A pendant bearing the image of ailing former South African President Nelson Mandela is seen on a well-wisher outside the Medi-Clinic Heart Hospital where he is being treated in Pretoria June 26, 2013.[Photo/Agencies]
An unusually heavy downpour hit Durban for two days before the BRICS summit's debut on African soil, but interest for a better platform for emerging markets were still sparked at the summit.