Ndimyake Mwakalyelye</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>The U.S  is cautiously considering re-engaging Zimbabwe, following the resignation of former President Robert Mugabe, but it remains skeptical of how relations would improve, given that Zimbabwe’s new president is a close ally of Mr. Mugabe, and been accused of atrocities dating back to the 1980’s.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:06:31</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:keywords>Zimbabwe, elections, economy, united states, reforms, the future of zimbabwe, senate foreign relations commi</itunes:keywords>      
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            <title>General Constantine Chiwenga, Commander of the Zimbabwe Armed Forces - November 21, 2017</title>
            <description>General Constantine Chiwenga held a press conference Monday and announced that President Robert Mugabe and former Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa will soon meet to hold talks. He said the military had executed &quot;Operation Restore Legacy,&quot; to take the country to the &quot;desired development trajectory.&quot;</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4127865.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4127865.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Tue, 21 Nov 2017 03:12:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>General Constantine Chiwenga held a press conference Monday and announced that President Robert Mugabe and former Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa will soon meet to hold talks. He said the military had executed &quot;Operation Restore Legacy,&quot; to take the country to the &quot;desired development trajectory.&quot;</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:04:03</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:keywords>Zimbabwe, president robert mugabe, Emmerson Mnangagwa, general constantine chiwenga, operation restore legacy</itunes:keywords>      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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            <title>Zimbabwe Today Special Radio Program - November 21, 2017</title>
            <description>Listen to Zimbabwe Today between 9:30 and 10:00pm everyday for the latest news on 909 and 4930 medium wave frequencies.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4127376.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4127376.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Tue, 21 Nov 2017 01:03:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Listen to Zimbabwe Today between 9:30 and 10:00pm everyday for the latest news on 909 and 4930 medium wave frequencies.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:30:06</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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            <title>Zimbabwe Today: Special Radio Show - November 19, 2017</title>
            <description>We will be giving you the latest news everyday at 8:30pm focusing on Zimbabwe. Tune in on 909 and 4930 medium wave frequencies.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4125105.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4125105.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Sun, 19 Nov 2017 03:34:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>We will be giving you the latest news everyday at 8:30pm focusing on Zimbabwe. Tune in on 909 and 4930 medium wave frequencies.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:30:08</itunes:duration>
                      
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            <title>Opposition Leader Says Extended Negotiation Between Zimbabwe Military and President, Creating Anxiety - November 17, 2017</title>
            <description>Zimbabwe opposition groups and citizens are growing anxious at what appears to be lack of progress in negotiations expected to persuade President Robert Mugabe to step down.  Leader of Transform Zimbabwe says extended talks are dampening hope of change.  Mr. Mugabe is reportedly refusing to resign.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4119905.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4119905.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Fri, 17 Nov 2017 11:22:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>Jonga Kandemiiri</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Zimbabwe opposition groups and citizens are growing anxious at what appears to be lack of progress in negotiations expected to persuade President Robert Mugabe to step down.  Leader of Transform Zimbabwe says extended talks are dampening hope of change.  Mr. Mugabe is reportedly refusing to resign.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:03:10</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:keywords>Zimbabwe, opposition, president mugabe, general chiwenga, negotations</itunes:keywords>      
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            <title>Harare West Legislator Says Tensions are High in Zimbabwe As Military Presence Persists - November 17, 2017</title>
            <description>Member of Parliament for the MDC-T formation, Jesse Majome, says her Harare West constituency and many other areas in the country are tense.  Majome tells Marvelous Mhlanga Nyahuye of VOA&apos;s Zimbabwe Service that she was unable to attend crucial meetings due to closures.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4119220.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4119220.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Fri, 17 Nov 2017 00:22:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>Marvellous Mhlanga-Nyahuye</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Member of Parliament for the MDC-T formation, Jesse Majome, says her Harare West constituency and many other areas in the country are tense.  Majome tells Marvelous Mhlanga Nyahuye of VOA&apos;s Zimbabwe Service that she was unable to attend crucial meetings due to closures.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:03:43</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:keywords>Zimbabwe, politics, member of parliament</itunes:keywords>      
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            <title>Zimbabwe Army Topples Mugabe - November 15, 2017</title>
            <description>The Zimbabwe National Army says it has decided to intervene to stop factionalism in Zanu PF following threats by General Constantino Chiwenga that the army cannot stand on the sidelines while people are facing serious social and economic problems.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4115762.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4115762.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Wed, 15 Nov 2017 10:16:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>The Zimbabwe National Army says it has decided to intervene to stop factionalism in Zanu PF following threats by General Constantino Chiwenga that the army cannot stand on the sidelines while people are facing serious social and economic problems.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:04:45</itunes:duration>
                      
