Diamond rush grips village in South Africa | DW News

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More than a thousand fortune seekers have flocked to a small village in South Africa’s province of Kwa Zulu Natal to search for diamonds.

The rush comes after a herder discovered what he believes to be a quartz crystal. The government has sent mining experts to assess the findings.

DW correspondent Adrian Kriesch went to KwaHlathi, about 250km from Durban, to do some digging.

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