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ArchiveSWA: Fourth Definitive Series
… border. Coloured replicas of stamps, depicting gems and mining, issued during 1989 in South West Africa (Namibia). …
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - New Factories, New Workers
… were needed. We have seen that much the profit from the mining industry went back to investors in Britain. The … soon found that they were gaining important…
Nelspruit the Segregated city
… was also part of a housing project for the employees of a mining processing company based in Nelspruit. The project, a joint initiative of the mining company…
ArchiveANC gold
… Paper arguing against the nationalisation of the gold mining industry, by Peter Robbins, prepared for an ANC …
PlaceSterkfontein Caves, Krugersdorp (within the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site)
… would be no Cradle though.) In the late 19th Century, Mining and Agriculture , established themselves as … in, construction increased and Farms were…
PlaceUniversity of Cape Town
… in the North – and the resulting demand for skills in Mining . This gave it the Financial boost it needed to grow. … Personnel, in the Country's emerging…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the High Diamond Council, Antwerp, Belgium: 15th November 2004
… African people in the ownership and management of the mining and minerals industry. This is critical if we are to … chain, starting from access to resources…
ArticleSouthern Methodist University Partnership Project - 2013 submissions
… Project: The Richtersveld Community v. Alexkor Ltd. Mining Corporation …
EventThe International Monetary Fund buys gold from SA
… per oz. is agreed upon. Read more on the history of gold mining in SA.972). …
PlaceOutcrop of Main Reef Group of Conglomerates, Johannesburg
… One of the most curious realities of South Africa’s mining history is that the precise details relating to the … pioneers who founded the City of Gold were…
EventCecil John Rhodes (48) dies in Muizenberg
… diggings in Kimberley. He helped launch the De Beers Mining Company with his partner, C. D. Rudd. …
Local Government
… Committee’ to draw up rules and regulations for the mining camp. A ballot, presided over by Mining Commissioner Von Brandis, was held on 8 November, the ……
BiographyDr. Frene Noshir Ginwala
… the mineral revolution: its economy was centred around the mining, processing and transport of gold and this focus …
State of the Nation Address by His Excellency Jacob G Zuma on the occasion of the Joint Sitting of Parliament, Cape Town, 12 February 2015
… June 2014 SONA, I spoke about the need to stabilize the mining sector and to promote a stable labour environment. We … programmes under the Framework…
Archive2015 - President Zuma, State of the Nation Address, 12 February 2015
… June 2014 SONA, I spoke about the need to stabilize the mining sector and to promote a stable labour environment. We … programmes under the Framework…
PlaceCuthbert’s Building, Eloff Street, Johannesburg
… in 1904. It rapidly became a major landmark in the mining town and retains many of its Victorian details. It was …
PlaceOld Crown Mines Headquarters, 5 Press Lane, Selby, Johannesburg
… designed by Herbert Baker after the amalgamation of eight mining companies in April 1909, when Crown Mines Ltd was …
EventGill Marcus is born
… She has since been appointed executive chairperson of the mining company Western Areas Limited, a company that was …
EventSir Julius Jeppe, founder of the Witwatersrand Township Estate and Finance Corporation, dies in London
… away in London on 2 September 1929 at age 70. He was a mining and property magnate who was knighted for his …
EventUS ambassador Andrew Young visits SA
… paid a two day visit to South Africa at the invitation of mining magnate Harry Oppenheimer. On his visit, Young met …
BiographyArthur Nuthall Fula
Arthur Nuthall Fula was born on 16 May 1908 in East London, Transkei (now Eastern Cape Province). In 1910, his parents – Samuel and Alice (née Stuurman) Fula –…
BiographyHarriet Ngubane
… for the Environmental Impact Assessment of the proposed mining at Lake St Lucia in northern KwaZulu-Natal. She has …
PlaceCyphergat Station
… of Cyphergat was the headquarters of the Cyphergat Coal Mining Co (Ltd). The railway line linking Sterkstroom to …
EventHarry Frederick Oppenheimer is born in Kimberley
… he was involved in the expansion of Anglo American's gold mining operations on the west Witwatersrand and copper mining interests in Zambia. Oppenheimer…
ArticleA Land Dispossession History 1600s-1990s
… people. The struggle between Boer and Briton, the mining revolution, the struggles of the White working class, …
ArticleMapungubwe
… also successfully requested a postponement of prospecting, mining and related activities on Greefswald. In June 1933, …
ArchiveConflicts between Host Communities and Mining Houses in Bojanala Platinum Disctrict Municipality, South Africa, 1994:2020 by Sediko Daniel Rakolote
… Conflicts between Host Communities and Mining Houses in Bojanala Platinum Disctrict Municipality, …
EventBrett Kebble is shot dead
… Mining magnate and African National Congress member Brett …
EventDigging for gold is officially authorised and fortune hunters flock to the Witwatersrand
… the city comprises mine dumps left behind after years of mining. …
PlaceAlabama, Klerksdorp
… to Klerksdorp. Today, Klerksdorp is the centre for a large mining and agricultural economy and boasts the second largest … , in the World. Attractions…