Hundreds of jobs at stake at Lesotho diamond mine

AFRICA

25% state-owned Kao Mine could shut down “within weeks”

Sechaba Mokhethi for GroundUp

Kao Mine in the Botha-Bothe district of Lesotho currently employs about 750 people | Credits: Storm Mountain Diamonds

One of Lesotho’s largest diamond producers, Kao Mine, is on the verge of shutting down, threatening hundreds of jobs and more than R1 billion (US$57 million) in local economic activity. Storm Mountain…

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