South Africa and Ghana are to sign an agreement which will see the two countries co-operating on business, educational, technical, sports and cultural issues.
The bi-national commission would be inaugurated within the next two months, spokesperson for the Presidency, Thabang Chiloane, said in a statement on Sunday.
The decision for the agreement was taken during meetings over the weekend between Ghanaian Vice-President Alhaji Aliu Mahama and Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka in Tshwane.
Mahama also addressed South African business leaders in Johannesburg.
We must r'ealise that Africa's under development is a blessing in disguise'
He encouraged South African business to take advantage of investment opportunities in the West Africa state, that was currently celebrating the 50th anniversary of Independence. Mlambo-Ngcuka said that Ghana had good mining expertise, which South Africa could learn from.
"We must realise that Africa's under development is a blessing in disguise as this state of affairs presents a great business opportunity," Mlambo-Ngcuka said.
She emphasised that the co-operation should include education and human resource development matters.
She also encouraged her counterpart to use South African universities for the training of Ghanaian nationals.
Mahama agreed and said: "It is time that Ghana should start looking south instead of north in terms of education."
He said South Africa had a number of good, affordable educational institutions, which could be used for training Ghanaians.
Mahama was accompanied by the Ghanaian deputy minister of foreign affairs Akwasi Osei Ajei and other senior government officials.
They are scheduled to depart from South Africa on Monday.
Mlambo-Ngcuka also met her Swazi counterpart, Constance Simelane in Tshwane.
The two deputy heads of state discussed the possibility of a regional human resource development strategy that would see the Southern African region collaborating on ways of curbing the brain drain.
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