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PlaceMpumalanga
… San rock paintings, Ndebele wall paintings, and the old mining town, Pilgrim’s Rest . Capital : Nelspruit Main … left Pilgrim’s Rest and went to the…
ArchiveSome aspects of the South African industrial revolution
… mention of the industrial development in particular the mining, timber and textile industries; the advances in …
EventLady Mary Bailey, the first pilot to complete the London to Cape flight and back solo, dies in Cape Town
… Lady Mary Bailey, wife of a South African mining magnate, was the first person to fly solo from London …
EventFirst recorded discovery of diamonds in the colonial period of South Africa
… of Diamonds in South Africa Gold and Workers - The Mining Industry in South Africa …
ArchiveMarikana: The blame game - A special report by Niren Tolsi and Paul Botes
… plans — legally binding obligations on which its new order mining rights are dependent — should be investigated. It also … in the main, lived in shack…
ArchiveSome reflections of civilisation in Africa
… of uprootedness because of the development in industry and mining. …
EventThe BSAC flag is hoisted in Bulawayo
… Union Jack emblazoned with the BSAC badge in the centre. A mining concession had been obtained from Chief Lobengula in …
EventDr Alexander Logie du Toit, South African geologist, is born in Cape Town
… Africa’s most important geologist. Du Toit studied both mining engineering and geology. One of his most famous …
PlaceCottam Grove Hotel, 303-309 Florida Road, Durban.
… houses were erected in about 1903 on the instruction of mining magnate Sir Abe Bailey. After WWII the properties were …
ArticleDrum Magazine
… Bailey – a former RAF pilot and the son of a South African mining baron – took over the magazine in 1951 that the … – reportedly due to his father's…
ArticleHistory of Women in Prisons during Apartheid
… general population of men would work in the quarries and mining fields during the day. Most, being told that they … disadvantages. Most men would work in the…
ArticleThe missionaries
… land. The occupation, followed by the introduction of the mining industries (diamond in 1867 at Kimberly and gold in …
ArticleThe World and South Africa when Nelson Mandela was born
… of South Africa’s secondary industry. Before the war, mining was the predominant contributor to South Africa’s …
PlaceOld Pretoria Iron Mines Ltd Buildings, Iscor, Pretoria
… production in 1999. In December 2001 Iscor’s Steel and mining groups were unbundled into two separately listed mining and steel companies, namely Kumba…
ArchiveAt the Pompidou by Jeremy Harding, 26 April 2018
… writes in New Nineveh, ‘has always been dominated by … mining, agriculture and domestic service.’ Van Onselen’s … Goldblatt (b.1930) began taking photographs…
Event13 year-old South African Native mineworker is published in a newspaper
… happen only in South Africa." In reaction, the Transvaal mining quarters said that the treatment of the boy's story …
EventThe railway line between Cape Town and George is opened.
… timber, which was used to make furniture and pit props for mining. This extension later became well known as the …
Marikana and the New Politics of Grief, 20 August, 2012 - Jon Soske
… they’re going to kill you.” Government press conferences, mining executives, and newspaper articles have now spent … Connections between leading ANC figures…
PlaceConcordia
… the opening of the copper mines by the Concordia Copper Mining Company. The 1875 census indicated that Concordia …
PlaceAllanridge, Free State Province
… Allanridge is a Gold Mining Town in the Lejweleputswa District Municipality of the …
Gold and Workers 1886 - 1924 by Luli Callinicos
… Times Chapter 2 - The Gold Rush Chapter 3 - Deep Level Mining Chapter 4 - The Randlords Part 2 - The Workers Their …
EventThe SA government gives limited powers of internal self-government to Damaraland
… and hunter-gatherers. Damaras also had skills in mining and metal work. In 1960, the South African government …
BiographyTheophilus Shepstone
… up: the Boers would win the award, and agriculture and mining would benefit by gaining a corridor to the labour in …
BiographySir. Theophilus Shepstone
… up: the Boers would win the award, and agriculture and mining would benefit by gaining a corridor to the labour in …
BiographyKasturba Gandhi
… and south coast of Natal and was not just confined to the mining industry. Railway workers, laundrymen, bakery workers, …
ArticleWorld War I Timeline 1916
… the ages of 19 and 40. Only those employed in agriculture, mining and railroads are exempted. 31 May The Battle of …
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1900 - 1909
… prohibits Indians from residing or conducting business in mining areas. 1909 March 25, Mrs Thumbi Naidoo, Mrs Patel and …
EventSouth African Committee investigates the Jameson Raid report
… the support and encouragement of Cecil John Rhodes and the mining houses in the Transvaal the Transvaal Republic. …
PlaceHout Bay Museum
… is also wonderful history recorded regarding the Forestry, Mining and Fishing Industries that leads right up to this …
EventAnglo American announces switching of main listing to London
… JCI to the National Empowerment Consortium and the African Mining Group. While the primary listing of the Company's …