SOUTH Africa, which is presiding over Brics this year, will host the summit for the bloc during the second half of the year, the Department of International Relations and Cooperation has confirmed.
South Africa assumed its Brics presidency on 1 January, taking over from its China counterpart which hosted the 14th summit virtually, under the theme ‘Building a high-quality partnership to usher in a new era of global development’.
The 15th Brics summit returns to an in-person meeting, following three years of virtual meet-ups as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Brics, the group of five of the world’s largest emerging economies – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – aims to promote development, trade ties and cooperation among member countries, among other objectives.
South Africa’s presidency of Brics this year comes at a time when President Cyril Ramaphosa is already under pressure to address the myriad issues facing
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