President Xi Jinping is warmly greeted by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa upon his arrival at the OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, Aug. 21, 2023. Xi arrived in Johannesburg on Monday to attend the 15th BRICS Summit to be held here, and pay a state visit to South Africa. (Xinhua/Li Xueren)
New Development Bank
World New Development Bank
“The New Development Bank (NDB) is a multilateral development bank established by Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) with the purpose of mobilising resources for infrastructure and sustainable development projects in emerging markets and developing countries (EMDCs).”
“Our strong mandate and potential put us in a unique position to contribute to global growth and development.”
https://www.ndb.int/about-ndb/
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, (born November 17, 1952, Johannesburg, South Africa), South African activist, businessman, and politician widely credited for his role in the 1990s in the negotiations that ended South Africa’s racially discriminatory policy of apartheid and that ushered in a new era of nonracial government. He has been president of South Africa since 2018 and of the African National Congress (ANC), the ruling party, since 2017.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Cyril-Ramaphosa
South Africa Apartheid
“Appalling atrocities occurred under the flag of apartheid as the white minority government sought to impose a racist system on the majority of South African citizens. Many of the atrocities were subsequently investigated by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and are now seared into public memory.”
Council on Foreign Relations
https://www.cfr.org/blog/despite-progress-south-africa-after-apartheid-problems-persist?amp
African National Congress (ANC), which has governed South Africa since the transition to “non-racial” democracy in 1994. At present, it is anticipated that the principal beneficiary of a decline in ANC support will be the radical Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) and, less likely, the formal opposition, the Democratic Alliance (DA). While polling shows that President Cyril Ramaphosa, who is the ANC party leader, is much more popular than the EFF’s Julius Malema or
BRICS Summit 2023: The Quest for a New World Order
Russia’s Putin attends BRICS summit in South Africa remotely while facing war crimes warrant
https://apnews.com/article/china-russia-xi-jinping-putin-bric
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