EXCLUSIVE

One underlying truth is that despite the industrial success and the rags to riches

stories of the diamond mines of South Africa, Black South Africans were excluded from the success of the industry. That’s not to say that black South Africans were not a part of the industry. Through exploitative laws and colonial and later Apartheid government relationships, the mining industry was able to thrive, at the exclusion of the hands that mined the stones.

PROHIBITIVE

Diamond mining in South Africa is regulated to the point where it is prohibitively expensive and cumbersome to begin operating in the sector. This means that without

intervention, the status quo will remain and change, which in this case this case refers to inclusivity, will be very slow to take effect.

The vision of Mandela Royal Diamond is to open avenues into the industry, not just for investors but for black South African traders, mines, diamond cutters and diamond polishers.

The diamond industry has the potential to improve the financial and economic wellbeing of the majority of South Africans through direct and indirect jobs associated with the diamond mining sector.