I see lots of people saying locals are not going to benefit from this. I am from Botswana and I can assure you that even though my country is far from perfect these diamonds have done the most for us. In the 60s before diamonds were discovered Botswana was the second poorest country in the world. In fact, part of the reason why we got our independence so easily was because Botswana was a desolate country with absolutely nothing of value, or so the British thought. By the 80s when the diamonds had been discovered we were the fastest growing economy in the world thanks to these gemstones. Fast forward to today and we have the longest continuous democracy in Africa, as well as the third largest GDP per capita. We get free education from elementary school to university. For a country rich with minerals, we are very stable and peaceful. One can't really say that for much of Africa so I'll always consider us blessed.
anytime someone is exploiting your raw material and minerals, the exploiter will get the majority and the actual people who should own the minerals will get less,,,thats as simple as it can be explained. Imagine renting your home for $100 monthly to someone, and they inturn rent it to someone else for $1000 all the while destroying it...
Your statement isnt baseless. That one african country that found oil lost it’s government structure due to own greedy people. It could indeed use democracy and freedom, but it was left to its own fate.
@@andreyromashchenko8967 well andrey. Why do you have this entitlement mentality. Let's say you mismanaged your father's property, does that make it automatically mine??
They have jobs that help them live. It would still be in the ground a thousand years from now if it were left to them. African countries benefit greatly from medicines and technology developed by people who get off their arses and actually do stuff.
@gio-oz8gf again, Google botswana and learn about the country Botswana is among the top 3 most democratic countries in africa, the most peaceful country with an extreme high middle class....finding a homeless person is extremely rare in botswana Just google
@@gio-oz8gfAfrican countries benefited greatly and did well before colonization including with all the things you mentioned above. 🤔It is European western countries that benefit from the resources that African countries still have. that is why they are still there benefiting in a “ business form”😐
@@GullyClassikBFM This is not the case here, despite what the propaganda tells y, big number of western businesses are what keeps their economies alive.
Governments worldwide have consistently proven how inefficient they are. Take a good look at how profitable state-owned enterprises are in your country. Moreover, consider this: if the mines were owned by the state, the government would suffer even more during times of low diamond demands.
@@mosimanyanaelmadinarekabel4758 State should own some super important resources. Like water, just look at UK on what happens when state doesn't control water.
That's a Racist Comment, What about the Royals or the Canadian who's Robbing the Botswana African People, and always have Robbed them, When will the Africans are going to wake up,
The burning question is why dont our African governments mine these minerals themselves? One would wonder if the local people will ever benefit from the wealth they sit on
Your question shouldn’t be that burning. Look at what happened to the african country that dug up oil. The greediest crazies took over that country and kept all the profit.
Delighted that this diamond was found in Botswana - one of the few countries in Africa where the president and officials don't steal the country's wealth. Hope the revenue from the diamond funds a few more schools and hospitals.
It is concerning to learn that a company, owned by Canadian interests, is involved in practices that significantly impact African labor markets. It is deeply troubling to see that this organization may be underpaying workers, despite claims that all employees are compensated appropriately. When a company profits millions by paying workers between $100 and $300 monthly, it raises serious ethical questions about business practices. Even if workers appear satisfied with their wages due to limited awareness or alternative opportunities, this does not align with contemporary standards of fair and responsible business conduct. In 2024, there is a collective expectation for ethical practices that ensure fair wages and respect for workers' rights. It is crucial for companies to operate in a manner that upholds these principles and contributes positively to the communities in which they are involved.
Botswana miners have the right to collectively bargain for wages and working conditions. They've done so in the past & will continue to do so in the future.
@@xcel5203 what did you mean smart and hardworking!!! all the people I know try to do something it didn’t succeed in Canada and USA there’s something called underprivileged we don’t know yet that word in Africa
You know diamonds are intrinsically worthless? Their value was hyper-inflated through marketing propaganda in the late 1930s by the De Beers Diamond company. They were glamorized by a company that held a complete monopoly on the diamond industry for decades who were desperate to exploitable such a plentiful resource. No, diamonds are not rare. There’s much more diamonds in the world than there are rubies and emeralds COMBINED!
