
Joint cooperation and trust are the key pillars that will thrust the BRICS group of countries as well as the global south towards development and economic growth.
This is the sentiment shared by the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi and the President of Brazil, Lula da Silva.
The two world leaders were addressing the BRICS Business Forum Leaders’ Dialogue at the 15th BRICS Summit held in Johannesburg on Tuesday.
Prime Minister Modi said the COVID-19 pandemic, which ravaged the global economy and destroyed livelihoods, brought into sharp focus the importance of “resilience and inclusive supply chains”.
“For this, joint trust and transparency are extremely vital. By bringing our strengths together, we can produce significant contributions to the welfare of the world, especially the global south.
“In 2009, when the first BRICS summit was held, the world was honest coming out of a massive financial crisis. At that time, BRICS emerged as a ray of hope for the global economy. In the present times also – amongst the COVID pandemic, tensions, disputes… [and] economic challenges – in such times, once again, the role of BRICS countries is critical,” said Modi.
This as his Brazilian counterpart, President da Silva, concurred – adding that the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) countries and developing countries gain an opportunity to forge the way forward in development.
“Since the first summit of heads of state and government, our share in the global economy has been increasing. We believe surpassed the G7 already accounting for 32% of the world GDP [gross domestic product] in purchasing power parity and forecasting indicates that emerging and developing markets are the ones that will note the highest growth…in the coming years.
“BRICS has a unique chance of shaping the global development path. Together, our countries produce up a third of the global economy. This relevance will grow with the admission of novel full members and dialogue partners. Collaboration between the public and private sector is vital for harnessing this potential and achieving lasting results,” President da Silva said. – SAnews.gov.za

Delicious Wing
Laaitie – a young male [light-e] This term is used to describe a male in his teens or early twenties.
Jetta Talent
An retired elderly couple visit London..
They get picked up from the airport in a london black cab and head off into the city for some adventure.
The cab driver say \”where you from guvnor?
Husband. \”we\’re from South Africa\”..
The wife is a little hard of hearing asks her husband.
\”What did he say?\”
The husband turns to his wife and says louder \”the cab driver asked us where we were from, I told him South Africa!\”
The cabbie continues \”I was in the merchant navy years back… I got to drop anchor down your way, a few times in Johannesburg\”
The husband replies \”oh wow that\’s where we\’re from originally, now we\’re in Cape Town.\”
The wife asks the husband again \”what did he say?\”.
The husband again relays the unheard conversation \”the cab driver says he spent some time in the navy and went down to joberg\”.
The wife smiles and nods.