The present research aims at elucidating the beneficiation derived from Southern African Development Community’s (SADC’s) engagement with BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa). Special attention is paid on South Africa’s (SA’s) representation of the SADC nation within the BRICS. The study will discuss the motivation and objectives that influenced the formation of BRICS to establish whether those objectives are being fulfilled. In addition, the global role of BRICS will also be explored and how that role affects member countries. The study will investigate the criterion employed to include only Brazil, China, India, Russia and SA within the BRICS. The research maintains that BRICS’ interests in the SADC region depict political ambitions in numerous ways. The study attempts to answer the following two questions: First, what is the position of individual countries within BRICS when member countries are engaged in either a military conflict or due to internal political crisis threatening global peace, a member of BRICS is slapped with an international embargo? Second, how would SADC benefit through SA as a member of BRICS? The first point (question) constitutes the bone of contention that BRICS harbours political ambitions towards SADC. The research utilizes a constructivist theory as a conceptual framework.