Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making of South Africa - Chapter 3 - The Socio-economic Impact of the Mineral Revolution on South African Society by Drusela Numvuzo Yekela
… happened when diamonds were discovered in the Northern Cape? South Africa was experiencing a financial depression at … merino sheep, which had been introduced in the south east Cape by the 1820 settlers, wool was the only exportable item. … John Pampallis, Foundations of the New South Africa. Cape Town, Maskew Miller Longman, 1991, p.19. “As early as …