Exactly just talking as if it belongs to them oh yeh they r getting paid to talk about it 😮when it don't even belong in their country (we stole it ha ha ha)
Wow.. a huge piece of rock that was extracted leaving a huge, ugly scar, poisoning the land and resources for the locals who we know will never see a scrap of compensation for this.
No one seems to know the real story of the cullinan diamond. It was mined in 1899 with its original weight being 3,128 k with one flaw. It spent the next.4 years floating around the market because if anyone wanted to make bank on ut, it was going to have to be cut exactly through the flaw or it would be useless. At one point, someone made the attempt at cutting it but failed without ruining it. They managed to accidently chip off 22k by mistale and stopped, took the 22k and sold the rest of the diamond and it passed from dealer to dealer until it reached the competent hands of Joseph Asher who finally made the cut. He propped in his table Vice, put chisel to it and took a swing. This first attempt bounced the hammer back to his face, striking him on his forehead. Dazed , he shook it off and attacked it with a swift revenge and split the fissure down the cleavage on which the flaw was located, splitting the flaw perfectly in half and the rest is history. It would pater become the Crowne Jewels, the largest being 542 k.
•Taxes applicable to mining in Botswana are royalties, corporate tax (22%) and withholding tax on dividends (7.5%). •Royalties paid on gross market value @ -10% for diamonds -5% for precious metals (gold, platinum etc.) -3% for all others minerals •Mining companies taxed using variable income tax rate (for all minerals except diamonds) using formula: Annual Tax Rate = 70-1500/x, where x = taxable income/gross income -Minimum rate is the standard corporate rate of 22% of the profit •Tax Regime for diamonds requires negotiations on issues covering technical, financial and commercial aspects of the project. •Immediate 100% write-off of capital. •Unlimited carry forward of losses.
I’m a jeweller. Lab grown diamonds are exactly the same, we get them for near nothing…. Nobody local benefits from this mining and only our lavish spending clients buy real now.
Lab grown and natural are exactly the same. The only difference is where they originate. Rich people will buy real diamonds purely for the fact its taken millions of years to create naturally and the prestige of owning a 'real' diamond. In reality lab grown has the exact same chemical and physical properties.
South Africans never benefited anything from finding the worlds largest diamond, we only have to listen to a rich group of colonisers sit us down in classrooms and bragged about how they found the world’s largest diamond in our country then sent it to a stupid museum in Europe where other rich people can look at it. Watch the same thing happen with this Botswana diamond
Different times, different countries. It's a good thing that the Botswana government gets 10% royalties from diamond sales plus revenue from taxation of profits. When a Motswana sits down in a classroom for basic education, it's mainly thanks to Botswana's diamonds. furthermore, over 90% of tertiary-bound students get sponsorship from the government, primarily thanks to diamond revenue. Companies like Lucara are after profit rather than sentimental value, so the diamond is likely to be sold and some of the revenue will trickle down to a Motswana.
@@ThatOneInTenThousand That’s exactly my point buddy. My point is that indigenous people don’t benefit anything from finding these “priceless” minerals…regardless of which era they were found in! It’s always glorified in the media then taken away from them.
Probably none, the mines in Botswana are relatively modern. Large machinery is used these places and the local workers actually makes decent money. Botswana is not like many other African countries
🇧🇩😭Bangladesh has never had such a terrible flood in its history. Our neighboring country India, Bangladesh cannot avoid the flood damage in any way because of their actions and because of the opening of the Tripura dam, Bangladesh is so innocent.
*Stop fake propaganda , show some proof. No dam in india released water. It's opposite of your fake propaganda , the tripura dam saved bangladesh from flood by storing water. There are flood in South East bangladesh due to other Rivers and heavy rains. It's not due to dam. Plz kanglu , stop hate.*
Remember the commercials on TV back in the 80s that started with "Diamond is the hardest substance known to man, but you can't fry an egg on it" then proceeded to crack an egg open over a woman's diamond ring? Funny stuff.
