"The media can be part of the BRICS trip"

South Africa will co-host the third BRICS Media Forum in Cape Town on July 18 and 19, with 120 delegates from the major media of the five countries' alliance and the US. Africa present.

The Media Forum will be held at the Westin Hotel on Foreshore and is the BRICS 'largest media forum.

BRICS Business Council President Dr. Iqbal Survé co-hosts the BRICS Media Forum with Xinhua President. Agency, Cai Mingzhao

Keynote speakers include Communication Minister Nomvula Mokanyane and Wang Xiaohui, Deputy Head of the Advertising Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee

This year's theme is BRICS Media Cooperation – Fostering a Just and Inclusive World Order. Topics to be discussed include: Strengthening the BRICS narrative: the role and responsibility of the media, and Imagining a global future shared by constructive and development journalism: exploring ways to strengthen cooperation between new media in BRICS countries.

The forum is held in tandem with South Africa which will host this year's summit Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) and the BRICS Business Council

. The role of the BRICS and the BRICS Business Council in shaping a better future for nearly half of the world should not be underestimated and the media have the opportunity to be part of the trip .

"It can not be overemphasized how important the media is in changing the story of the work the BRICS countries are doing – there are stories to tell, of how alliances and partnerships are forged. to invest across borders, not only in the BRICS but also in Africa.

'Stories of how to build a road, bridge or railway line can change the fate of

"This creates opportunities for foreign direct investment, which in turn translates into jobs, and reporting these developments in an objective and factual way can help change the way we are seen." said Mr. Survé of the Xinhua News Agency, People's Daily, China Daily, China.org, Chinanet, China Central TV and the Shanghai United Media Group

The Russian contingent includes representatives of Russia Today TV, TV BRIC S, from Sputnik News Russian News Agency TASS and Rossiyskaya
Gazeta

Indian media sends delegates from The Hindu, India Today, The
Indian Media, ABP News Network and Indo-Asian News Service

Brazilian media companies CMG Group, Correio Braziliense, Valor Econômico and Monitor Mercantil will participate.

South African media includes Independent Media, Media24, Mail & Guardian, SABC, Blackstar Tiso and the African News Agency

In an exciting development, media representatives from Swaziland, Namibia, Zambia, Tanzania, Kenya, Malawi, Uganda, Liberia and Ghana will also be present. journalists and media schools from Rhodes, Wits, Stellenbosch, UWC and UCT were invited as observers.

The public is invited to a joint photographic exhibition at the Cape Town International Congress Center (CTICC) to see more than 120 images. with the theme of the conference.

The exhibition will be open to the public on July 18 from noon