Mugabe n Zuma To Attend Launch Of Binational Commission

Zimbabwe said it had 38 agreements with South Africa in areas ranging from trade to defence and outstanding agreements must now be "sealed and implemented", Mr Mumbengegwi said.

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe and his South African counterpart Jacob Zuma are due to attend the launch of the binational commission set up by the two countries to strengthen economic and political ties.

Zimbabwe's Foreign Minister Simbarashe Mumbengegwi said the two neighbours intend to take relations a "notch higher" through the commission while his South African counterpart Maite Nkoana-Mashabane said they shared a relationship of a "special kind".

The commission is holding its inaugural meeting in Zimbabwe's capital, Harare.