ZUMA TO VISIT CHINA

FOREIGN Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma will pay an official visit to China and Japan later this week. She will be accompanied by Deputy Arts and Culture Minister Brigitte Mabandla and senior foreign affairs officials, a ministry statement said. She is expected to hold talks with her Chinese counterpart Tang Jiaxuan and Japanese Foreign Minister Yohei Kono. Both countries are important strategic partners of South Africa.

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