RT | Thursday, October 24, 2024 
BRICS can counter Western sanctions – media CEO

Nonkululeko Patricia Mantula has underscored the group’s growing appeal for countries seeking to escape reliance on external systems. The BRICS group is emerging as a powerful alternative for countries seeking to reduce their dependency on Western structures, Nonkululeko Patricia Mantula, founder and CEO of Global South Queens (GSQ) Media House, has told RT. Speaking on the sidelines of the BRICS Business Forum in Moscow, which was held on October 17-18, Mantula highlighted the organization’s capacity to counter the influence of Western narratives, financial systems, and the impact of sanctions. “Now that we’ve seen sanctions being imposed on certain countries, we’ve seen the biasness of some of these international bodies, the BRICS has become a solution,” Mantula noted, reflecting on how the group, which began with Brazil, Russia, India, and China, has grown into a significant platform for cooperation. She pointed out that countries are drawn to BRICS because of its inclusive approach to diversity and mutual respect, both economically and culturally. Mantula emphasized that BRICS offers its members an opportunity to operate independently of Western structures, making them more resilient to potential sanctions. “Within the BRICS countries we are having a bigger population, more natural resources and if we learn to work independently outside of the Western systems, even the sanctions won’t harm us,” she explained…Read more