The Griqua claims to the diamond fields are recognised and the Griqua leader Waterboer seeks British protection
Britain annexes the diamond fields of Kimberley and Griqua West
The diamond mining stimulates migrant labour, two thirds of Black workers come from Limopo valley
A mail route is established from Cape Town to the diamond fields
A scattering of round-brilliant cut diamonds shows off the many reflecting facets. ... Kimberley is a town in South Africa, and the capital of the Northern Cape. ... General Name, Symbol, Number Gold, Au, 79 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 11 (IB), 6, d Density, Hardness 19300 kg/m3, 2. ... The Griqua are a subgroup of South Africas Coloured population, descended from an admixture of European settlers and the Khoisan peoples they encountered on their initial arrival at the Cape. ... The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a country in western Europe, and member of the Commonwealth of Nations, the G8, the European Union, and NATO. Usually known simply as the United Kingdom, the UK, or (inaccurately) as Great Britain or Britain, the UK has four constituent... The Limpopo river arises in the interior of Africa, and flows generally eastwards towards the Indian ocean. ... The central area of Cape Town as seen from Table Mountain. ...
SouthAfrica, southernmost country in Africa, bordered on the north by Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and Swaziland; on the east and south by the Indian Ocean; and on the west by the Atlantic Ocean.
SouthAfrica’s 2,800 km (1,740 mi) of coastline has few bays or coves and only one good natural harbor, at Saldanha Bay in the southwest, which is used mainly for the export of iron ore. Other ports are essentially artificial, including Durban, East London, Port Elizabeth, and Richard’s Bay.
With the SouthAfrica Act of 1910 the British parliament established the dominion of the Union of SouthAfrica with the four colonies as its provinces.
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