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	Queen's South Africa Medal (1899-1902) - Veterans Affairs Canada
		The medal was awarded to all who served in South Africa between 11 October 1899 and 31 May 1902 (during the Boer War).
		South Africa 1902: Awarded to those not eligible for the King's Medal although they had served at the front between 01 January and 31 May 1902.
		The medal was authorized in 1900 and awarded to all who served in South Africa between 11 October 1899 and 31 May 1902.
	www.vac-acc.gc.ca /general/sub.cfm?source=collections/cmdp/mainmenu/group03/qsam (545 words)

	Kimberley, South Africa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Kimberley is a town in South Africa, and the capital of the Northern Cape.
		The British, who had control of much of South Africa, were prompt to annex the area of the diamond mine.
		South Africa's first school of mines was opened here in 1896 and later relocated to Johannesburg, becoming the core of the University of the Witwatersrand.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kimberley,_South_Africa (495 words)

	Diamonds \| American Museum of Natural History
		The story of diamonds in South Africa begins between December 1866 and February 1867, when 15-year-old Erasmus Jacobs found a transparent stone on his father's farm, on the south bank of the Orange River.
		Today South Africa is third in production in terms of value and is likely to stay that way for the foreseeable future.
		Barney Barnato arrived in South Africa from England in 1873 at the age of 20.
	www.amnh.org /exhibitions/diamonds/africa.html (606 words)

	GroblerGrobbelaar - pafg258 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-30)
		Charlotta Alida Grobbelaar was born on 29 Jun 1881 in Graaff-Reinet, Cape, South Africa.
		Pieter Stanley Grobbelaar was born on 7 Jun 1894 in Krugersdorp, Transvaal, South Africa.
		Prins was born in 1755 in Cape, South Africa.
	members.freemail.absa.co.za /johann.grobler/pafg258.htm (655 words)

	Geotimes - December 2003 - South Africa's Geological Gifts
		South Africa has a long and complex geological history which goes back some 3.7 billion years, and the country is blessed with an amazing array of mineral resources of various ages.
		South Africa is the only country in the world where diamonds are extracted from both kimberlite pipes and dykes or fissures, as well as from both onshore and offshore (marine) alluvial deposits.
		By the 1960s, South Africa had become a major exporter of chromite ore, and this continued to be the case into the 1970s, when local industries gave increasing attention to the local manufacture of chromium ferro-alloys.
	www.agiweb.org /geotimes/dec03/feature_SAfrica.html (2971 words)

	Peace and Justice Ministries
		In the peace efforts brokered by South Africa, the warring political parties agreed to have an election within 18 months; that is the election scheduled for next year.
		Deputy Thabo Mbheki's major contribution to Africa is his unswerving conviction about the 'African Renaissance.' Archbishop Ndungane's heart is in Africa, as well can be seen in the line he has consistently towed, as to the writing off of the international debt and in his chairing of poverty hearings.
		South Africa is enjoying its democracy and is dealing with the 'teething problems' that any young democracy has to deal with.
	www.episcopalchurch.org /1866_9954_ENG_HTM.htm (1420 words)

	South Africa
		The principal vegetation types of South Africa are illustrated in Figure 6 by this generalised image of the Acocks (1988) map of the Veld Types of South Africa.
		South Africa’s National Agricultural Policy states the main objective to be improvement of research in natural resource management (Anonymous 1996).
		The Grassland Society of Southern Africa (GSSA) is the professional organization representing the discipline in South Africa.
	www.fao.org /ag/AGP/AGPC/doc/Counprof/southafrica/SouthAfrica2.htm (7246 words)

	South Africa
		Agriculture is strong enough to allow South Africa virtual self-sufficiency in foodstuffs: livestock is reared extensively, and sugar, maize and cereals are produced in large quantities.
		South Africa is the dominant member of the local South African Customs Union (with Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia and Swaziland); it has also recently joined the Southern African Development Community and the Orgasnisation of African Unity.
		His accession coincided with massive agitation from the dispossessed fl majority in South Africa as well as economic pressure which proved to be the decisive factor in forcing changes upon the regime.
	www.air-2000.com /south.htm (8212 words)

	THIRD GENERATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-30)
		James BOARDMAN was born on 27 Mar 1858 in South Africa, Cape Colony, Middelburg.
		Caroline Frances THOMAS was born on 26 Nov 1841 in South Africa, Cape Province, Grahamstown.
		Edith Letitia BOARDMAN was born on 13 Aug 1868 in South Africa, Cape Colony, Barkly East, "Holbrook".
	homepages.paradise.net.nz /boardman/revwil/d22.html (646 words)

	South African genealogy and family history - how to find your South African roots and where to look for your ancestors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-30)
		South Africa is one of the few countries where census enumeration records are destroyed (with the exception of an 1857 Cape Census).
		The main society in South Africa is the Genealogical Society of South Africa, which was established in June 1964 and has regional branches.
		The Genealogical Institute of South Africa was formed in 1998 and is a private research centre, accessible to the public at a fee.
	www.rupert.net /~lkool/page2.html (7087 words)

	SOUTH AFRICA
		Henning was the Director of the Documentation Centre of the University of Durban-Westville from 1979 to 1995.
		Kader Hassim and twelve others were charged with participating in terrorist activities and conspiring to overthrow the government of South Africa in 1970 as members of the African People's Democratic Union of South Africa and of the Non-European Unity Movement.
		South African Trials; Court Records of Various Appeal and Criminal Cases, Mostly on Charges of Sabotage or Political Offenses, Heard in the Supreme Court of South Africa (Appellate Division) and other Courts.
	sdrc.lib.uiowa.edu /ejab/1/southafrica.html (6389 words)

