/ 29 July 1999

KABILA MEETS BUSINESS

VISITING Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) President Laurent Kabila met business groups and potential investors here in Pretoria on Tuesday, the second day of his visit to South Africa, radio reports said. The five cabinet ministers who accompanied Kabila to Pretoria on Monday met with their South African counterparts on Tuesday, SABC radio reported. Kabila and President Thabo Mbeki are due to address reporters later on Tuesday on their brief Monday talks, hours after the DRC president flew into Pretoria, a presidential aide said.