SA observers for Zim elections
South Africa is to send an observer team to Zimbabwe on Thursday to monitor the upcoming elections in that country.
French experts give Eskom a hand
Seven French electricity experts are in South Africa to help state company Eskom tackle the country's electricity shortage.
SA, France sign raft of pacts
South Africa and France signed a raft of agreements at the start of French President Nicolas Sarkozy's state visit on Thursday, in what President Thabo Mbeki described as a deepening of the "already excellent relations" between the two countries.
'New era' for Africa, France
French President Nicolas Sarkozy, addressing a joint sitting of South Africa's Parliament in Cape Town on Thursday, promised a wide-ranging review of France's military involvement in Africa, while announcing a €2.5-billion initiative to spur economic growth on the continent.
