I-BRICS iyiqembu leminotho eyishumi emikhulu: Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates kanye ne-Iran. Lawa mazwe ehlangene amele cishe amaphesenti angama-50 abantu emhlabeni futhi acishe abe ngama-30% e-GDP yomhlaba. Kodwa kukhona inselele enkulu ababhekene nayo?
Ngaphezu kwezinkinga zezombangazwe, ezempi nezomnotho, kunesidingo futhi sokumelana ne-imperialism yamasiko nezilimi. Izwe ngalinye le-BRICS linolimi lwalo oluyinhloko, kanti amanye, njenge-India neNingizimu Afrika, anezilimi eziningi ezisemthethweni.
Funda kabanzi mayelana nokuthi amazwe e-BRICS abhekana kanjani nalezi zinselele kanye neqhaza elidlalwa izilimi ebudlelwaneni bamazwe ngamazwe.