Ghana’s former President, Flt. Lt. Jerry John Rawlings on Sunday paid a courtesy call on President Thabo Mbeki, former President of South Africa, at his residence in Johannesburg.

The two former leaders held discussions on world issues and explored ways of allowing their wealth of knowledge and experience to impact positively, especially on the African continent.

Present at the meeting were Mrs Zanele Dlamini Mbeki, aide to President Mbeki Mukoni Ratshitanga and Messrs Herbert Mensah and Kobina Andoh, aides to President Rawlings.

President Rawlings was in South Africa to receive an award at the Walter Sisulu University Butterworth campus, in the Eastern Cape Province and attend an ANC organised 50th anniversary celebration of the African Union.