THE Swedish government has pledged R450-million to South Africa over the next three years in the form of a development co-operation agreement. Signed by Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh and South Africa’s Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Aziz Pahad in Cape Town on Friday, the agreement aims to fund education, housing, arts and culture and urban development. Lindh said Sweden supports the further write-off of developing countries’ debts and had written off most of what it was owed from Africa.