For many, it wasnt just the allure of luxury, it was desperation.

The provincial government has since requested all those involved to leave the site to allow authorities to conduct a proper inspection, amid fears the people digging at the site could potentially be spreading the coronavirus. Stone find in South Africa turns diamond rush. Kimberley, thanks to the fevered diamond rush of the 1870s, has a glittering past.If youвЂ™re a history buff, then youвЂ™ll know that South Africa has its past rooted in the ground and this historic little town, the capital of the Northern Cape province is lovingly known as the Diamond City. Some people have started selling the stones, with the starting price ranging from 100 rand ($7.29) to 300 rand. The coronavirus pandemic has made it worse. South AfricaвЂ™s economy has long suffered from extremely high levels of unemployment, trapping millions in poverty and contributing to stark inequalities that persist nearly three decades after the end of apartheid in 1994. The lack of an analysis of the stones has not deterred the fortune seekers as long lines of parked cars on both sides of the gravel road could be seen just a few metres from the open field, where the young, old, female and male dug through the soil with picks, shovels and forks to find riches. The complex relationship between material culture and a speculative community is examined through a discussion of the excavated remains of a tavern on the outskirts of the fields called the Half-Way House Hotel. KWAHLATHI, South Africa Sbusiso Molefe stretched the pickax high above his head and hacked into the clumpy black dirt around his feet. The mines department said on Monday it was sending a team comprising of geological and mining experts to the site to collect samples and conduct an analysis.ДЄ formal technical report will be issued in due course, the department said. This chapter is an examination of the late nineteenth-century diamond rush in South Africa, with particular attention to the effects of its speculative culture. A Diamond Rush in South Africa, Born of Desperation and Distrust.

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