/ 2 September 1999

MBEKI TO MEET MUGABE, CHISSANO

PRESIDENT Thabo Mbeki will meet his Zimbabwean counterpart Robert Mugabe in Pretoria on Thursday, after which he will fly to the Mozambican capital Maputo to meet President Joachim Chissano. The talks with Mugabe will be a follow-up to a meeting in July at the World Economic Forum between Trade and Industry Minister Alec Erwin and his Zimbabwean counterpart Nathan Shamayurira. Chissano succeeded Mbeki as Southern African Development Community chairman and their meeting will address “bilateral and regional” issues.