![]() Police cars are monitoring the area to keep the crowds in check. The government on Tuesday (June 15) sent a team of geological and mining experts to the area, now pockmarked with holes, to collect stones for analysis. A diamond rush is on in South Africa where fortune seekers are flocking to a village hoping to to turn into millionaires overnight. "These are not diamonds, people here are just wasting their time," said 18-year-old Bhekumuzi Luvuno, skeptically inspecting one of the stones he unearthed overnight.Īuthorities over the weekend asked diggers to leave the area, citing coronavirus restrictions, but to no avail. Yet, Kimberley’s many old buildings, museums and one of South Africa’s most important art. There is talk of "foreigners" buying the stones for a few hundred rands in the nearby town of Ladysmith.īut experts say it is highly unlikely the stones will turn out to be valuable. The frenetic activity, the extraordinary web of pulley cables leading to a six-storey staging platform and the sight of up to 30 000 miners working 3 600 claims over 17ha have faded into the sepia memories of photographic archives. Video, 00:01:32 Unidentified stones in SA spark diamond rush. Unidentified stones in SA spark diamond rush. I want a house with double storage, this is going to change our life," Mr Manyathi told AFP, fingering a cluster of stones in his pocket. Thousands of people had flocked to a hillside in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province to dig for mysterious stones first unearthed by a cattle herder and believed to be diamonds. The rush occurred in one of South Africa's poorest regions. He returned to England after focussing on commerce to pursue. Johannesburg resident Thulani Manyathi, 36, travelled to KwaHlathi from the impoverished township of Alexandra with his four young daughters. Otto Beit was born in Germany and came to South Africa during the gold rush. ![]()
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