The visit will start today and conclude with the summit tomorrow.
It is expected that the summit will review progress made since the last meeting on June 5 said the President's office.
It will, among other things, called for a speedy organisation of Burundi elections as per the Arusha Agreement's timeframes.
Zuma has also been mandated as the facilitator of the peace process to assist the Barundi parties to reach a post-election power sharing agreement and also announce action against the Palipehutu-FNL, the Burundi armed group, which remains outside of the peace process.
"The Deputy President will present a report to the Summit on the progress made on the power sharing talks and other interventions since the last Summit," the Presidency said.
About 29 Burundi opposition political parties have agreed to implement a refined power-sharing deal and the holding of elections following long talks in Pretoria. More than 300 000 people have been killed in ethnic clashes that also devastated Burundi's economy and infrastructure.
In the latest incident, at least 159 ethnic Banyamulenge Tutsis, most of them women and children, were massacred at a UN refugee camp at Gatumba in western Burundi last week Friday.
The refined agreement states that the National Assembly will be constituted of 60% Hutu Deputies, 40% Tutsi Deputies, and three deputies from the BaTwa group.
Women are expected to constitute a minimum of 30% of the envisaged government.
The latest talks in Pretoria that were attended by both President Mbeki and Deputy President Zuma are supportive of the Arusha Accord signed four years ago.
The Arusha Declaration stipulated that as part of the efforts to bring peace in Burundi, the Tutsi leader President Pierre Buyoya should rule for a period of 18 months and then hand over power to Domitien Ndayizeye, a Hutu, who in turn will rule for the same period.
The latter is currently ruling the country still struggling to find a last political direction in line with the African Union's new strategic vision of a continent free of conflicts. – BuaNews.
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