*OUR HEADLINES* 1. CHAMISA SLAMS AU, SADC FOR LEGITIMISING 'FLAWED POLLS' ACROSS AFRICA 2. ADVOCATE MAHERE BLASTS AFRICAN PRESIDENTS FOR 'CRIMINAL SILENCE' ON ATROCITIES 3. WALTER MAGAYA’S WIFE GRANTED BAIL ON FRAUD CHARGES; HUSBAND REMAINS IN CUSTODY 4. RAPE CLAIM SHOCKER: WOMAN ALLEGES SHE WAS PAID TO LEAD MAGAYA SMEAR CAMPAIGN 5. TWO CHILDREN ABDUCTED NEAR CHIVAYO CHURCH GATHERING, FOUND TIED TO TREE 25KM AWAY 6. VP CHIWENGA LABELS TANZANIA POST-ELECTION VIOLENCE 'DISTURBING' AMID INAUGURATIO

Nelson Chamisa of the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change says Zimbabwe is facing a leadership crisis as Zanu PF has failed dismally to govern the nation since independence in 1980. He told Zimbabweans living in South Africa that they should start preparing to return home. (VOA) | VOA Studio 7

Speaking to SABC, opposition MDC leader Nelson Chamisa says if Zimbabwe's economic and political crisis is not addressed urgently it will soon escalate into other regional countries destabilising peace. | New Zimbabwe.com