President Ramaphosa Meets With Zim's Mnangagwa

President Cyril Ramaphosa is in Harare, Zimbabwe, where he is expected to co-chair the third session of the South Africa-Zimbabwe BNC with his counterpart, President Emmerson Mnangagwa.The visit is part of efforts to strengthen mutual cooperation and deepen the implementation of 45 bilateral agreements during the Bi-National Commission (BNC).

The BNC is preceded by a ministerial session, which was held on Monday, to consider and adopt the draft agreed minutes and joint communique negotiated by senior officials on 7 and 8 March 2019. Ministers also coordinated the agenda and programme for the Heads of State session. Relations between South Africa and Zimbabwe are conducted through the BNC, which was established in 2015. During the BNC, the two Heads of State will review bilateral cooperation and progress made with the implementation of bilateral agreements.

"South Africa and Zimbabwe are signatories to 45 agreements, which cover a wide range of fields, including trade and investment, health, labour, migration, defence, taxation, tourism, scientific and technological cooperation, water and the...