On his farm two hours north of Johannesburg, Nico Thuynsma gestured towards thousands of orange, yellow and pink proteas in ...

Pioneer Tender House says the 29.52 ct Protea Pink diamond was sold on tender for a record $271 307/ct. This is the highest sale price for any diamond sold by Pioneer to date.

The King protea became South Africa’s national flower in 1976 and, following the abolition of apartheid in the early 1990s, the emblem of the country’s newly desegregated national sports teams.

Hosted by Protea Place, a service support centre for vulnerable women, the fundraiser 4 Pink Wheels has managed to raise around $150,000 to support their services.

Pioneer Tender House says the 29.52 ct Protea Pink diamond was sold on tender for a record $271 307/ct. This is the highest sale price for any diamond sold by Pioneer to date.

As the sun set on Tuesday, 70 people camped down for the night in the Woolworths Grand Central car park to raise funds for vulnerable regional women sleeping rough and facing housing insecurity.

The diverse protea family has more than 350 species in South Africa. The King Protea is SA’s largest flower export with more than 10 million stems sent abroad last year, worth close to R275 million.