Firestone holds 'milestone' inaugural tender

Firestone Diamonds recorded a milestone this week when it became the second local miner in 43 years to produce and market diamonds outside the De Beers' marketing system.

Observers have hailed the achievement as indicative of Botswana's efforts to become a global diamond-producing, processing and marketing hub.

Firestone's efforts are expected to become significantly more successful than DiamonEx's ill-fated auction of 10, 613 carats in October 2008 that sold at a fraction of the price due to the global recession.

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Closure as pain lingers

March 28 will go down as a day that Batswana will never forget because of the accident that occurred near Mmamatlakala in Limpopo, South Africa. The tragedy affected not only the grieving families but the nation at large. Batswana throughout the process stood behind the grieving families and the governments of Botswana and South Africa need much more than a pat on the back.Last Saturday was a day when family members said their last goodbyes to...

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