Success as deals are struck on fringes of Brics Summit
Brics bank will be launched and Transnet has scored a loan with a Chinese bank, writes Sam Mkokeli
Brics nations back Zuma’s Africa agenda
South Africa pushes continent’s economic cause at the Brics Summit in Durban
‘SA leads Brics’ with Africa tax treaties
Study shows SA is more geared than other Brics nations to supporting its companies and citizens in ventures into the rest of Africa
Molewa signs agreements with China at Brics Summit
Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa signs memorandums of understanding on coastal management, biodiversity — including rhino horn trade
Brics nations ‘intend moving swiftly on bank’
‘Great deal of urgency to establish bank’, says Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan
Brics business council ‘to curb reliance on West’
Undersea telecommunications cable among projects discussed by business executives from Brics countries
Brics to conduct ‘formal’ talks on launch of development bank
Announcement at end of Durban summit confirms expectations that Brics countries would set up multilateral lending institution
Brics summit forms business council to deepen trade, investment ties
President Jacob Zuma announces formation of 25-member council of top executives from member countries, headed by SA’s Patrice Motsepe for first year
Gordhan signals progress as Brics bank takes shape
Institution will be in a position to take on more risk than western institutions such as the World Bank, which should make members more self-reliant
SA signs deals with Russia, Brazil finance institutions
South Africa’s Industrial Development Corporation signs agreements with partners from Russia and Brazil in Durban
Opinion
Build Brics bank with citizens in mind
Carlos Tautz
Brazil’s BNDES would be a terrible template for a Brics development bank, given problems in the projects it funds including a lack of transparency
Brics will seal Mozambique’s fate as a resource-cursed country
Mozambique will join the resource-cursed societies of the region as Brics countries and firms rush to exploit the country’s mineral wealth, writes Bobby Peek
Fifth Brics Summit in Durban might well represent the emergence of an interesting new power bloc, writes Z Pallo Jordan
Brics aim for no less than a new world order
South Africa joining Brics despite its modest economic size is a bit like getting a good seat at a top table in a fashionable elite restaurant, ...
Seat at top table confers a status beyond money
Opinion
Brics countries cook the climate
Patrick Bond
Brics have often been given a pass but their carbon-intensive growth trajectories require greater scrutiny of their climate commitments
Opinion
EDITORIAL: Brics bank will be symbolic
In a sense, the concept of a Brics development bank is rooted in ideology rather than practicality
Brics tourists remain ‘untapped market’ for SA
Growth in visitors from bloc impressive, but potential numbers much higher, writes Nick Hedley
Transnet may land $5bn loan from China
The Transnet deal is for the financing of upgrades at rail and port networks
Business warns Zuma on Brics free trade deals
SA to play gracious host to Brics Summit but local business is wary of big promises
Equitable balance of trade needed between SA, China — Zuma
Colonialism disrupted ties but trade on track now, says President Jacob Zuma as he hosts his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping
Brics viewed positively from Moscow
Association seen as an alternative centre of global influence that includes the majority of the world’s population, writes Vladimir ShubinDeveloping world ‘cannot duck’ climate change any longer
Brics states ‘far too timid’ in adoption of pro-poor, renewable energy development, Greenpeace says
Integrated African economies to lift industrial growth, says Davies
Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies says first step is to expand existing regional communities and create large trading blocs
Renminbi on the rise in Africa, says Tshabalala
Standard Bank joint CEO Sim Tshabalala tells pre-Brics summit discussion Chinese currency is increasingly being used in Sino-African trade, bypassing dollar
Five Brics nations are intricately linked through commodities
The Brics nations have important links via commodity markets and through the production and consumption of raw materials, writes Walter de Wet
Brics Summit expected to establish development bank
Gathering will spearhead emerging-markets group’s aim of reforming global balance of power, writes Mariam Isa
Opinion
Never has so much hope been put in Brics nations
Børge Brende
Africa has entered a multi-stakeholder era, and the Brics nations will have a large role to play
Drop ‘giblet rows’ with Brics, says minister
Patrice Motsepe and Maite Nkoana-Mashabane speak at ANC Progressive Business Forum seminar in Durban
Brics bank ‘would help meet Africa’s huge funding needs’
Brics development bank would complement institutions such as World Bank, International Monetary Fund, DBSA CEO Patrick Dlamini says
Brics delegates to ‘add R100m to regional economy’
Expected knock-on effect of Brics Summit is already being felt by hospitality sector in Durban
Time for SA to own its merchant shipping, Brics meeting hears
Call for development of commercial shipping fleet in SA to be among intended outcomes of Brics engagement
Opinion
Russia wants Brics partners to ignore its transgressions
Peggy Hicks
Pretoria should not buy into the idea that for outsiders to promote human rights inside another country is an intolerable infringement on sovereignty
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- Pope Francis and Brics should be on the same side
- Brics bank may bankroll SA’s nuclear ambitions
- Government can be catalyst for investment, says Gama
- Civil society groups plan parallel summits as Brics countries meet in Durban
- Indonesia and Turkey top Brics contenders
- End of bilateral investment treaties in sight
- Uncertainty makes firms reluctant to invest in South Africa, survey shows
- Sacu, India to limit trade talks to tariffs
- South Africa still ranks best for business in Africa
- Russia looks to bolster ties with SA
- Africa’s growth driving consolidation
- Brics ‘to speak with one voice’ to world
- Brics at risk of crumbling under weight of individual agendas
- NEWS ANALYSIS: South Africa must work harder at regional monetary integration
- Think-tanks ‘to guide Brics interaction with Africa’
- Vavi wants ‘space’ for trade unions at Brics Summit
- ‘Brand-new chapter’ in China-SA relations to start
- Brics ‘turning focus on intra-Brics co-operation’
- Use Brics to get a good deal for the rest of Africa
- Only a politician could love a Brics bank
- SA, Russia in talks on military training
- Africa ‘must limit its reliance on China’
- Top-rank delegates for Brics summit
- SA, India cement trade and investment ties on more than one front
- Concert of Europe gives way to the cacophony of the world
- Global growth to remain tepid until 2015, says World Bank
- Defence plans show, talks at Brics summit
- Figures reveal Brazil economy grew less than 1% last year
- Political uncertainty holding companies back, Grant Thornton survey shows
- Russia cagey about Brics development bank
- Brazil turns to private sector
- Russia, South Africa to work on lacklustre trade ties
- Brics as an expert network
- Why co-operation between Africa and China is key
- Valid lessons to be learnt from China
- SA and China’s shared dream for the future
- Partnership drive brings mutual benefit to China and SA
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