The agreement signed in Pretoria after today’s talks between Presidents Jacob Zuma and Robert Mugabe  commit the heads of state to meeting annually to review bilateral relations.

It’s interesting that the southern African neighbours have got by all this time with a joint commission.

The binational architecture now in place is the highest form of relations between countries.

Watched by Presidents Jacob Zuma and Robert Mugabe, ministers signed four more bilateral agreements and two memoranda of understanding.

They cover diplomatic consultations, establishing a joint water commission, assistance  in customs administrations  and cooperation on trade and industry.

Zuma and Mugabe concur that economies of the countries on either side of the Limpopo are inextricably linked.

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