# The Diamond Edit

> A South African editorial column on diamonds, jewellery, and the local trade. Slow-journalism essays, scene reportage, and opinion verdicts on dealers, certification, sourcing, and the wholesale-to-public market. Written under a single pen-name byline (Themba Mokoena) in the tradition of magazine columnists.

No advertising, no affiliate program, no sponsored content. Editorial standards at /editorial-standards/. Methodology at /methodology/. Sources at /sources/.

## Columns

- [Where Johannesburg's diamond money actually goes](https://diamondedit.co.za/columns/where-jhb-diamond-money-goes/): Scene piece on Bedfordview, the unglamorous suburb where most of South Africa's working diamond trade lives.
- [The case for buying wholesale: a South African primer](https://diamondedit.co.za/columns/wholesale-primer/): How wholesale-to-public buying works, what the trade-offs are, which dealers run the model.
- [Why ideal-cut still matters when the trade has moved on](https://diamondedit.co.za/columns/ideal-cut-still-matters/): The premium has compressed from 40% to under 15%; the case for paying it.
- [A reader's guide to South African diamond certificates](https://diamondedit.co.za/columns/sa-diamond-certificates/): GIA vs EGL vs SGL vs in-house, what each guarantees and which to insist on.
- [What the Kimberley Process actually requires of an SA dealer](https://diamondedit.co.za/columns/kimberley-process-explained/): The documentation chain, what KP catches, what it doesn't, how to verify dealer compliance.

## About

- [About this column](https://diamondedit.co.za/about/)
- [Masthead and pen-name disclosure](https://diamondedit.co.za/about/masthead/)
- [Editorial standards](https://diamondedit.co.za/editorial-standards/)
- [Methodology](https://diamondedit.co.za/methodology/)
- [Sources](https://diamondedit.co.za/sources/)
- [Corrections](https://diamondedit.co.za/corrections/)
- [Contact](https://diamondedit.co.za/contact/)

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