This week Sandton in Johannesburg becomes the stage for an international event that aims to redefine global trade patterns, as Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa meet for the 15th Brics Summit.
In late June, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Wellcome Trust announced that they will, together, contribute more than R10bn for the next phase of a clinical trial to test how well a new vaccine, called M72/AS01E, works to stop people from getting sick with TB.