SA buyers enter great diamond debate: "Conflict diamonds came to world attention in the 1990s during the brutal conflict in Sierra Leone. It is estimated conflict diamonds then constituted about four per cent of the world's diamonds."
Yes, Sierra Leone ought to be one of the richest nations in the world because of its diamonds, yet it remains one of the poorest and that is a horrible fact of our materialistic world. Consumers world wide , though, are starting to act with conscience and starting to purchase the so called ethical goods. We do need to ask. We do need to know how our goods are come by and who benefits and how because it is how the world has been running and suddenly we are aware of it and we do not wish to be party to it. For all our trinkets we have started to make a strong stand with regard to our purchases. We want to know they have been fairly and properly traded. We want to know our eggs come from chickens which have been looked after and our beef is from cattle which walks freely. Took us a while, but we do lot like good created from misery. The diamond issue will not affect everyone, but other products do and we can continue to make an effort to support ethical goods.
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