The Jewellery Council of South Africa (JCSA) has written a letter to co-operative governance & traditional affairs minister Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma requesting her to consider lifting all restrictions on the industry, with immediate effect. The council says the unrecoverable loss and possible collapse of the industry under an extended lockdown will not only affect those who are employed in it, but also prospective jewellers.

We speak to Jewelley Council of South Africa chairman Chris van Rensburg.