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Source: Supplied. SA President Cyril Ramaphosa in a pull-aside meeting with UN Secretary General HE António Guterres on the margins of the Brics-Africa Outreach and Brics Plus Dialogue which took place at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg.

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Source: Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, China's President Xi Jinping, South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov pose during Brics summit in Johannesburg, South Africa.

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#BRICS2023: UN Secretary-General calls for African seat on Security Council

Katja Hamilton 25 Aug 2023

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#BRICS2023: Brazil's Lula in favour of Argentina joining Brics bloc

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Source: Supplied. Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva defended Argentina joining Brics earlier this week.

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#BRICS2023: Brics expands: Argentina, Saudi Arabia join historic Phase One

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Ecobank Kenya partners with Amref Flying Doctors to offer affordable medical evacuation services for clients

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Source: African Rainbow Energy. Patrice Motsepe, Brics Business Council chairperson.

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Source: Reuters. China's Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao and South Africa's Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition Ebrahim Patel.

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Source: IDC. Bank of China chief executive officer, Longjian Chen seen here with SA's minister of trade and industry, Ebrahim Patel signing in the new framework agreement.

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Katja Hamilton 22 Aug 2023

Source: Reuters. South Africa hosted China's Xi Jinping, the leading proponent of enlarging Brics, for a state visit on Tuesday morning (22 August). He is due to attend the Brics Summit this week along with top leaders Brazilian President Luiz Inacio, Lula da Silva and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He is seen here with President Cyril Ramaphosa.

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Source: Supplied. Daniel Munslow, managing executive: Group Communications at Absa Group.

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Source: Supplied. SA President Cyril Ramaphosa in a pull-aside meeting with UN Secretary General HE António Guterres on the margins of the Brics-Africa Outreach and Brics Plus Dialogue which took place at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg.

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Source: Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, China's President Xi Jinping, South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov pose during Brics summit in Johannesburg, South Africa.

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Source: United Nations. UN Secretary-General, António Guterres.

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Source: Reuters.

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HealthcareEcobank Kenya partners with Amref Flying Doctors to offer affordable medical evacuation services for clients

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Source: African Rainbow Energy. Patrice Motsepe, Brics Business Council chairperson.

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Source: Reuters.

Finance#BRICS2023: South African rand stronger as Brics summit kicks off

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Source: IDC. Bank of China chief executive officer, Longjian Chen seen here with SA's minister of trade and industry, Ebrahim Patel signing in the new framework agreement.

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Source: Reuters. South Africa hosted China's Xi Jinping, the leading proponent of enlarging Brics, for a state visit on Tuesday morning (22 August). He is due to attend the Brics Summit this week along with top leaders Brazilian President Luiz Inacio, Lula da Silva and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He is seen here with President Cyril Ramaphosa.

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Source: Department of International Relations and Cooperation (Dirco).

FinanceSouth Africa to host Chinese President Xi Jinping ahead of 15th Brics Summit

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Source: Wikipedia. Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana.

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Source: Reuters.

FinanceBrics nations to meet in South Africa seeking to blunt Western dominance

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Source: Engineering News Gateway Mall in KwaZulu-Natal. the declining June 2023 real retail sales numbers point to a likely continuation of the recent weakening in the retail property market on a national basis

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Source: Reuters.

RetailRand inches up before retail sales data release

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FinanceDollar shrugs off Fitch's US credit rating downgrade

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FinanceSouth Africa's preliminary trade balance deficit reaches R3.5bn

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Source: Reuters.Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov speaks during the annual end-of-year news conference of Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, Russia 19 December, 2019.

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File photo: William Ruto, President of Kenya, speaks during a joint press conference with Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, French President Emmanuel Macron, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and World Bank President Ajay Banga at the end of the New Global Financial Pact Summit, Friday, 23 June 2023 in Paris, France. Lewis Joly/Pool via Reuters/File Photo

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