War For Diamonds
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War for diamonds: An unequal battle
Illegal miners, who have been fighting to get mining permits, risk arrest and even death in confrontations between the police and security firms
War for diamonds: Child diggers part of illicit diamond economy
Children in the Northern Cape leave school to dig for the gemstones, which, for many households, is a way of survival
Undocumented people arrested at abandoned Northern Cape mines to be repatriated
The 90 detainees are among 110 people held by police at abandoned mining sites in the Namakwa district.