Southern Africa: Did De Beers cheat Botswana? – The Masire factor

When David Magang sat down to write his memoirs, he certainly could not complain that his career had left him short of material. The former Minister of Mineral Resources and Water Affairs, who has waged a protracted battle for diamond beneficiation against De Beers, had a front row seat at some of the most questionable goings on between the diamond mining giant and the Botswana government.