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Johannesburg - South Africa and Ghana need to work together to ensure the memorandums of understanding (MOUs) they have agreed on produce jobs, President Jacob Zuma said on Monday.
"In 2011, during the state visit to South Africa by the late president of Ghana John Atta Mills, our two governments signed seven MOUs," said Zuma.
"As partners, we need to ensure that the fruits of these MOUs translate into jobs and the creation of prosperity for our peoples," he said.
He was addressing Ghanaian President John Mahama and other delegates during a visit to the West African country.
Eight South African ministers accompanied Zuma on the two-day visit.
"We are happy that we are making progress on collaboration in various sectors including energy, science and technology, trade and industry, tourism, environment, agriculture and transport," said Zuma.
More MOUs, including those of co-operation in electricity, a bilateral air service agreement, co-operation in transport related matters and a bureau of standards were expected to be signed during his visit.
"We are particularly pleased with the collaboration in the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project bid, and the continued collaboration between our two countries in the design of the SKA Implementation Strategy and the Africa Very Long Baseline Interferometry programme," he said.
The SKA is a radio telescope which is being developed by Australia and South Africa.
Zuma said Ghana played an important role in South Africa's economy.
"Ghana is now South Africa's second largest export market in West Africa, while South Africa's investment in Ghana's economy amounted to more than R5bn in 2012. We have to encourage a further improvement in this area," said Zuma.
