Bigger Brics will be near top of agenda at SA summit

An expanded Brics would account for ‘almost 50% of the global population and over 35% of global GDP’, says SA Brics ambassador Anil Sooklal

03 August 2023 - 21:22 By S'thembile Cele and Sudhi Ranjan Sen

A planned announcement on the expansion of Brics at a forthcoming summit in SA will mark a significant change in the global order, the nation’s ambassador to the five-nation bloc said, even as some of its members push back against new admissions...

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