In the cathedral-like atmosphere of the world’s diamond headquarters ... his outspoken appeal for South Africa to rejoin the Commonwealth and to treat its black Africans better.

Azapo spokesman Zithulele Nxawe said: "She (the queen) must be reminded that the diamond belongs to the Black people of this country, and to them alone." The "Great Star of Africa" was bought by ...

De Beers has appointed Molefi Letsiki, who owns Molefi Letsiki Diamonds in Johannesburg, South Africa, as its first majority-Black sightholder authorized to purchase rough diamonds. Israeli ...

The Koh-i-Noor diamond is valued at $2,500,000—a sum which could purchase 590,000 tons of coal. If this diamond was dropt into the depths ot the sea and lost forever, no one in the world would ...

Experts estimate that South Africa has hundreds of tailings ... the Jagersfontein mine is a relic of a diamond rush that often exploited Black South Africans while enriching white owners.

Yet here on South Africa's wild and diamond-rich Atlantic ... hampers their legal operations and fuels a parallel black market in illegal diamonds. "At the end of the day, it's a situation that's ...

The diamond was gifted to the British royal ... imposed by British corporations and colonial powers impacted Black South African workers: South Africa is rich in all kinds of minerals, and so ...

A bigger, less pure black diamond was discovered in Brazil in the late 1800s, but it was found above ground and was believed to have been part of a meteorite. Africa: Despite the relative ...