south africa 1867-1910

Diamond mine owners and their workers at Kimberly. Image credit wayfarersbookshop.com

ZIMSEC O Level History Notes: South Africa 1867 – 1910: Problems Encountered by the First Miners

• Diamonds were stolen by labourers through swallowing
• The holes were usually dug deep and mines were joined making it difficult to identify and distinguish […]
  

Early gold prospectors

ZIMSEC O Level History Notes: South Africa 1867 – 1910: The Discovery of Gold

• Gold was discovered in 1884 in the Witwatersrand area but was under utilized
• It was discovered by Jan Gerrit Bantjes on a farm called Vogelstruisfontein in June 1884 and then by the Struben brothers […]
  

Ferreira’s Gold Mine Johannesburg South Africa

ZIMSEC O Level History Notes: South Africa 1867 – 1910: The Mining Companies

• The first settlers to acquire gold claims got more ores easier and were able to raise more capital for reinvestment
• Later gold mining required much more technical and advanced machinery
• Rhodes was […]
  

Mine workers of different races at Joburg

ZIMSEC O Level History Notes: South Africa 1867 – 1910: Social Effects

• The urban population grew in the 1870s
• This was because many local population migrated to mining towns to search for employment
• Foreigners also emigrated to South African mining towns in search of […]
  

Johannesburg in 1888

ZIMSEC O Level History Notes: South Africa 1867 – 1910: Economic Development in South Africa 1867-1910

• This topic will look at the:
• social,
• political and economic effects of the discovery of diamonds and gold in South Africa
• The location of gold and diamond mines in South Africa
• African […]