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South Africa is the only African nation in the BRICS bloc, which also includes Brazil, Russia, India and China.
The acronym Bric standing for Brazil, Russia, India and China did not initially include South Africa and was coined in 2001 by then Goldman Sachs chief economist Jim O’Neill in a research paper that underlined the growth potential of the four countries.