DE BEERS TO STAFF IEC

DE BEERS announced on Thursday that more than 60 of its employees have volunteered to work at the Independent Electoral Commission’s results centre on June 2 and 3. Most of the volunteers are from De Beers’s information technology department. The staff came forward after the IEC approached the diamond mining company for assistance earlier this month. De Beers managing director Gary Ralfe said in a statement he is delighted by the response from staff at the company’s corporate headquarters in Johannesburg and the Premier Mine near Pretoria.