FRONTCOVER -- CONTENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS & ACRONYMS -- NOTA BENE -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 Diamond Dependent: Economic Wealth -- 2 Presidentialism -- 3 Ruling Party: Predominance -- 4 The Social Consequences of Diamond Dependency -- 5 Dispossession & Subordination of the San -- CONCLUSION: Facing the Realities -- APPENDIX: A Case of the President, High Court & Public Opinion -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- BACKCOVER