PRESIDENT Jacob Zuma is scheduled to visit Lesotho this week for talks about the Southern African Customs Union (Sacu).Zuma is the chairman of the Sacu summit.Sacu member states are Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, SA and Swaziland.The Presidency on said Tuesday that the consultations to be held in Lesotho were a follow-up to discussions held by Sacu heads of state and government at the inauguration of the new headquarters building in Windhoek, Namibia, in November last year."The discussions will also focus on progress in the implementation of the Sacu work programme as adopted by the 2011 Sacu Summit," presidential spokesman Bongani Ngqulunga said."The deliberations will also consider regional, continental and global economic and trade developments and their impact on Sacu."International Relations Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies and Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan will accompany Zuma to Lesotho.In April this year Zuma travelled to Botswana, Namibi...
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