KEM-JV – Kimberley Ekapa Mining Joint Venture

Kimberley – Despite it being early days of their operations having been legalised, Kimberley’s artisanal mineworkers trading through the Batho Pele Mining Primary Co-operative Limited have already raked in R1, 6 million in August and could amass same amount in turnover for the month of September. In early June this year, Deputy Minister of…

Kimberley - Kimberley’s illegal miners, known as zama-zamas, are now legalised.  Deputy Minister of Mineral Resources Godfrey Oliphant issued the artisanal miners with mining permits and an agreement allowing for the mining of diamond rich land covering 500 hectares of three dumbs around Kimberley. The legalising follows bloody battles between…