He’ll also attend the summit in Tanzania of the 15-nation Southern African Development Community.

Tomorrow’s state visit is at the invitation of Tanzanian President John Magufuli ,

He and his South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa will discuss regional, continental and global issues of mutual interest.

They will reaffirm their commitment to cooperating on multilateral affairs.

Ramaphosa will visit Morogoro where 70 Tanzanians died last Sunday when a petrol tanker  exploded.

South Africa has historical ties with this town in eastern Tanzania.

Many ANC cadres in exile were trained at the Solomon Mahlangu academy near there and the party’s first national consultative congress was held there 50 years ago. 

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He was speaking at the mass funeral for the victims, many of who were burned beyond recognition.

Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa says the Tanzanian government will provide gravestones for those killed by the tanker explosion once their bodies have been identified using DNA examination.

President John Magafuli says government will pay the medical expenses of the more than 70 people badly burned in the petrol flames.

There have been calls for survivors of the explosion at Morogoro 200 kms west of the capital Dar Es Salaam to be prosecuted to deter people from trying to syphon petrol from overturned tankers.

Magufuli says this not the time to judge anyone.  

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