ZWNEWS.com "A behind-the-scenes negotiated settlement has averted a military coup in Zimbabwe and paved the way for a runoff between Robert Mugabe and Morgan Tsvangirai later this month. According to multiple reliable sources, both within the armed forces and the opposition MDC, Tsvangirai has won 48 percent of the presidential vote, while the incumbent president has taken 43 percent."
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."