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                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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            <title>Zanu PF Fumes Over Chiwenga Military Moves to Stop Disorder in Zimbabwe - November 15, 2017</title>
            <description>The statement by General Constantino Chiwenga &quot;which was not signed, and which did not represent the rest of the command element, suggests treasonable conduct on his part as this was meant to incite insurrection and violent challenge to the Constitutional Order.”</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4115147.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4115147.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Wed, 15 Nov 2017 01:04:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>The statement by General Constantino Chiwenga &quot;which was not signed, and which did not represent the rest of the command element, suggests treasonable conduct on his part as this was meant to incite insurrection and violent challenge to the Constitutional Order.”</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:01:35</itunes:duration>
                      
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                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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            <title>Military Expert: Coup Underway in Zimbabwe - November 15, 2017</title>
            <description>Doctor Martin Rupiya, a retired Lieutenant-Colonel in the Zimbabwe National army and an expert on Zimbabwe military affairs at the University of South Africa in Pretoria told VOA Zimbabwe Service that a coup is possible in Harare.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4115144.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4115144.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Wed, 15 Nov 2017 00:57:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Doctor Martin Rupiya, a retired Lieutenant-Colonel in the Zimbabwe National army and an expert on Zimbabwe military affairs at the University of South Africa in Pretoria told VOA Zimbabwe Service that a coup is possible in Harare.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:05:54</itunes:duration>
                      
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                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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            <title>Report on Zimbabwe Defence Forces By Ndimyake Mwakelyelye - November 14, 2017</title>
            <description>Zimbabwe’s top military brass weighed into the political fallout in the ruling Zanu-PF party, leading many to question its loyalty to President Robert Mugabe.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4114260.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4114260.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Tue, 14 Nov 2017 15:39:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Zimbabwe’s top military brass weighed into the political fallout in the ruling Zanu-PF party, leading many to question its loyalty to President Robert Mugabe.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:05:55</itunes:duration>
                      
