NEW YORK CITY, USA - SEPTEMBER 21, 2017: South African Foreign Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane at a BRICS Foreign Ministers Meeting on the sidelines of the 72nd session of United Nations (UN) General Assembly. Alexander Shcherbak/TASS (Photo by Alexander Shcherbak / TASS via Getty Images) South Africa, which took over the rotational chairship of the emerging economies grouping Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS), is set to host the 10th summit in July. The summit, whi...

The 9th BRICS Academic Forum and 6th Think-Tank Council Meeting were held from 10th to 12th June 2017 in Fuzhou, China, and was attended by Think-Tank representatives from BRICS countries, namely Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa - through the South African BRICS Think Tank (SABTT), as well as other emerging and developing countries including Egypt, Argentina, Chile, and Nigeria.