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.
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One of the foremost personalities in South African history was the statesman and empire builder Sir Cecil John Rhodes. Rhodes was born in England on July 5th 1853 in the town of Bishop’s Stortford.
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.
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 was a well known diamond [...]
The life of South African Businessman Harry Oppenheimer
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.
