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Tuesday 13 October2
Diamond that was found in the parts of the hopetown on the banks of the Orange River, HT. But what is important, even if we have diamonds in this country, we must not celebrate discoveries. We must also question who benefited, who paid that
And how's it going? You could argue, in a sense, that South Africa's mining industry began on this day in 1867. This is, of course, when the Eureka diamond was officially identified. It had been found near Hopetown along the Orange River.