IN A highly eventful week for President Cyril Ramaphosa and his foreign relations team, South Africa proudly reclaimed its place as a regional powerhouse and a strategic global player of note.
First, the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation (Dirco) Naledi Pandor, hosted the foreign ministers of the BRICS countries in Cape Town in preparation for the upcoming summit in August.
The BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) bloc is fast becoming a major player in the rapidly changing geopolitics. The bloc represents more than 40% of the world’s population, enhancing the legitimacy of BRICS as a true voice of the people, particularly those often times marginalised in the global south.
Ramaphosa also announced that he had tasked his deputy, Paul Mashatile, to
