UPDATED: 12/03/2025 12 March 1888, Formation of De Beers Consolidated Mines. 12 March 1888, Cecil Rhodes elected first Chairman of DBCM. 12 March 1907, First Coloured Swimming Championship of Griqualand West takes place at the Lyndhurst Rd baths. Organised by ...
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UPDATE: 09/12/2024 9 DECEMBER 1957, Harry Oppenheimer becomes Chairman of the De Beers Board. 9 DECEMBER 1977, Abraham Kotze dies in a veld fire attempting to save a fellow firefighter. Extraordinary courage by Awie Kotze The Chamber of Mines’ Bronze ...
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Welcome to the first Diamond Route newsletter of 2018, with a special focus on the recent Oppenheimer-De Beers Group Research Conference. A selection of papers presented at the conference are featured in this edition, including a study on the effects ...
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While informal mining operations continue in parts of Kimberley and surrounding areas, the illegal miners have been given until early next month to justify why they should be legally entitled to prospect and work on vacant land known to contain ...
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In a letter to the DFA, Damons accused De Beers and other major mining companies of exploiting the people of Kimberley for more than a century, saying that despite claims of attempting to rejuvenate the local economy, these “mining giants’ were ...
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“These are people with families and children to feed,” Lucky Seekoei said on Friday. “Many are struggling with the cost of living and simply cannot survive on social grants been here,” he added. “To date, only the DMR, Economic Affairs ...
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Thousands of desperate community members have converged on the outskirts of Kimberley in search of their fortune. DFA Sep 6 2016 ©1999-2016 Independent Online. All rights strictly reserved.
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On 4 February 2016 a story was published in the DFA covering a decision by the Sol Plaatje City Council to re-open Bultfontein Road to light trafic 4 Feb 2016 Diamond Fields Advertiser Patsy Beangstrom Road to be re-opened BULTFONTEIN ...
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