The South African Presidency, which announced the visit, highlighted that the trip aims to "solidify relations between the two countries".
The visit aims to "solidify relations between the two countries that share deep historical ties", said when the trip was announced on December 5, the South African Presidency spokesman, Vincent Magwenya.
After the meeting at the Presidential Palace, the two heads of state will open a Business Forum.
"The forum will be on the theme 'South Africa and Angola: Working Together to Forge a New Era of Cooperation and Partnerships to Increase Mutually Beneficial Trade and Investment'", highlighted the South African Presidency without giving details.
On November 1st, the head of South African diplomacy, Ronald Lamola, was received by João Lourenço at the Presidential Palace, in Luanda.
The meeting served to discuss details of this Thursday's visit, according to the Presidency of the Republic.
The South African minister also discussed with his counterpart, Téte António, specific areas of bilateral cooperation, namely in the sectors of electricity production, mining and agriculture.
During his visit to Angola in August, Cyril Ramaphosa recognized Angola's role in mediating the conflict between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRCongo) and Rwanda, the issue of security in the countries of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) one of the topics that should return to the table at this Thursday's meeting.
In addition to the conflict in eastern DRCongo, a country that borders Angola, Mozambique, which borders South Africa, has been the scene of a wave of opposition to the results of the October 9 general elections announced by the National Electoral Commission and which they still have to be validated by the Constitutional Council.
Angola and South Africa established diplomatic relations in 1994, following the end of 'apartheid' in that country and the inauguration of Nelson Mandela as the first democratically elected President.
