“Dirty Work” but worse it is highly exploitative in countries where labour is worth a pittance and lives even less. Zimbabwe Diamond Mines. Ironically, it was once Rhodesia. Cecil Rhodes founded the country, and said, “They don’t change the names of countries do they? It became Zimbabwe when they shed their colonial overlords. Rhodes established De Beers based on the idea of the one carat diamond would entice the market in engagement rings, which it did.

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