Very stupid comparison of a diamond size with a disposable cup. A foolish expert lady is on BBC to compare a cup of coffee with a diamond instead to bring a piece of solid rock 🪨. Then she said she doesn't want to know the price even. So strange
I cannot finish listening to this video coz I feel like gagging from pride and joy displayed by the two ladies on behalf of a non-African owning a diamond dug out of Africa
I see lots of people saying locals are not going to benefit from this. I am from Botswana and I can assure you that even though my country is far from perfect these diamonds have done the most for us. In the 60s before diamonds were discovered Botswana was the second poorest country in the world. In fact, part of the reason why we got our independence so easily was because Botswana was a desolate country with absolutely nothing of value, or so the British thought. By the 80s when the diamonds had been discovered we were the fastest growing economy in the world thanks to these gemstones. Fast forward to today and we have the longest continuous democracy in Africa, as well as the third largest GDP per capita. We get free education from elementary school to university. For a country rich with minerals, we are very stable and peaceful. One can't really say that for much of Africa so I'll always consider us blessed.
And free health care, we are truly benefiting
🇧🇼🇧🇼🇧🇼🇧🇼🇧🇼
Thanks for this info. I was wondering if the country benefited from these finds.
you are very short-sighted
anytime someone is exploiting your raw material and minerals, the exploiter will get the majority and the actual people who should own the minerals will get less,,,thats as simple as it can be explained. Imagine renting your home for $100 monthly to someone, and they inturn rent it to someone else for $1000 all the while destroying it...
That's mine. I dropped it last time i visited Botswana.
Did you dropped the Great Star of Africa while visiting the Tower of London as well ?
Bwahahahahahahahahhaha
You win TH-cam Comments today
@@ryanocarroll6426 no, i gave that to them as a donation.
Finders keepers 😏
Looks like Botswana is gonna need some "freedom and democracy"
😂😂
@@Kargbo7852😂😂😂 they already have a usa base stationed in botswana just need the freedom and democracy
You're right not just Botswana all of Africa
Your statement isnt baseless. That one african country that found oil lost it’s government structure due to own greedy people. It could indeed use democracy and freedom, but it was left to its own fate.
@@andreyromashchenko8967 well andrey. Why do you have this entitlement mentality. Let's say you mismanaged your father's property, does that make it automatically mine??
One thing is for certain....no local people will ever benefit from the wealth that this Canadian "owner" gains....
that is the part the news should talk about....
this is the way.
why would they?
Google botswana first
@@MultidimensionalBeing124 if you don't understand the tragedy of this....I can't help you....
*Finds largest diamond in the world*
*cuts it into 9*
By a Canadian firm
That's how you unlock the value of the rock; by itself with the imperfections it will have a lower value .
I couldn't care less for the value given to it by humans 😂 Nature made it exceptional, humans ruined it.
i think it looks Cool AF as it is - people are so dumb
2 of which are the largest cut diamonds in the world.
canadian owned. puzzling
Not surprised.
Of course first world countries always pillage and destroy developing countries and continents like Africa
Colonial project - it never went away
They mine on lease, all mines are state owned in Botswana
surprised it isn't Chinese owed, Africa is turning into China's colony
The people of Botswana will never see a cent of this... as usual
Google botswana first before making these comments
They have jobs that help them live. It would still be in the ground a thousand years from now if it were left to them. African countries benefit greatly from medicines and technology developed by people who get off their arses and actually do stuff.
I know a brainless Marxist when I see one...
@gio-oz8gf again, Google botswana and learn about the country
Botswana is among the top 3 most democratic countries in africa, the most peaceful country with an extreme high middle class....finding a homeless person is extremely rare in botswana
Just google
@@gio-oz8gfAfrican countries benefited greatly and did well before colonization including with all the things you mentioned above. 🤔It is European western countries that benefit from the resources that African countries still have. that is why they are still there benefiting in a “ business form”😐
10 years from now we can all make diamonds in a simple 3D printer.
Your probably right there.
Yeah but it's only going to bring up the price of natural diamonds who cares about the if it's actually diamond or not people want rarity
Shhhhh, DeBeers doesn't want anyone to know that
working on cvd
Synthetic diamonds are available today and are common knowledge lol.
I feel bad for the poor worker who found it.
He's getting a salary otherwise without a mine he'd be unemployed.
...Why? He'll probably get a nice bonus for the find.
