{"id":45221,"date":"2026-09-11T08:18:32","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T06:18:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=45221"},"modified":"2026-09-11T08:18:32","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T06:18:32","slug":"sa-president-ramaphosa-arrives-in-india-for-brics-summit","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/sa-president-ramaphosa-arrives-in-india-for-brics-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"SA President Ramaphosa arrives in India for BRICS summit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"x_divRplyFwdMsg\">\n<div data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">South African (SA) President Cyril Ramaphosa has arrived in New Delhi, India, to attend the 18th Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa (BRICS) Summit, taking place from Saturday until Sunday.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\nThe summit, hosted under India&#8217;s Chairship, theme &#8220;Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Security.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div>\nRamaphosa\u00a0will today address the\u00a0BRICS\u00a0Business Forum, focusing on trade, supply chains, agriculture, women-led development, the digital economy and innovation.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He will also attend the India and SA Business Leadership Roundtable, aimed at boosting bilateral trade and investment, including in pharmaceuticals, infrastructure, critical minerals and electric vehicle battery production.<\/div>\n<div>\nAt the summit,\u00a0Ramaphosa\u00a0is expected to push for greater intra-BRICS\u00a0trade and investment, African\u00a0industrialisation\u00a0and increased investment in infrastructure aligned with the African Continental Free Trade Area.<\/div>\n<div>\nHe will also participate in discussions on reforming global governance, including the United Nations and international financial system, and hold bilateral meetings with other leaders.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211;SABC&#8211;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":42332,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-45221","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"Ramaphosa has arrived in New Delhi, India","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/45221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/45221\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45222,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/45221\/revisions\/45222"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=45221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}