In a Facebook live broadcast on Monday night, Mondlane told viewers  that he escaped an assassination attempt in South Africa where he is in hiding after challenging last month's election results.

Opposition leader Venancio Mondlane, who came second in last month's disputed elections, has claimed in a social media video that he escaped an attempted assassination in South Africa - where he sought refuge after the polls.

Venâncio Mondlane, the independent Mozambican opposition presidential candidate who fled the country after last month’s disputed elections, plans to return this week as the gas-rich nation faces growing unrest.

Mozambique's leading opposition politician, Venancio Mondlane, claimed in a video Monday to have escaped an attempted assassination in South Africa where he had taken refuge after last month's disputed elections.