The community of Namaqualand in the Northern Cape wants to take over ownership of the West Coast Resources (WCR) diamond mine in Koingnaas that is facing liquidation. WCR, which is owned by the Trans ...

An operation in the Northern Cape in mining hotspot areas resulted in the arrests of nine suspects and the confiscation of unpolished diamonds ... place at a farm near Koingnaas.

A Diamond Is Forever. Namaqualand Mines. Welcome to Koingnaas. By night ... 2007 to 2009 were the hardest,” says Aletta Wessels, a blue-eyed woman in her 60s. “Every weekend moving vans ...