@@jeckjeck3119 maybe but i dont know if this is roots but we are living pretty close to the edge of a movie that has a wrong tone to it
@@GullyClassikBFM
This is not the case here, despite what the propaganda tells y, big number of western businesses are what keeps their economies alive.
@@xcel5203 Yeah, a salary of like $30 a month.
Rihanna gonna sing about this
😂😂😂😂
PLEEEEASE DO. She should totally do a song with this one. Lol
Shine bright like a diamond 💎
"How many Africans dying for that baguette on your Rolex" lyrics by Ms💚Dynamite
Shine bright like a Diamond. ❤ 😂
Local people must be benefited from this resources of their country.
Go tell their government.
They have, so kry uz a river.
Good thing we are
I don’t know whether to be happy or sad for Botswana 🇧🇼 😢
sad. *sighs
Sad
Leave it uncut, its beautiful just like that!!! People ruin everything 😒
Classic example of Neocolonialism
Not correct. Botswana gets it cut by taxing the miners.
Ok then all foreign businesses leave Britain as it’s neo-colonial
@@stretfordender11but India owns Britain now.
So why don't spend your money and run the mines instead of begging the foreign companies to do it .
@@TheBooban that's how you can make your own happiness 😂
The Brits would be drooling over it thinking how they can steal it.
would be...look at the presenter 😂
They dont gotta steal it. Ur government will sell it for dirt cheap
Canadian u mean
Leave Africa’s resources alone
Why should they?
Our investment, our profit.
I agree 😡
@@blacklight3012morality.. they know that the government is corrupt and give a damn about dealing with criminals.
@@blacklight3012 morality.. they are dealing with a corrupt government, in other words with criminals and they know it
Literally 119 years apart; same shit, different day.
And the same modernist kries.
When lease for the mine expires, government should not renew it. The state should take over the mine.
Governments worldwide have consistently proven how inefficient they are. Take a good look at how profitable state-owned enterprises are in your country. Moreover, consider this: if the mines were owned by the state, the government would suffer even more during times of low diamond demands.
They should 'take over' something someone else built? Why don't they build their own? One thing you can do better than anyone else is make excuses.
@@mosimanyanaelmadinarekabel4758
State should own some super important resources.
Like water, just look at UK on what happens when state doesn't control water.
my friend, have you seen african socialism destroying literally every other nation in africa
@@xynonners
Corporatism and dictatorship, yu mean.
Can’t wait to see all the rappers and celebrities rocking VVS diamonds at fashion shows off the backs of their African brothers.
Great comment.
That’s pretty depressing when you think about it
@@Strafuzzlt is depressing, but its been that way for over a century
only rappers and celebrities wear diamonds?
That's a Racist Comment, What about the Royals or the Canadian who's Robbing the Botswana African People, and always have Robbed them, When will the Africans are going to wake up,
The tone of this feels more like a daytime magazine show rather than news
Living in my favourite village is far better than owning a massive diamond. 🏡🏡🏡🏡🏡
Bruh 😮😮😮😮
The burning question is why dont our African governments mine these minerals themselves? One would wonder if the local people will ever benefit from the wealth they sit on
Trust me they profit from all the illegal funds diverted from the government 😂😂
corrupt canada owning class
Your question shouldn’t be that burning. Look at what happened to the african country that dug up oil. The greediest crazies took over that country and kept all the profit.
Because the countries ruling class are taking bribes from North American, European and Chinese exploiters
Dude that's capitalism for you
That's mine
That's why I left it in a 'mine'
These puns are killing me.
Aww. Finders keepers applies here unfortunately 😏
Wow that means prosperity for all the people of Botswana. Well done.
Delighted that this diamond was found in Botswana - one of the few countries in Africa where the president and officials don't steal the country's wealth. Hope the revenue from the diamond funds a few more schools and hospitals.
And the UK began drooling
I'm favoured, $27K every week! I can now give back to the locals in my community and also support God's work and the church. God bless America.
You're correct!! I make a lot of money without relying on the government.
Investing in stocks and digital currencies is beneficial at this moment.
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Shows how horrible this world is. "Diamonds are a girl's best friend."
