/ 28 February 2001

KOK APPLAUDS SA, URGES INVESTMENT

DUTCH Prime Minister Wim Kok, nearing the end of a five-day goodwill visit to South Africa, has praised the country’s democratic and economic progress and urged foreign business to pour in money. ”I am firmly convinced of the fact that it is worthwhile for businesses to be here and to come here,” he said after meeting President Thabo Mbeki during a five-day visit. – Reuters