Cross-border co-operation makes encouraging progress

SOUTH AFRICA and Mozambique are committed
to increasing economic co-operation.
In September, President Thabo Mbeki and
his Mozambican counterpart Armando Guebuza
co-chaired the South Africa-Mozambique Heads
of State Economic Bilateral Commission at the
Presidential Guesthouse in Pretoria.
According to a statement issued after the
meeting, they discussed a number of issues relating
to business and transport.
These included economic cooperation,
tourism and environment issues, finance, customs
administration and border matters, minerals and
energy, and transport and communication.
“Generally it was a meeting that registered a lot
of progress from a lot of fronts, Trade and Industry
Minister Mandisi Mpahlwa said after the meeting.
Agreements were signed on finance and
the avoidance of double taxation and on the
establishment of One-Stop-Border Posts, which will
first be implemented at the Lubombo Border Post
between the two countries.