That 2nd reporter needs to tone down on the coffee. Jeez she was annoying
Another reminder why Africa is the Center of resources. hoping the local gain from this incredible findings.....
It is concerning to learn that a company, owned by Canadian interests, is involved in practices that significantly impact African labor markets. It is deeply troubling to see that this organization may be underpaying workers, despite claims that all employees are compensated appropriately.
When a company profits millions by paying workers between $100 and $300 monthly, it raises serious ethical questions about business practices. Even if workers appear satisfied with their wages due to limited awareness or alternative opportunities, this does not align with contemporary standards of fair and responsible business conduct.
In 2024, there is a collective expectation for ethical practices that ensure fair wages and respect for workers' rights. It is crucial for companies to operate in a manner that upholds these principles and contributes positively to the communities in which they are involved.
Botswana miners have the right to collectively bargain for wages and working conditions. They've done so in the past & will continue to do so in the future.
owned by Canadian firm WTF, people should be posting on why the country doesn't own all the mining companies.
Cause they too stupid and corrupt to own them
Anglo-americans bought the mining company, but it was firstly owned by white south african boers....
Neocolonism
why would they?
Botswana doesn't need to own the mining company when they can tax the mining company.
There'd something scary about the way these reporters are salivating over a gem possibly excavated by a child.
Nauseating
Kry harder, modernist.
I can guarantee it was not mined by a child
@@missd411
But whaite maan kolonial!
@@jeckjeck3119 lmao
The grin and their happiness is so scary… I wish the diamond remained in the land it was discovered in.
Botswana, not Canada
it belongs to Canada now
It’s not Canada’s
@@jason4275never
Canadian company dug it up, so canadian company gets it:/
@@jeckjeck3119nope, they both own it. Terms and conditions of digging there. Mutually beneficial relationship.
Thanks Ladies!! VERY interesting find for sure!
and how much does botswana get out of it?
Africa is blessed.
Imagine still thinking they are rare and worth something hahaha.
Judging from how giddy these news anchors are they're worth more than life itself.
My sincere thanks for sharing it.
Does anyone from Botswana own anything in Canada I don’t think so
If he's smart and hardworking anybody can own wealth anywhere .
@@xcel5203 it doesnt work like that, a capitalist society worships the man with most capital
How do you know?
Jealous much?
@@xcel5203 what did you mean smart and hardworking!!! all the people I know try to do something it didn’t succeed in Canada and USA there’s something called underprivileged we don’t know yet that word in Africa
Free Africa
Botswana is free
@@NikolaiAbildgaard you can't be from our continent and be this ignorant
You know diamonds are intrinsically worthless? Their value was hyper-inflated through marketing propaganda in the late 1930s by the De Beers Diamond company. They were glamorized by a company that held a complete monopoly on the diamond industry for decades who were desperate to exploitable such a plentiful resource.
No, diamonds are not rare. There’s much more diamonds in the world than there are rubies and emeralds COMBINED!
I love Africa..., It's just blessed.
What a banal discussion... No words on the mining industry, the scientific value, the origin of this object. Delusional.
Exactly just talking as if it belongs to them oh yeh they r getting paid to talk about it 😮when it don't even belong in their country (we stole it ha ha ha)
@@amalshaikh5905
It's called business. We could just as easily pull out all our investment.
Wtf, don't cut it into pieces! Leave it be and put it into a museum for everyone to marvel at
Wow.. a huge piece of rock that was extracted leaving a huge, ugly scar, poisoning the land and resources for the locals who we know will never see a scrap of compensation for this.
Ahem, mining taxes. Botswana gets its cut, too.
The workers get salaries.
Free education and free healthcare is what we get from this diamond mining.
@@TshumuKokgalagadi
But kolone izersz!
@@jeckjeck3119 o polo whatever u wrote.
I don't even understand African government
Just so you know Botswana will only get 8% of its value, 92% belongs to the colonisers.
W0mp.
W0mp.
Botswana will get nothing, make no mistake.
@@dany_1111
Oh no, anyway.
Cry about it 😂
The indigenous will get nothing. They lost their land when the Bantu arrived.
The miner who found it was given an extended lunch break and then told 'get back to work'.
" WHERE IS MY SON?"