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            <title>Zimbabweans React to Army Warning To Zanu-PF to Curb Purge of War Veterans - November 14, 2017</title>
            <description>Addressing a press conference in Harare Monday, with about 90 other senior military officials General Chiwenga took aim at what he called “counter revolutionary infiltrators” who are behind the quote “current purging and cleansing of mostly members associated with our liberation history.”</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4113902.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4113902.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Tue, 14 Nov 2017 02:19:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>Ndimyake Mwakalyelye</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Addressing a press conference in Harare Monday, with about 90 other senior military officials General Chiwenga took aim at what he called “counter revolutionary infiltrators” who are behind the quote “current purging and cleansing of mostly members associated with our liberation history.”</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:05:55</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:keywords>Zimbabwe, army, president mugabe, general chiwenga</itunes:keywords>      
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            <title>Mujuru: I Am Willing to Team Up With Ousted Zimbabwe VP Mnangagwa - November 10, 2017</title>
            <description>Opposition leader of the National People&apos;s Party, Joice Mujuru, who was replaced by dumped Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa when she was expelled from Zanu PF, says she is willing to team up with Mnangagwa to get rid of President Mugabe and his Zanu PF party.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4108681.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4108681.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Fri, 10 Nov 2017 00:44:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Opposition leader of the National People&apos;s Party, Joice Mujuru, who was replaced by dumped Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa when she was expelled from Zanu PF, says she is willing to team up with Mnangagwa to get rid of President Mugabe and his Zanu PF party.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:02:02</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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            <title>Should Lobola Be Abolished? - November 04, 2017</title>
            <description>Lawyer Priccilar Vengesai has filed a court arguing that payment of bride price or lobola is unconstitutional and reduces women to “mere assets.&quot; She says lobola should be abolished, or both parties ought to pay, in order to offer women some dignity.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4099358.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4099358.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Sat, 04 Nov 2017 01:54:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Lawyer Priccilar Vengesai has filed a court arguing that payment of bride price or lobola is unconstitutional and reduces women to “mere assets.&quot; She says lobola should be abolished, or both parties ought to pay, in order to offer women some dignity.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:05:39</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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            <title>Interview With Arnold Tsunga on Zimbabwe Situation - November 04, 2017</title>
            <description>Director of the Africa Programme at International Commission of Jurists, Arnold Tsunga says the African Commission on Humand Rights looks at the situation of human rights defenders on the continent and hear it from civil society that have observer status.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4099356.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4099356.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Sat, 04 Nov 2017 01:49:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Director of the Africa Programme at International Commission of Jurists, Arnold Tsunga says the African Commission on Humand Rights looks at the situation of human rights defenders on the continent and hear it from civil society that have observer status.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:05:14</itunes:duration>
                      
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                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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            <title>All-Female Zimbabwe&apos;s Nobuntu A&apos;capella Group Shines in USA - October 28, 2017</title>
            <description>Duduzile Sibanda, spokesperson of the five-member a&apos;capella group, Nobuntu, says they have received an overwhelming response from American fans during public performances. The group is on a six-week USA tour. Duduzile speaks with VOA Studio 7&apos;s Gibbs Dube about this tour.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4089991.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4089991.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Sat, 28 Oct 2017 04:23:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Duduzile Sibanda, spokesperson of the five-member a&apos;capella group, Nobuntu, says they have received an overwhelming response from American fans during public performances. The group is on a six-week USA tour. Duduzile speaks with VOA Studio 7&apos;s Gibbs Dube about this tour.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:06:41</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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            <title>Makarau: Use Many Households Receipts As Proof of Residence in Voter Registration Centers - October 13, 2017</title>
            <description>Chairperson Justice Rita Makarau of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission says Zimbabwean can use many households items as proof of residence in order to have their names entered into a new voters roll being compiled under the Biometric Voter Registration Program. She speaks with Blessing Zulu .</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4069775.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4069775.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Fri, 13 Oct 2017 23:47:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Chairperson Justice Rita Makarau of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission says Zimbabwean can use many households items as proof of residence in order to have their names entered into a new voters roll being compiled under the Biometric Voter Registration Program. She speaks with Blessing Zulu .</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:02:54</itunes:duration>
                      
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            <title>Is Zanu PF Planning to Dump Mnangagwa? - October 13, 2017</title>
            <description>President Robert Mugabe’s succession dispute has taken another dramatic twist after the ruling party’s Soviet-style Politburo resolved that the December annual conference be turned into an extraordinary congress in what many political pundits view as a plot to oust Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4068123.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4068123.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Fri, 13 Oct 2017 00:40:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>Blessing  Zulu</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>President Robert Mugabe’s succession dispute has taken another dramatic twist after the ruling party’s Soviet-style Politburo resolved that the December annual conference be turned into an extraordinary congress in what many political pundits view as a plot to oust Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:02:44</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:keywords>Zimbabwe, mugabe</itunes:keywords>      
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            <title>USA Rolls Out 2019 Diversity Visa Program - October 03, 2017</title>
            <description>At 1600 hours Universal Time on Tuesday, October 3rd, 2017, the United States will begin accepting applications for the 2019 Diversity Visa Program. Applications will be accepted until 1600 hours Universal Time on Tuesday, November 7th, 2017.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4054643.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4054643.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Tue, 03 Oct 2017 19:25:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>At 1600 hours Universal Time on Tuesday, October 3rd, 2017, the United States will begin accepting applications for the 2019 Diversity Visa Program. Applications will be accepted until 1600 hours Universal Time on Tuesday, November 7th, 2017.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:02:48</itunes:duration>
                      
