Conference Overview
The BRICS is an important and strategic alliance to belong to given the role of emerging economies in advancing the restructuring of global political, economic and financial architecture into one that is more equitable, balanced and which rests on the important pillar of multilateralism.
South Africa, the newest member of the BRICS provides an important link to the African continent and strengthens our position as a gateway to Africa. The group offers an extensive lucrative market for our goods and services and significant opportunities to implement our Industrial Policy Action Plan and the New Growth Path framework. This will effectively promote trade and investment which enhances industrialisation
and promotes job creation.
New areas of cooperation within the BRICS are being explored in science and technology, culture, sport, climate change and energy, finance, agriculture, statistics, justice, development finance institutions, business development and exchange as well as in academia. There is a very wide scope for cooperation in various projects within the BRICS structures.
What are the benefits of South Africa being a member of the Brazil, Russia, India, China (BRICS) group with regard to;
(a) Trade,
(b) Productive Investment,
(c) Industrialisation,
(d) Agriculture
(e) Manufacturing
(f) Mining
(g) Rural Development
(h) Value adding along the productive chain exports and
(i) The priority of accelerating employment?
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