It’s unclear when he will travel to Kinshasa to sign agreements, with his counterpart Joseph Kabila, reached in days of talks between officials and the respect foreign ministers.

The eleventh session of the binational commission with South Africa comes at a tumultuous time for the DRC.

The Ebola outbreak in the east of the Central African giant has entered a second wave with at least 24 people dying in recent days.

Security authorities are at full stretch preparing for elections on December 23 after which President Joseph Kabila will be standing down.

President Cyril Ramaphosa will hopefully recover soon from the upper respiratory tract infection preventing him from traveling to Kinshasa.

The question is when will the Congolese authorities find the time to receive him?

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