                <itunes:image href="https://gdb.rferl.org/48B5E83F-787E-4F1F-B8F8-F6B1B34915EE.png" />
                <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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            <title>Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe - 72nd Session of the UN General Assembly - September 22, 2017</title>
            <description></description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4040010.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4040010.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Fri, 22 Sep 2017 15:50:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary></itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:20:21</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:keywords>Zimbabwe, president robert mugabe, united nations general assembl</itunes:keywords>      
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            <title>&apos;There is Only One Thing The President is There to Do, That is To Sleep ...&apos; - September 21, 2017</title>
            <description>President Mugabe, who will address the General Assembly Thursday, sparked a whirl wind of discussion among Zimbabweans because of his large delegation of more than 70, that includes his wife, children and grandchild.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4037556.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4037556.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Thu, 21 Sep 2017 01:18:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>President Mugabe, who will address the General Assembly Thursday, sparked a whirl wind of discussion among Zimbabweans because of his large delegation of more than 70, that includes his wife, children and grandchild.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:04:33</itunes:duration>
                <itunes:keywords>Zimbabwe, New York, president mugabe, trip</itunes:keywords>      
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            <title>Zimbabweans Start Registering for 2018 General Elections - September 15, 2017</title>
            <description>President Robert Mugabe was the first on Thursday to register in Zimbabwe’s new voters roll ahead of crucial elections to be help sometime next year. The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission is expected in the next four months to register at least 7 million voters.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4029439.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/4029439.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Fri, 15 Sep 2017 00:33:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>President Robert Mugabe was the first on Thursday to register in Zimbabwe’s new voters roll ahead of crucial elections to be help sometime next year. The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission is expected in the next four months to register at least 7 million voters.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:03:05</itunes:duration>
                      
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            <title>Interview With Willie Spies on Grace Mugabe Lawsuit - August 24, 2017</title>
            <description>Afriforum is set to file papers in court seeking permission to sue Zimbabwe’s First Lady Grace Mugabe, who allegedly assaulted South African model, Gabriella Engels, said to have been found socializing with her children Robert Junior and Chatunga at a Sandton hotel.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/3998764.html</link>            
            <guid>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/3998764.html</guid>            
            <pubDate>Thu, 24 Aug 2017 14:41:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
                <itunes:author>VOA</itunes:author>
                <itunes:summary>Afriforum is set to file papers in court seeking permission to sue Zimbabwe’s First Lady Grace Mugabe, who allegedly assaulted South African model, Gabriella Engels, said to have been found socializing with her children Robert Junior and Chatunga at a Sandton hotel.</itunes:summary>
                <itunes:duration>00:02:12</itunes:duration>
                      
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            <title>Interview With South African Police Spokesperson Vish Naidoo on Grace Mugabe - August 17, 2017</title>
            <description>Zimbabwean First Lady Grace Mugabe&apos;s lawyers and South African authorities appear to be holding discussions with Zimbabwean authorities over claims by South African model Gabriella Engels that she was attacked by Mrs. Mugabe in a Sandton hotel in Johannesburg.</description>
            <link>https://www.voazimbabwe.com/a/3989491.html</link>            
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            <pubDate>Thu, 17 Aug 2017 16:18:00 +0200</pubDate>
            
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                <itunes:summary>Zimbabwean First Lady Grace Mugabe&apos;s lawyers and South African authorities appear to be holding discussions with Zimbabwean authorities over claims by South African model Gabriella Engels that she was attacked by Mrs. Mugabe in a Sandton hotel in Johannesburg.</itunes:summary>
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