Northern Cape Artisanal Small Scale Miners organisation, is assisting illegal diamond miners in the Namaqualand region to obtain mining permits. This move once legalised will assist miners in Port North and Springbok in managing their cooperatives and legally buy and sell diamonds. Artisanal miners in Kimberley obtained their mining permits from the Department of Mineral Resources in June. The organisation's Chelle Goliath says the same can be done for Namaqualand illegal miners.

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