Kimberley, Northern Cape

South African Diamond Trade: Enforcement and Perpetuation of Apartheid, Past and Present I. Introduction South Africa was a rich country with a beautiful landscape and a rich culture. There were tremendous natural resources in South Africa and spectacular beauty. South African society was fluid and accepting, allowing people to move from one tribe to the next, without discrimination. This accepting and truly benevolent moral system, perhaps turned out to be a fatal flaw, manipulated and

A diamond, it is a precious stone more value than gold and silver not only in society today but has been since its discovery. Diamonds became very much famous by the development in the supply as well as the advanced technology. Technology helped enabled the Diamond cutting, shaping, polishing as well as finishing. The name diamond comes from the Greek word, adamas meaning unconquerable. This is the perfect name because diamonds are made of pure carbon, and are the hardest natural substance known

fencing and gates situated in Alrode, Alberton close Johannesburg. Wispeco Aluminium has developed from strength to strength in the aluminium supplying industry. Either than the Alrode plant, the organization likewise has little branches arranged in Cape Town and Vereeniging. The organization started its operation as wires, steel windows and doors producing organization. Over the course of the years, the organization rebuilt its organization system and concentrate, with a specific end goal to be

African Boer War begun between the British Empire and the Boers of the Transvaal and Orange Free State. The Boers, also known as Afrikaners, were the descendants of the original Dutch settlers of southern Africa. Britain took possession of the Dutch Cape colony in 1806 during the Napoleonic wars, sparking resistance from the independence-minded Boers, who resented the Anglicization of South Africa and Britain’s anti-slavery policies. In 1833, the Boers began an exodus into African tribal territory

oxygen and play an important role in the ecosystems. Australia has approximately 4.2 million hectares (o.5% of Australia’s landmass) of lush rainforests. The rainforests are distributed evenly, extending from the Kimberley region in Western Australia, across the Northern Territory to Cape York (Queensland) and running down the east coast through New South Wales, Victoria and finally to Tasmania. Some abiotic features of rainforest biome are: climate, precipitation, amount of sunlight and water. Average

1899, the forces of the Boer republics, Orange Free State and South African Republic, responded to Great Britain's dismissal of an ultimatum against the placement and reinforcing of British troops in South Africa by laying siege to cities in northern Cape Colony occupied by the then outnumbered British troops. The British were able to gain superiority and eventually win the Boer War by brute force, vastly superior numbers and the cessation of rights for those deemed the enemy and its collaborators

South Africa was beneficial for Britain economically due to the Transvaal region (Northern Cape) as it brought in high profits from the diamonds found in Kimberley (1871) and gold that was mined from Gaueng (1886). This is one of the factors that helped the British Empire expand in Africa because they knew that South Africa provided a useful stop for ships on their way to

Human Use of Australia’s Environment: Tropical Savanna 
 A bushfire in a Tropical Savanna woodland 

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between Boer States and the British. A change occurred between 1870, when the diamond rush began, and 1902, when the South African War ended. In 1886, the largest goldfields in the world were discovered on the Witwatersrand basin, a region in the northern part of South Africa. This region developed into a

The Australian snubfin dolphin, scientifically known as Orcaella heinsohni, found off the northern coast of Australia. The snubfin dolphin are characterized by their broad rounded head that is extremely mobile and usually has a visible neck crease (Beasley et al. 2005). The mouth line is straight and there is no signs of a beak. Their teeth are peg-like and there are less than 20 on each side of the jaws (Martin 1990). It is the reverse situation to most other dolphins, the u-shaped blowhole of Orcaella