Originally Posted by LaRondo

[FONT=Verdana]Exerpt from Diamonds, Gold and South Africa:
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[FONT=Verdana]The diamond empire of De Beers is now one of about 600 companies associated with "South Africa Inc." (officially called The Anglo American Corporation of South Africa, 44 Main Street, Johannesburg). Anglo American controls South African gold mines as well as diamond mines, and almost half the capitalization of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange represents companies owned or controlled by Anglo American.

Originally Posted by LaRondo

[COLOR=black]It's probably not so much the money that matters for Oprah. It's the level of personal satisfaction by doing what she does. The feedback, the gratefulness and the reflection she gets from other human beings for what she's doing.[ /COLOR]

[COLOR=black]Engaging celebrities for her arrangement, whether it is fashionable or not, is quite alright, why not?[ /COLOR]

[COLOR=black]I think she gave explanations enough and yes it seems that she has made her experience by getting involved with projects here in the country.[ /COLOR]

[COLOR=black]Here, I overheard a very typical spontaneous response to the report about the opening ceremony of the school. "Why not just give them the money?" Well, to me this is just as blunt as .... Whatever.[ /COLOR]

[COLOR=black]I'm not an Oprah fan by any stretch, but I think it's great and I hope that others will follow her example. She has set a milestone in humanitarian development.[ /COLOR]