SA Govt Officials Expected In Zim This Week

A team of senior Government officials from South Africa is expected in Harare this week ahead of President Cyril Ramaphosa visit to Harare next week.

Ramaphosa is expected in Zimbabwe for the third session of the Zimbabwe-South Africa Bi-National Commission (BNC). In a statement released to The Sunday Mail, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade said preparatory meetings for the BNC begin on Thursday. The statement reads:

The Third Session of the Zimbabwe-South Africa Bi-National Commission (BNC) will be held on 12 March 2019 at Meikles Hotel in Harare. The meeting will be headed by the two countries’ Heads of State and Government, His Excellency, President E.D. Mnangagwa, and his South African counterpart, President Cyril Matamela Ramaphosa. The BNC is the highest bilateral framework of cooperation between Zimbabwe and South Africa. It will be preceded by a Ministerial Meeting on 11 March 2019, and a Senior Officials meeting on 7 and 8 March 2019. The main task before this third session of the Zimbabwe-South Africa BNC is to review progress in the implementation of previously agreed projects under the various Memorandum of Understanding already in operation. These cover the political, economic, social and technical sectors of the two countries.

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