Mineral Revolution. The 19th century is an era of revolutionary change in South Africa. The country experiences the mineral revolution which sets in motion the great wars on the military front, on the cultural front and the identity front.Read more

Deep-South holds of the Haib Copper deposit in the south of Namibia. Haib is arguably the oldest porphyry deposit in the world and one of the largest in Africa. Deep-South recently disclose a PEA over the deposit and at a price of copper of $3.00 / lb, it generates an after-tax NPV of $950 million and an after-tax IRR of 30%.Read more

From the mid-1800s, the Voortrekkers coalesced in two land-locked white-ruled republics, the South African Republic (Transvaal) and the Orange Free State. The mineral revolution. South Africa''s diamond mining industry dates back to 1867, when diamonds were discovered near Kimberley in what is today known as the Northern Cape.Read more

The South African Republic (Dutch: Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek; the ZAR; also known as the Transvaal Republic, Afrikaans: Suid-Afrikaanse Republiek) was an independent and internationally recognised state in what is now South Africa, from 1852 to 1902.. The Republic defeated the British Empire in what is often referred to as the First Boer War and remained independent until the end of …Read more

Minister Nathi Mthethwa withdraws Gazette Notice on Cricket South Africa (CSA) Parliament commends Department of Health on restarting the Johnson and Johnson vaccine roll out programme Covid-19 Statistics in South AfricaRead more

Another variety of South African English is Cape Flats English, originally and best associated with inner-city Cape Coloured speakers.. Anglophone Coloured. About 20% of all coloured people in South Africa speak English as a home language.They are primarily concentrated in the provinces of Kwa-Zulu Natal and northeastern parts of the Eastern Cape in the former Transkei with some transplants ...Read more

The South African Border War, also known as the Namibian War of Independence, and sometimes denoted in South Africa as the Angolan Bush War, was a largely asymmetric conflict that occurred in Namibia (then South West Africa), Zambia, and Angola from 26 August 1966 to 21 March 1990. It was fought between the South African Defence Force (SADF) and the People''s Liberation Army of …Read more

After the South African War (1899-1902), thousands of African workers boycotted the gold mines because wages had dropped. They tried to find jobs on the railways and in the towns instead. As with indentured labourers, workers on the gold mines also deserted when they were unable to do anything else to improve their jobs.Read more

The Anglo-Boer/South African War (October 1899 – May 1902) and its aftermath. The war that followed the mineral revolution was mainly a white man''s war. In its first phase, the Boer forces took the initiative, besieging the frontier towns of Mafeking (Mafikeng) and Kimberley in the Northern Cape, and Ladysmith in Northern Natal.Read more

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is named after the Congo River, which flows throughout the country.The Congo River is the world''s deepest river and the world''s second-largest river by discharge.The Comité d''études du haut Congo ("Committee for the Study of the Upper Congo"), established by King Leopold II of Belgium in 1876, and the International Association of the Congo, …Read more