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South African President Jacob Zuma will *today host the President of the People's Republic of China, Xi Jinping, on a state visit. This, ahead of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, FOCAC summit which is taking place for the first on African soil this weekend. The forum will be preceded by a meeting of senior officials on today followed by the Sixth Ministerial Meeting of FOCAC on Thursday. President Xi Jinping and President Zuma will co-chair the actual summit on Friday and Saturday. African Heads of State and Government, representatives from the African Union, heads of regional organisations and multilateral organisations will also participate in the summit which will be held under the theme 'Africa-China Progressing Together: Win-Win Cooperation for Common Development. For more on this, Jazaar Raad spoke to Yazini April Research - a specialist at the Human Sciences Reseach Council of South Africa. ...