JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – South Africa's Northern Cape Department of Economic Affairs will establish a new diamond and jewellery academy in Kimberley, a representative said on Monday.

The department has called on service providers to submit tenders for the supply, delivery and assembly of diamond cutting and polishing equipment.

A representative for the Northern Cape Department of Economic Affairs, said that the local government was aiming to establish the academy as soon as possible.

Closing date for the submissions is June 22, and the tenders would be adjudicated in terms of the preferential procurement policy framework Act.