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Columnist: Digging Deep

Davenport is a freelance journalist and mining historian - jade@engineeringnews.co.za

 

 
Digging Deep - Jade Davenport

A question of sovereignty over South Africa’s earliest diamond diggings Restricted

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In 1870 ten thousand hopeful Boer, British, American, Australian, and European prospectors rushed to South Africa’s Vaal River intent on making their fortunes from diamonds.
By: Jade Davenport
28th May 2010
 
 
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South Africa’s early diamond rush Restricted

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The year 1869 marked a significant turning point in the history of South Africa for it was in that year that the 83½ carat Star of South Africa diamond, the rock upon which the economic success of South Africa was built, was discovered close to...
By: Jade Davenport
7th May 2010
 
 
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The rock upon which South Africa’s success was built Restricted

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The role that the discovery of diamonds played in the economic and industrial development of South Africa is unquestionable and has been given its necessary dues in various histories.
By: Jade Davenport
23rd April 2010
 
 
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Eureka – South Africa has diamonds! Restricted

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The year 1866 marked a phenomenal turning point in the history of South Africa for it was in that year the first diamond, the famous 21¼ carat Eureka Diamond, was discovered in the vicinity of the Orange River.
By: Jade Davenport
9th April 2010
 
 
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The Port Nolloth railway – SA's first large-scale industrial infrastructure Restricted

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One of the greatest challenges that has and continues to influence the profitable exploitation of South Africa’s mineral resources is the distance of those natural commodities from a market.
By: Jade Davenport
19th March 2010
 
 
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Nepotism – an age-old phenomenon in South African politics Restricted

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As media headlines have, again, been dominated by allegations of nepotism and corruption by a public figure, it is opportune to point out that the unethical relationship between politics and business interests is not a phenomenon unique to...
By: Jade Davenport
5th March 2010
 
 
Digging Deep - Jade Davenport

Cape Town’s copper mania and the quest for immediate, extraordinary wealth Restricted

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South Africa’s historiography has given much eminence to diamonds and gold and the way in which these precious commodities influenced the South African economy over the last 140 years.
By: Jade Davenport
19th February 2010
 
 
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SA’s first mining legislation Restricted

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The 1850s marked a significant milestone for South Africa’s mining industry as it was in this decade that commercial interest in mining was firmly established, and that the country’s first mining legislation was introduced.
By: Jade Davenport
5th February 2010
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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