More than 130 years after South Africa’s first diamond rush, hundreds of prospectors are hoping to strike it rich on the booming international market by taking picks and shovels to the rocky ...

Kimberley diamond rush. By Citizen Reporter. Journalist 1 minute read. 30 November 2014. 02:00 pm. The Northern Cape is one of the most prominent mining areas in South Africa and Kimberley, one of ...

By Tanisha Heiberg and Helen Reid KIMBERLEY, South Africa (Reuters) – The first South African project to bring illegal miners into the formal fold has been plagued by violence in diamond capital ...

Illegal diamond mining continues unabated in and around Kimberley as hundreds of illegal miners remain defiant of court orders demanding an end to their small-scale operations.

REPORTER AT LARGE about the history of diamond mining in and around Kimberley, ... The first diamond was found by a child in 1866 or 1867, and soon afterwards the rush was on.

This kicked up some excitement, but it wasn't until a shepherd, known only as Booi, discovered what would become The Star of Africa on the banks of the Orange River in 1869, that the diamond rush ...

The Big Hole in Kimberley is one of the world’s largest hand-dug excavations.; Once a diamond mine, it produced 2,722 ...

KIMBERLEY, South Africa, Nov 11 (Reuters) - The first South African project to bring illegal miners into the formal fold has been plagued by violence in diamond capital Kimberley, dealing a major ...

KIMBERLEY, South Africa (Reuters) – The first South African project to bring illegal miners into the formal fold has been plagued by violence in diamond capital Kimberley, dealing a major blow ...