International News
Brics leaders meet in South Africa as bloc weighs expansion
By: Reuters 22nd August 2023 Leaders of the Brics nations - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa - are due to open a summit in Johannesburg on Tuesday where they will... →
A warming between SA and the US on the eve of Brics
By: News24Wire 22nd August 2023 On the eve of the 15th Brics summit, both South African and US diplomatic sources say they believe that relations between the two countries have... →
Xi’s visit to South Africa for Brics marks rare trip abroad
By: Bloomberg 18th August 2023 Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend the Brics summit in South Africa next week, a rare journey abroad for the leader who has preferred to stay... →
Five things to watch as South Africa hosts Brics Summit
By: Bloomberg 18th August 2023 South Africa hosts a summit of the Brics group of nations and others in the Global South next week who are seeking to balance Western dominance of... →
Niger junta says open to talks as Putin, US stress peace
By: Reuters 16th August 2023 Niger's junta on Tuesday said that it was open to talks to resolve a regional crisis caused by last month's military coup, while Russia and the... →
Brics isn’t competing with any bloc, South African diplomat says
By: Bloomberg 14th August 2023 The Brics group of emerging market powers aims to promote the interests of the developing world and isn’t in competition with any other bloc, a top... →
Geopolitical tensions expected to increase to 2050
By: Darren Parker 11th August 2023 Geopolitical tensions are likely to increase over the next few decades as countries reposition themselves, research firm BMI Research – a Fitch... →
Iran seeks South Africa support for accelerated Brics membership 
By: Bloomberg 10th August 2023 Iran asked South Africa’s government to support its “accelerated membership” of Brics, as the five-nation bloc prepares to hold a summit later this... →
