Our focus is to build a partnership between BRICS and Africa to unlock mutually beneficial opportunities for increased trade, investment, and infrast… - Makgathatso Charlotte Chana Pilane-Majake

South Africa government is more certain that the BRICS partnership has the ability support South Africa and the African continent at large on the journey towards economic.

South Africa’s clear vision for growth and development is outlined in the National Development Plan (NDP) in the context of realisation of socio-economic rights and redistribution of wealth to redress the apartheid inequalities of the past.

Our BRICS counterparts countries have done a lot in this regard, we are learning from them, they are learning from us, so by gathering researchers, and scholars, we will gain much better understanding of how cutting edge programmes are being developed and deployed across the world in order for us as the NSG to reposition ourselves a premier school of government that is delivering programmes that are effective, programmes that are groundbreaking, programmes that are making impact.