The Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (Brics) Summit held last week in Johannesburg was “positive and productive”, with member nations focused on how they can support each other’s development and a rules-based multilateral system, business organisation Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) CEO Busi Mavuso writes in her weekly newsletter. “The striking feature of the sessions I attended was the common challenges that the Brics nations face. Ministers from Brazil, India and China spoke of the importance of the energy transition and the need to build the infrastructure to support the growth of their economies and adaptation to climate change.
