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, Mining in South Africa
• The discovery of diamonds and gold spurred the
development of new industries and city growth,
U1: Britain, particularly in Kimberley and Johannesburg.
• The discovery of gold in Johannesburg in 1886
diamond mining sparked a gold rush - led to Johannesburg
and increasing becoming the largest city in South Africa.
labour control and
land expansionism
Sample Increasing control over
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black workers
African men were housed in closed compounds in 1885
to prevent theft and illegal trading.
• These labour practices influenced the development of
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Further land dispossession and defeat
of African kingdoms – Xhosa 1878, and
Pedi and Zulu 1879
racially-based regulations and laws controlling black
South Africans' movement, employment conditions,
living conditions, and social status.
• The Xhosa people lost their land after 9 frontier wars
from 1779-1878.
• The Pedi had conflict with the Boers and the British
between 1876 and 1879.
• The Pedi leader, Chief Sekhukhune, was captured in 1879
during the Anglo-Pedi war, leading to their defeat.
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