A description of the The Free State Province of South Africa, what to do while touring South Africa, where to go while touring South Africa and the many places in the Free State that should be seen
mining
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
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
The life of South African Businessman Harry Oppenheimer
Harry Oppenheimer
Facts about the gold mining industry in South Africa and all its different uses today. Historical information on the discovery of gold in South Africa, who discovered gold and why it is so expensive to mine gold in South Africa today.