MODULE 4 THE MINERAL
REVOLUTION IN SOUTH AFRICA
CREATED BY MR K WHITLOCK
2020
, CONTENTS
• UNIT 1 – BRITAIN, DIAMOND MINING AND INCREASING LABOUR CONTROL AND LAND EXPANS
• UNIT 2 – DEEP-LEVEL GOLD MINING ON THE WITWATERSRAND: 1886 ONWARDS
, UNIT 1 – BRITAIN, DIAMOND MINING AND INCREASING
LABOUR CONTROL AND LAND EXPANSIONISM
• THE DISCOVERY OF DIAMONDS CHANGED THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT OPINION O
SOUTHERN AFRICA
• THEY DID NOT THINK IT WAS WORTH THE TIME AND EFFORT TO TAKE OVER THE
WHOLE OF SOUTHERN AFRICA AS THEY ONLY CONTROLLED THE CAPE AND NATAL
➢ ONCE DIAMONDS WHERE DISCOVERED THEY WANTED TO UNITE ALL OF IT UNDER BRIT
CONTROL
• THE BRITISH WOULD BE ABLE TO CONTROL THE DIAMOND INDUSTRY, AS WELL AS
PRICE OF DIAMONDS
• THEY COULD MAKE SURE THERE WERE ENOUGH WORKERS FOR THE MINES BY
IMPORTING WORKERS FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE COLONY
, Kimberley
REVOLUTION IN SOUTH AFRICA
CREATED BY MR K WHITLOCK
2020
, CONTENTS
• UNIT 1 – BRITAIN, DIAMOND MINING AND INCREASING LABOUR CONTROL AND LAND EXPANS
• UNIT 2 – DEEP-LEVEL GOLD MINING ON THE WITWATERSRAND: 1886 ONWARDS
, UNIT 1 – BRITAIN, DIAMOND MINING AND INCREASING
LABOUR CONTROL AND LAND EXPANSIONISM
• THE DISCOVERY OF DIAMONDS CHANGED THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT OPINION O
SOUTHERN AFRICA
• THEY DID NOT THINK IT WAS WORTH THE TIME AND EFFORT TO TAKE OVER THE
WHOLE OF SOUTHERN AFRICA AS THEY ONLY CONTROLLED THE CAPE AND NATAL
➢ ONCE DIAMONDS WHERE DISCOVERED THEY WANTED TO UNITE ALL OF IT UNDER BRIT
CONTROL
• THE BRITISH WOULD BE ABLE TO CONTROL THE DIAMOND INDUSTRY, AS WELL AS
PRICE OF DIAMONDS
• THEY COULD MAKE SURE THERE WERE ENOUGH WORKERS FOR THE MINES BY
IMPORTING WORKERS FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE COLONY
, Kimberley
