Kimberley

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

Boer war
The Boer War is also known by many other names. It has been called the Second Boer War, or the Anglo Boer War or even the South African War. The first Boer War was a somewhat short conflict that came about when the Dutch settlers of the Transvaal rebelled against […]

The Boer War

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