South Africa wishes to increase investment and trade cooperation between its and Algeria's state-owned companies, South African Foreign Minister Lindiwe Sisulu said on Wednesday.

Environmental NGOs welcomed South Africa's decision to scrap the plan on boosting energy supply from nuclear plants, and expressed hope that further steps will be taken by the country in embracing renewables, in comments to Sputnik.

UK Prime Minister Theresa May said on Tuesday in Cape Town she would like the United Kingdom to become G7's largest investor in Africa by 2022.

The BRICS association, comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, is working toward signing an agreement in the area of international information security, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said on Tuesday.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will pay a state visit to China prior to the 2018 Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), to be held on September 3-4, South African Foreign Minister Lindiwe Sisulu said Monday.