“Our position is that the mineral wealth in South Africa belongs to the People of South Africa not British Palace' 👑 The Crown maintains that the diamonds were a gift, and returning them would set a precedent for the repatriation of other artefacts
More than a century later, the Cullinan diamonds are again glimmering in the limelight. Global discourse has changed, and increasingly front and centre are contentions of reparation. While the diamonds were gifted to King Edward VII by the Transvaal Colony, then under British rule, the gesture is now viewed by some as a symbol of colonial exploitation.
Proponents of repatriation see the diamonds as an essential part of their cultural heritage. Soon after Her Majesty’s death, nearly 8,000 people signed a petition demanding their return. One South African MP and head of the African Transformation Party , Vuyo Zungula, went further on Twitter, arguing for the return of “all the gold, diamonds stolen by Britain” – a perspective that is increasingly shared in the post-colonial world.
The Crown’s reluctance to return the diamonds is a symbol of the unwillingness of former colonial powers to address the legacies of their past actions, according to Professor Benyera. “For them, I think the fear is that they do not want to face the totality of their dark history. The fact that they refuse to remove the Cullinan diamond from off their regalia states that they still view us as colonial subjects.
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