Zimbabwe Deputy Prime Minister to undergo critical breast cancer operation in SA

Deputy Prime Minister Thokozani Khupe who is battling breast cancer, will this week undergo a critical operation in SA as part of her treatment, senior party officials said yesterday.

"Our Vice President Thokozani Khuphe, is this week set to undergo a very scary operation that has to do with her ailment," party secretary general Tendai Biti told party supporters at an MDC rally in Chitungwiza on Sunday.

A meditative Khuphe, 47, who spotted an outfit which bore party colours, was on Sunday excused from addressing the rally, which ended with party loyalists being asked to bow their heads in her prayer.

The Makokoba MP has turned to her Christian faith to keep her spirits up since being told she had cancer in May this year.