NATIONAL COUNCIL OF PROVINCES
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NUMBER 84
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 04 March 2010
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NUMBER 04)
84. Mr K A Sinclair (COPE-NC) to ask the Minister of Mining:
Whether the Government is still committed to the relocation of the State
Diamond Trader (SDT) to Kimberley as announced by her predecessor in 2007
(details furnished); if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
The understanding was that such relocation would take place once the STD
has stabilised. Currently, the STD is faced with number of challenges
including the financial model that will underpin it. The decision, whether
to relocate or not will therefore be taken once all these challenges have
been sorted out.