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[OPINION] BRICS summit: Important small steps, but little to show on big issues
The Johannesburg BRICS summit delivered a mixed bag when judged on these two criteria.
Jean-Jacques Cornish says strictly speaking, today BRICS encompasses China, India and the worst performing three emerging economies on earth.
President Cyril Ramaphosa says the summit re-indorsed the UN as a global institution trusted with promoting and protecting basic human rights.
The launch of the Kluchevskoye Gold Mining Project’s been announced on the fringes of the BRICS Summit wrapping in Sandton on Friday.
Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa agreed at the three-day meeting to fight unilateralism and protectionism.
A key theme of the summit is inclusive growth and technological advancements.
Cash-strapped Eskom reported a R2.3 billion ($175 million) loss for the financial year which ended in March.
The five heads of state from the BRICS nations smiled and held hands as they posed for a group photo before formal talks began.
The Money Show’s Bruce Whitfield interviews Marius Oosthuizen of the Gordon Institute of Business Science about how SA will benefit from the BRICS summit and what some of these deals will mean in future.
Paul Mashatile said the government would not take the 'Big Bang approach' to nuclear expansion.
The theme of the summit is Brics in Africa: Collaboration for Inclusive Growth and Shared Prosperity in the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
The break the BRICS coalition plans to march to the convention centre to submit a memorandum to representatives as part of its campaign against what it calls the capitalistic nature of BRICS.
Without mentioning China’s trade enemy, the United States, Xi Jinping has called on BRICS countries to resist the increasing push for protectionism.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has told members at the BRICS Summit that they should reject unilateralism outright.
Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies says this is why the SA government needs to strengthen its trade ties with the rest of the African continent.
With international trade facing its greatest threat in decades, this club of China, Brazil, Russia, South Africa and India will have much to say about it.
Talk Radio 702 presenter Karima Brown speaks to Independent Media’s Group foreign editor Shannon Ebrahim about what the country can expect from the summit.