/ 7 June 1999

GADAFFI TO ATTEND INAUGUARATION

LIBYAN leader Moammar Gadaffi is to visit South Africa ahead of the June 16 inauguration of Thabo Mbeki as president, outgoing President Nelson Mandela announced on Sunday. Speaking at his official Genadendal residence in Cape Town after lunch with the Libyan leader’s wife, Safia Farkash Alba Rassi, and daughters Aisha and Hanna, he said: “As head of state he will be well received.”