India's African Safari

The South African Institute of International Affairs published on 4 July 2016 a commentary titled "Modi's African Safari" by Elizabeth Sidiropoulos.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit in July Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, and Kenya. Last year, he visited Mauritius and Seychelles. The Indian President in June visited Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire, and Namibia. India is clearly reaching out to African nations at a time when the Indian economy is performing better than the other BRICS.

The BRICS: the Northern and Southern Connections

The Diplomatist published in August 2015 an analysis titled "Ufa and BRICS-SCO Connection Eurasia-Indian Ocean Nexus" by Francis Kornegay, Institute for Global Dialogue in South Africa.  He notes the differences between the northern and southern members of the BRICS and suggests that India may be the linchpin between the two groups.

China, India, Brazil, and the Indian Ocean

The Diplomatist published in July 2015 an article titled "Changing Security Environment in the Indian Ocean: Re-looking the Effectiveness of Existing Regional and Sub-Regional Initiatives" by Francis Kornegay, University of South Africa.

The article discusses the prospects for cooperation in the Indian Ocean by IBSA members India, Brazil, and South Africa in view of China's leadership of the BRICS.

China-South Africa Relations

The Centre for Chinese Studies at Stellenbosch University in South Africa published in December 2011 a paper on the growing partnership between South Africa and China. The author is Haibin Niu, a research fellow at Shanghai Institutes for International Studies, who was a visiting scholar at the Centre for Chinese Studies.

The paper, A Chinese Perspective on South Africa as an Emerging Power: Global, Regional and Bilateral Relations, emphasizes the regional and global importance of South Africa now that it has become a member of BRICS with Chinese support.