Looting the continent for centuries , then people complain about migration dynamics
Botswana is going to get a lot of Freedom and Democracy vibe
No one seems to know the real story of the cullinan diamond. It was mined in 1899 with its original weight being 3,128 k with one flaw. It spent the next.4 years floating around the market because if anyone wanted to make bank on ut, it was going to have to be cut exactly through the flaw or it would be useless. At one point, someone made the attempt at cutting it but failed without ruining it. They managed to accidently chip off 22k by mistale and stopped, took the 22k and sold the rest of the diamond and it passed from dealer to dealer until it reached the competent hands of Joseph Asher who finally made the cut. He propped in his table Vice, put chisel to it and took a swing. This first attempt bounced the hammer back to his face, striking him on his forehead. Dazed , he shook it off and attacked it with a swift revenge and split the fissure down the cleavage on which the flaw was located, splitting the flaw perfectly in half and the rest is history. It would pater become the Crowne Jewels, the largest being 542 k.
And now it belongs to British museum.
😂😂😂
"Is for me? 👉👈🥹 "
- British museums every time they see someone with something cool
You people should free Africa let Africa breathe
How are the people of Botswana going to benefit
Through mining taxes
Maybe they should invest into the company to get benefits ?
Maybe you should Google that question, and then you'll get the answer you're looking for.
•Taxes applicable to mining in Botswana are royalties, corporate tax (22%) and withholding tax on dividends (7.5%).
•Royalties paid on gross market value @
-10% for diamonds
-5% for precious metals (gold, platinum etc.)
-3% for all others minerals
•Mining companies taxed using variable income tax rate (for all minerals except diamonds) using formula:
Annual Tax Rate = 70-1500/x, where x = taxable income/gross income
-Minimum rate is the standard corporate rate of 22% of the profit
•Tax Regime for diamonds requires negotiations on issues covering technical, financial and commercial aspects of the project.
•Immediate 100% write-off of capital.
•Unlimited carry forward of losses.
They say it is estimated to be worth upwards of $630 million dollars U.S. could be more
I’m a jeweller. Lab grown diamonds are exactly the same, we get them for near nothing…. Nobody local benefits from this mining and only our lavish spending clients buy real now.
Stop telling lies, I'm from Botswana. I'm a product of diamond mining
How do your clients know what they are buying is a natural diamond or a lab grown one? By your own admission they are both exactly the same.
Lab grown and natural are exactly the same. The only difference is where they originate. Rich people will buy real diamonds purely for the fact its taken millions of years to create naturally and the prestige of owning a 'real' diamond. In reality lab grown has the exact same chemical and physical properties.
Where did you find these two?
South Africans never benefited anything from finding the worlds largest diamond, we only have to listen to a rich group of colonisers sit us down in classrooms and bragged about how they found the world’s largest diamond in our country then sent it to a stupid museum in Europe where other rich people can look at it. Watch the same thing happen with this Botswana diamond
And if it was found during the Zuma administration how do you think you’d have benefited?
I don’t think you’d have benefited one bit!
Different times, different countries. It's a good thing that the Botswana government gets 10% royalties from diamond sales plus revenue from taxation of profits. When a Motswana sits down in a classroom for basic education, it's mainly thanks to Botswana's diamonds. furthermore, over 90% of tertiary-bound students get sponsorship from the government, primarily thanks to diamond revenue. Companies like Lucara are after profit rather than sentimental value, so the diamond is likely to be sold and some of the revenue will trickle down to a Motswana.
Go and dig them up yourself then
W0mp.
F-ing
W0mp.
@@ThatOneInTenThousand That’s exactly my point buddy.
My point is that indigenous people don’t benefit anything from finding these “priceless” minerals…regardless of which era they were found in! It’s always glorified in the media then taken away from them.
They should dish out the money to the locals and the population of Botswana, they need it more than some Canadian company.
Agreed.
Botswana in need of democracy egently. lol
It’s the oldest democracy in Africa. It’s not a banana republic.i can’t tell you are trying to be funny or racist or both, but botswana is different
I have 15 carrots in my fridge
Wow, I’ll bet it took at least two starving orphans to dig that up!
@@maxasaurus3008 is that how you guys do it in your country? Use starving orphans for mining?
