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The much-anticipated BRICS Summit, New Delhi starts today. Leaders of some of the BRICS countries ariived yesterday and today with SA President Cyril Ramaphosa expected to attend as issues of trade, diplomacy and cooperation become a focal point.
BRICS 2026

BRICS leaders gather in India as wars and rivalries test bloc’s unity

BRICS is bigger than ever. But can it agree on anything?

  • AFP
2 min read
Environmental activists calling on the government to “Cancel Coal” during protests a few years back.
ENVIRONMENT

“People are the economy”: what Tafelberg, Shell and coal are really about

When South Africa says it wants growth, what exactly are we counting as growth, and whose lives are included in the calculation?

  • Vivian Warby
8 min read
Wildlife is one of the great attractions for tourists.
TOURISM AND CULTURE

South Africa wants tourism to become a year-round engine of growth

As Tourism Month begins, government is betting that digital discovery, new investment, regional connectivity and domestic travel can spread the economic benefits of tourism far…

  • Yogashen Pillay
7 min read