NEW: South Africa to teach Mandarin in schools

South African state schools will introduce Mandarin lessons next year in a bid to bolster cultural relations with China, its largest trading partner, a government official said Wednesday.

Basic education spokesman Elijah Mhlanga told AFP that South Africa hopes to teach Mandarin to "as many people as far as practically possible".

Mhlanga said that the programme -- part of a 10-year plan signed by South African President Jacob Zuma in December last year -- was already under way.

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