Clearly you have never been to Botswana
ignoramus clown
Wrong part of Africa my guy.
Whine more, lol.
Makes you think what untold horrors that stone has witnessed since it was unearthed until now when it's public news.
Probably none, the mines in Botswana are relatively modern. Large machinery is used these places and the local workers actually makes decent money. Botswana is not like many other African countries
The God-given property of the people of Botswana ... to be profited from by some Canadian company. Tells you all you need to know.
God-given? Grow up. Are you writing a letter to Santa this year?
@@gio-oz8gf Triggered much?
Cutting this diamond is an awful, shameful thing to do. It should stay in it's natural state.
A picture of a white hand holding the diamond. 🤦🏽
What's wrong with that? Are you a racist?
Those white hands carved your reality son.
@Ariel it's a black hand.stop being a racist
@@leprechaun4526and there you are sitting behind ur screen like a bum. Typing out of your ass. Ur delusional.
You should have gone to specsavers if you thinks that's a white hand.
Letsile Tebogo recently brought gold from Olympics to Botswana , give him
That diamond
Diamond .. and all girls in SMILING ... Proof girls go after MONEY ..
Look at these two gold diggers with their eyes all lit up.
One of the times the former colonies wish they never left
"Diamond Blood"
The stone might be substantial, this commentators contribution has not.
We learned almost nothing here.
Wonder who found it
some African dude and he had to hand it over to a Canadian man since its not property of Botswana
@@jason4275 Google botswana
How many souls does it cost? 🤔
Five, snowflakes ❄ zero non woke soul's.
That's mine i dropped it cuz i thought that it was simple stone😂 give it to me back!
🇧🇩😭Bangladesh has never had such a terrible flood in its history. Our neighboring country India, Bangladesh cannot avoid the flood damage in any way because of their actions and because of the opening of the Tripura dam, Bangladesh is so innocent.
*Stop fake propaganda , show some proof. No dam in india released water. It's opposite of your fake propaganda , the tripura dam saved bangladesh from flood by storing water. There are flood in South East bangladesh due to other Rivers and heavy rains. It's not due to dam. Plz kanglu , stop hate.*
*the green sky book destroyed bangladesh . The green sky book encourage kanglu to spread misinfo and encourage to attack hindus.*
Floyd Mayweather already is going to make one big ring 💍 out of that
And still the western continue tell us the Afrikaans that Africa is poor.
Just waiting for Laurence Graff & Co. to turn this into a masterpiece
Remember the commercials on TV back in the 80s that started with "Diamond is the hardest substance known to man, but you can't fry an egg on it" then proceeded to crack an egg open over a woman's diamond ring?
Funny stuff.
What a shame a diamond that large found in Botswana, and a can’t even stay in the country
Can the people of Botswana benefit of this please as it's on their land and they're poor???
Judging from your comment, I doubt you could find Botswana on a map. Companies pay fees and royalties to the Botswana govt for mining concessions.
Good for Botswana transparency in some countrys you'd never hear of that
First one found in South Africa now in the UK WOW.
Very stupid comparison of a diamond size with a disposable cup. A foolish expert lady is on BBC to compare a cup of coffee with a diamond instead to bring a piece of solid rock 🪨. Then she said she doesn't want to know the price even. So strange
New York or London need it in their museum
"People still going crazy over shiny rocks.."
- Waren Buffet said.
here exists a planet larger than Earth, hypothesized to be composed of diamond, with an estimated mass of 3,100,600,000,000 carats.
South Africa can go grab it, this is the African star they dream of.
I cannot finish listening to this video coz I feel like gagging from pride and joy displayed by the two ladies on behalf of a non-African owning a diamond dug out of Africa
GROW UP
I liked how the lady said "I don't want to know the price!"
The British are so excited, these folks don't know their boundaries 😅
S. Africa can go grab it, this is the African star they dream of.
of course the BBC reports on this
I think they should highlight mental illness their presenters really do give me concerns they go out in public
Return it to the owner!
Wonderful
If it was found in Zimbabwe, we were not going to ever know it.
Why are they girl's best friends? Is she saying all girls are gold diggers? Or in this case, diamond diggers