ZWNEWS.com "Harare - The Southern African Development Community (SADC) observer mission on Wednesday said conditions in Zimbabwe were conducive for next week's general polls. 'The moment is right to hold elections, the climate is right to hold elections,' head of SADC's electoral observer mission Jose Marcos Barrica said at a news conference in Harare."
Nyasa Times "Minister of Women and Child Development Kate Kainja-Kaluluma has passed away in United Kingdom. “Indeed Hon Kate Kainja Kaluluma has died,” confirmed family friends in London. The 57-year-old minister was admitted to a North England hospital – York Hospital. Diplomatic sources at Malawi High Commission in London have said arrangements are being made to send her remains to Malawi. Kainja who was Dedza South West Constituency parliamentarian flew to United Kingdom for medical attention after a long-illness. She is survived by a husband, Emanuel Kaluluma and three children."