South Africa: Rough Diamonds - De Beers Responds

Life, not money, was our concern, says spokesman about company's rescue effort at Bontekoe

This is the response by Tom Tweedy, Senior External Communications Manager Corporate Affairs of De Beers, to questions we sent on 25 June relating to our four-part series on illegal diamond mining in the Northern Cape. We have done our best to edit Tweedy's responses without changing intended meaning.

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