www.lionsdailynews.com friday, june 24 , 2011

T
HE INTELLIGENT WAY TO
WIDESPREAD in Africa is the Take the BRIC acronym. remarkable happened. Arguably, letter ‘s’ from lower to upper case
belief that one should raise one’s Coined in 2001 by Jim O’Neil something even more significant will almost certainly alter the entire
bed (or in this case the equally of Goldman Sachs, he predicted ����� �������� ����destiny ����� of a continent. ����� ������
������������ ������������ that by 2014 four ������ key emerging ��� Cup on African soil.
At The Jupiter Drawing Room
prevent the unwelcome advances of economies, Brazil, China, India and Along with the Christmas (South Africa), an agency that is
little spirits called Tokoloshes. Russia, would account for over 60% cards, an invitation arrived on the SA born and bred, we celebrated
Some Europeans may find this of global growth. (To his lasting desk of South African President with wild aplomb on our agency
��������� �� ������ �������� credit he settled on BRICs �� ���� and not ����� Jacob Zuma. It was from the heirloom; an original Chesterfield
������ �������� �� �CRIBs). ��������� �������� Chinese President, Hu Jintao, sofa (our first item of furniture
touching wood or even donning Historically, South Africa sat on requesting South Africa joins the remains convincingly emblematic
a favourite pair of underpants to the sidelines, no doubt marvelling at BRICs group of major emerging of the creativity and craftsmanship
bring good luck.
the power and status wielded by this markets.
at the heart of the agency).
Superstitions, it’s clear, take supreme quartet.
BRICs becomes BRICS. And We concur with the sentiments
many forms and guises. As do bricks. Then, late last year, something the simple metamorphosis of the expressed by the International