Nelspruit, South Africa — A delegation of business people and government officials from Maputo, Mozambique, will visit Mpumalanga on Wednesday to do the groundwork for a twinning agreement that was signed last year.

The delegation will be led by Maputo's governor Alfredo Namitete and will visit agricultural and tourism projects in the province as well as Bohlabela Wheels, South Africa's only armaments company owned by a black woman.

The agreement covers social-economic issues like health care tourism and business, said Mpumalanga premier Ndaweni Mahlangu's spokesman Sibusiso Shube on Tuesday.

"Last years' agreement gave a framework which the two provinces could follow," said Shube. "This time there will be discussions that aim to come up with an action plan."

On Wednesday, the delegation will visit sugarcane plantations in Mbuzini, the Driekoppies Dam, Matsamo Cultural Village, a strawberry project in Carolina and the Ermelo hospital.

Shube said the two countries already had national agreements that led to the development of the Maputo Development Corridor, the Mozambique Aluminium Smelter (Mozal) and the US$1,2-billion Sasol Natural Gas Project.

"The agreements have made Mozambique accessible to Mpumalanga businesspeople and created many jobs," he said.

Shube added that Mpumalanga also had twinning agreements with two Chinese provinces that have seen that country's businesses investing in the province.