The provincial government has since requested all those involved to leave the site to allow authorities to conduct a proper inspection, amid fears the people digging at the site could potentially be spreading the coronavirus. Some people have started selling the stones, with the starting price ranging from R100 to R300. The coronavirus pandemic has made it worse. SA’s economy has long suffered from extremely high levels of unemployment, trapping millions in poverty and contributing to stark inequalities that persist nearly three decades after the end of apartheid in 1994. The mines department said it was sending a team comprising of geological and mining experts to the site to collect samples and conduct an analysis.Ī formal technical report will be issued in due course, the department said.The lack of an analysis of the stones has not deterred the fortune seekers as long lines of parked cars on both sides of the gravel road could be seen just a few metres from the open field, where the young, old, female and male dug through the soil with picks, shovels and forks to find riches. Take a look at music duo Blaq diamond luxury lifestyle.

Unemployed Skhumbuzo Mbhele concurred, adding: “I hadn’t seen or touched a diamond in my life. When I returned home with them, (the family was) really overjoyed,” said the 27-year old father of two. Diamond rush in KZN sparks call for calm, pending inspection South Africa Diamond rush in KZN sparks call for calm, pending inspection 13 June 2021 - 16:52 By TimesLIVE image unavailable. “This means our lives will change because no-one had a proper job, I do odd jobs. The small village in KZN has been overrun by fortune seekers, following reports that the stones were aplenty in the ground. The discovery was a life changer, said one digger Mendo Sabelo as he held a handful of tiny stones The people travelled from across SA to join villagers who have been digging since Saturday, after a herd man who dug up the first stone on an open field, which some believe to be quartz crystals, put out the word. ‘Diamonds’ in Ladysmith, KZN: Quartz stones spark South Africa rush ‘Diamonds’ in KZN: Suspected quartz stones spark South Africa diamond rush Thousands of diamond seekers have flocked to KwaHlathi village near Ladysmith, KZN South Africa, believing the area could contain diamonds.

More than 1,000 fortune seekers have flocked to the village of KwaHlathi in KwaZulu-Natal in search of what they believed to be diamonds after a discovery of unidentified stones in the area.

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