A former De Beers Executive Chairman, Nicky Oppenheimer once used an analogy of Siamese twins to describe the relationship between De Beers and Botswana Government.
He made this speech while standing next to a former president of Botswana, Festus Mogae.
The two men heaped praise on each other sometime in the 2000s at a big event held at Orapa Mine to mark the official opening of Number 2 Plant at the country’s biggest diamond mine.
That was a generation ago. And it feels like it.
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