The man who found Orapa's secret

Friday, May 17, 2019

On a typical slow Monday in May last year, Monkgogi Chepete found himself holding a shiny rock in his hand, the likes of which had never been dug up in Orapa’s 48-year history.

Veteran miners and sorters have come and gone at the country’s oldest diamond mine and yet none had the privilege of the wonder before the 33-year old Maunatlala native.

In his pincers, from the rough, sandy diamond-laden material emerging from the processors refining the dirt from Orapa’s bowels, Chepete was holding a large, blue glassy stone.

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The man who found Orapa's secret

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