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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Human rights are sacred

It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...

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