Namibian president has words with Nicky Oppenheimer.(FACETS)

All was not smiles when De Beers Chairman Nicky Oppenheimer met with Namibian President Hifikepunye Pohamba on June 28 in Windhoek, the capital of the southwest African nation, reported Cape Argus.

The occasion was the official opening of Diamdel Namibia, the local branch office of the De Beers subsidiary designed to sell rough diamonds to manufacturers too small to ever make sightholder status. Pohamba complained to Oppenheimer that Namdeb, the 50-50 joint venture between De Beers and the Namibian government, is not making enough ...

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