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/ 31 August 2004

Debswana: ‘Two weeks to settle with the union’

Botswana’s diamond mines are still operational: 26 tonnes of explosives were detonated and blasted 150 000 tonnes of earth into the air — the dust rising 250 metres — which exposed more diamond bearing ore at Orapa mine. Orapa is one of the three diamond mines hit by illegal strikes over deadlocked pay award negotiations, now entering its second week.