President Brahim Ghali will be here on Friday.

President Brahim Gali took control of the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic  after the death last year of President Mohamed Abdelaziz.

South Africa is one of the staunchest supporters SADR who’s occupation by Morocco is regarded as Africa’s last colonial issue.

Western Sahara has moved back into the African spotlight with Morocco seeking admission to the AU.

It quit the continental body’s predecessor when the OAU recognized Western Sahara.

President Jacob Zuma’s expected to reassure Gali that Morocco will not be admitted to the AU until it has kept its promise to give the Saharawi people a referendum on self-determination.

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He says Abdelaziz committed his life to the struggle for the independence of the Saharawi people from colonialism.

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President Jacob Zuma’s tribute to his Saharawi counterpart refers to Mohamed Abdelaziz’s fight against Spanish colonialism followed the invasion of his country by Morocco that has occupied it for more than 40 years.

Zuma says South Africa remains committed to continue supporting the inalienable right to self-determination of the people of Western Sahara through the UN-led negotiations and with the support of the African Union.

South Africa’s establishing diplomatic ties with the Western Sahara led Morocco to withdraw its ambassador to Pretoria and its refusal to join the African Union that recognizes the SADR

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His death comes at a sensitive time for his country that’s been illegally occupied by Morocco for more than 40 years.

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The Saharawi  Republic’s declared 40 days of mourning following the death of Mohamed Abdelaziz.

Algeria, which houses the administration in exile of that country, has declared a week of mourning.

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki Moon has expressed his sadness at Abdelaziz’s passing and called him a central figure in the search for a settlement of the Western Sahara dispute.

Ban’s  infuriated Morocco by referring to its occupation of the territory.

It’s expelled part of a United Nations peace-keeping mission deployed in Western Sahara since a ceasefire in the war between Moroccan invaders and the Polisario Front in 1991.

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