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

Information Officer, Janet Dambul, says Malawi's incumbent president Peter Mutharika has conceded defeat in the just-ended presidential election re-run. She speaks with VOA Zimbabwe Service's Gibbs Dube.

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

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

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

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

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

Abantu abanengi balamba okokuthi kabalandaba lokumemetheka komkhuhlane weCoronavirus langesinqumo esokuthi kumele bahlale ezindlini.

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