Two entire towns on a remote stretch of South African coast littered with shipwrecks, diamonds and mine dumps are up for sale.
The problem is nobody is sure how to sell a town — or how to buy one.
At stake is the livelihood of dozens of businesses and access to 140km of Namaqualand coast that until now has been a virtual no-go zone due to mining activity by De Beers.
The company is battling to support the once-bustling mining centres of Kleinzee and Koingnaas, where thousands of people have lost their jobs due to hard times in the diamond trade.
The Times (Johannesburg)
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