South Africa Shuns Pressure to Take Sides in Russia-Ukraine War.

Read more: BRICS Leaders to Discuss Russian War in Ukraine at August Summit South Africa joined BRICS, whose other members are Brazil, Russia, India and China, in late 2010, and is due to host the bloc's annual summit in Johannesburg next month. (Bloomberg) -- South Africa won't bow to pressure to pick sides in Russia's war on Ukraine and is confident an African-leader initiative to broker an end to the fighting will succeed, Deputy President Paul Mashatile said. [Extracted from the article]