BRICS Summit travel watch: Delhi is tightening security and traffic for the Sept 12-13 BRICS Leaders’ Summit, with major road restrictions and diversions plus metro advice for airport and rail passengers. Diplomacy with a South Africa angle: Russia’s Putin met Ramaphosa in New Delhi, pledging expanded student scholarships and discussing trade and cooperation. Tourism and business push: Ramaphosa used the BRICS Business Forum to warn against a raw-material trap for Africa, urging investment in manufacturing, beneficiation and logistics. Airport safety concern: A Heathrow court heard tear gas was sprayed near a Terminal 3 coffee shop, leaving passengers coughing and some vomiting blood, after a suitcase theft incident. Local feel-good for travellers: Cape Town’s Two Oceans Aquarium and Visions for Change SA plan a Muizenberg beach cleanup on Sept 19 for International Coastal Cleanup Day. Cost-of-living reality: FNB’s retirement-funds commentary says rising costs and debt are forcing many South Africans to raid retirement savings or cut back on life’s pleasures. Rugby trip planning: South Africans heading to Baltimore for the Springboks match are hunting for familiar flavours, with African food markets highlighted as go-to stops.