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• Victoria Derbyshire in Zimbabwe, Wednesday 2 December, 10.00am
• The World Cup draw Friday 4 December, 5.15pm

Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 5 Live's Victoria Derbyshire will broadcast live from Zimbabwe in the first full Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ programme from the country since reporting restrictions on the corporation were lifted earlier this year.

Victoria's morning show, which was honoured this year with a Nick Clarke Award for its journalism, will be a three-hour programme from Harare on Wednesday 2 December.

Since the unity government was formed at the beginning of the year, inflation has been tamed (it was 231 billion per cent in February, it's now 3 per cent), a few goods have reappeared in the shops and a little more food is available to a hungry nation.

In recent months, the Movement for Democratic Change has reported "increased violent" attacks on its party members.

The programme will try and find out exactly what life is like for ordinary Zimbabweans right now. Victoria will hear from residents in Harare, trade unionists and human rights groups – as well as interview senior figures from MDC and Zanu-PF.

The show will also speak to political asylum seekers who have fled to the UK and asks them how they view life now in their home country - linking them with resident Zimbabweans.

The programme will then move to South Africa and on Friday 4 December Victoria will present two programmes from Cape Town for the World Cup Draw.

Her regular morning programme will look at how ready the country is to host the tournament and what sort of welcome fans can expect to get. And at 5.30pm she'll be presenting a special programme around the World Cup Draw – opening the phone lines and inviting listeners to react.

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