De Beers

George Albu
Sir George Albu was a celebrated Mining magnate of German-Jewish descent who was born in Brandenburg, Germany in 1857 and together with his brother Leopold immigrated to South Africa in 1876. After working in Cape Town in a department store for some time, he and his brother moved to the […]

Sir George Albu

Cecil John Rhodes' funeral procession in Cape Town South africa on 3 April 1902
Sir Cecil John Rhodes – One of the foremost personalities in South African history –  was a statesman and empire builder. Rhodes was born in England on July 5th 1853 in the town of Bishop’s Stortford. At the age of 17 he was sent to Natal, after he had been […]

Sir Cecil John Rhodes

Ernest Oppenheimer
Sir Ernest Oppenheimer was a South African mining and industrial magnate.  He was born in the 1880 at Friedberg in Hesse, Germany and arrived in London when he was only a young man, to join his older brother Louis at the firm of Anton Dunkelsbuhler who was a relative. Dunkelsbuhler […]

Ernest Oppenheimer

Big Hole in Kimberley
Kimberley is a city situated in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa. It is the capital of the Northern Cape and lies near the convergence of the Vaal and Orange Rivers. Kimberley is the centre of the diamond industry and is known as “Diamond City” and named after the […]

Kimberley – Diamond Capital

diamonds
Where diamonds are found in South Africa and the establishment of the South African Diamond Industry.The largest diamond ever found and what it was used for. How the value of diamonds is measured.

Diamond Industry