Photograph of two researchers with baseball hats examining something. Their equipment lies on the ground between them. Behind them is a stretch of rocky landscape.

Photograph of the landscape of South Africa. There is full sun setting and a bird flying across the sky.

This report discusses negotiations to launch a free trade agreement (FTA) between the United States and the five members of the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) (Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, and Swaziland) that began on June 3, 2003. A potential FTA would eliminate tariffs over time, reduce or eliminate non-tariff barriers, liberalize service trade, protect intellectual property rights, and provide technical assistance to help SACU nations achieve the goals of the agreement. This potential agreement would be subject to congressional approval.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Folk art from the Republic of South Africa is admired by Melvin Van Helsdingen, Mrs. Helsdingen, right, and their guest, Miss Adrienne Van Helsdingen."

Newspaper clipping of the article, "ANC battle for liberty is for all, official says," in the San Antonio Light discussing Lyndall Shope-Mafole's address to the benefit organized by the San Antonio Mandela Project.

Newspaper clipping of the second page of an article titled, "ANC: Freedom struggle" in the San Antonio Light discussing the struggles with securing permission to visit South Africa and Nelson Mandela's recent visit to the United States.

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about world football league which included Rayfield Wright, Jethro Pugh and D. D. Lewis to the list of Cowboys.

Negotiations to launch a free trade agreement (FTA) between the United States and the five members of the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) (Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, and Swaziland) began on June 3, 2003. A potential FTA would eliminate tariffs over time, reduce or eliminate non-tariff barriers, liberalize service trade, protect intellectual property rights, and provide technical assistance to help SACU nations achieve the goals of the agreement. This potential agreement would be subject to congressional approval.