Zuma and Mugabe are today chairing a forum in Harare that's meant to strengthen economic and political ties between the two neighbours, who both face rising discontent at home.
The forum is being held just a day after the damning state capture report was released, implicating the president, Cabinet ministers and state-owned entities in corruption.
Mugabe says he and Zuma need each other now more than ever.
However, Mugabe let it slip that a forum of business representatives from both countries wasn’t going to be part of today’s deliberations.
That will be a disappointment for Zimbabwe, which was pinning its hopes on new investment and trade leads.
