President Cyril Ramaphosa in his element at the BRICS summit in Sandton, where he hosted Brazil President Lula da Silva, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russia's Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov.
We must always keep in mind that the very system that BRICS is criticising has enabled China to rise to be the second-largest economy, argues Mpumelelo Mkhabela.
In what could be interpreted as a tentative step towards "de-dollarisation”, the BRICS – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – resolved to encourage the use of their own currencies when trading among themselves.
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