US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is in South Africa on the second leg of her 11-day tour of the continent. Mrs Clinton will hold meetings with her South African counterpart and with former President Nelson Mandela on the first of three days in the country.
Talks will focus on business and on HIV/Aids, which affects nearly 6 million South Africans. In the coming days she will meet President Jacob Zuma, for talks likely to include the situation in Zimbabwe. Correspondents say Mrs Clinton will ask Mr Zuma to use his influence to combat what she has called "negative effects of the continuing presidency of President [Robert] Mugabe" in Zimbabwe. Relations between the US and South Africa were warm during the 1990s under Presidents Mandela and Bill Clinton.