	King's South Africa Medal (1901-1902) - Veterans Affairs Canada
		The King's South Africa Medal was awarded to all troops who served in South Africa on or after 01 January 1902, and completed 18 months service before 01 June 1902.
		Approximately 200 more Canadians would have received this medal because they returned to South Africa for a second tour but due to the long sea voyages, they did not serve the required 18 months and only received the SOUTH AFRICA 1901 and/or the SOUTH AFRICA 1902 bars to their Queen's South Africa Medal.
		Those Canadians that did receive the King's South Africa Medal were troops who remained in South Africa and transferred to units (eg LSH to Canadian Scouts or to the South African Constabulary / RCA to 2 Canadian Mounted Rifles or to Canadian Scouts).
	www.vac-acc.gc.ca /general/sub.cfm?source=collections/cmdp/mainmenu/group03/ksam (329 words)

	Republic of South Africa: A Chronology
		An assembly of concerned (mostly middle class) fl South Africans held in Bloemfontein in reaction to the abolition of African political rights in the Union of South Africa, and the proposed Natives' Land Bill.
		Many South Africans depend on gold as it is the country's main export and the nation's largest single industry and second largest employer.
		South Africa involved in anti-SWAPO efforts, as well as anti-Marxist operations in Angola (and latter Mozambique).
	www.postcolonialweb.org /sa/sachron.html (912 words)

	Timeline South Africa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-30)
		Reagan banned the sale of computers to South African security agencies, barred most loans to the Pretoria government, halted the importation of the Krugerrand, South Africa's gold coin (effective Oct 11), and stopped exports of nuclear technology until South Africa signs an accord to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons.
		In 1996 South African former police officer Eugene de Kock said that Craig Williamson, a South African spy, was involved in the murder.
		In South Africa police chief Johan van der Merwe was instructed to blow up the Johannesburg headquarters of the South African Council of Churches, called Khotso House, for harboring anti-apartheid groups.
	timelines.ws /countries/SOUTHAFRICA.HTML (14970 words)

	Monroe Minerals Inc. - South Africa - Tue Apr 24, 2007
		The first recorded diamond find in South Africa occurred in 1866 when a young boy picked up a shiny pebble along the banks of the Orange River near Hopetown, west of Kimberley.
		An objective of this Act is to increase participation by Historically Disadvantaged South Africans (HDSA's - persons who prior to 1994 did not enjoy access to economic rights) in the minerals sector and to stimulate greater interaction between the sector and the communities its activities directly affect.
		Additionally, new regulations are being introduced in South Africa in relation to beneficiation in the diamond industry, export duties and state royalties.
	www.monroeminerals.com /s/SouthAfrica.asp (713 words)

	African History - Primary Sources
		South Africa: The Peasants' Revolt - by Govan Mbeki
		For South Africa has currency as old as 1896, from 1909 for Angola, British West Africa from 1918, from the Belgian Congo 1914, from French West Africa 1929, from Germa East Africa 1905, from the BCEAO "Banknotes of West African States" 1959, Rhodesia and Nyasaland 1956 and more.
		Their microfiche collection, South Africa: The Making of U.S. Policy, 1962-1989 (2,500 documents on 439 microfiche, cost U.S. The collection is held by at least 23 U.S. libraries and Oxford U.; check RLIN or the OCLC World Catalog for a list of these.
	www-sul.stanford.edu /depts/ssrg/africa/history/hisprimary.html (4796 words)

	ISEP Institutions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-30)
		In addition to preliminary visa and residence permit information, the handbook describes the South African educational system, provides information on health issues and what to bring, briefly outlines matters of daily life in South Africa, includes a list of past program participants, and provides further sources of information on South Africa.
		However, it is not simply a town of dignified historic buildings and tree-lined avenues, it is also a modern city, a bustling center for commerce, agriculture and education with the campus as an integral part.
		The Stellenbosch wine region, the Napa Valley of South Africa, is one of the oldest in the southern hemisphere, and certainly regarded as the most beautiful.
	www.isep.org /nus/soafrica (663 words)

	The Berlin mission and the Challenges of South Africa
		In view of the strength of the British presence in South Africa since the beginning of the nineteenth century, the might of the British Empire in world affairs and the numerical preponderance of English and Scottish missions, this appears to be such an obvious choice that it does not seem worthy of comment.
		Thus the Berlin missionary Albert Kropf (1822-1910) – to cite one example – was born the son of a non-commissioned officer in the Prussian army and apprenticed as a printer from his fourteenth year on; he was ordained as a missionary at the age of 22.
		In his journal recounting his travels in South Africa in 1866 and 1867, the Director of the BMS, Wangemann, recorded numerous conversations he had with fl South Africans, mostly leading personalities, admonishing them to attend church ser vices, send their children to school or be converted themselves.
	www.geocities.com /missionalia/germiss1.htm (6676 words)

	Checklist: South African Green Lacewings (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae)
		South Africa: Eastern Cape Province, Kwazulu-Natal, Mpumulanga, North-West Province, Northern Province.
		South Africa, Zimbabwe; Mozambique, Senegal, Gambia, Somalia, Zaire, Zambia.
		South Africa: Western Cape Province, Mpumalanga, Gauteng, North-Western Province, Northern Province, Northern Cape Province.
	www.ru.ac.za /academic/departments/zooento/Martin/chrysopidae.html (843 words)

	History of Okiep Country Hotel, Namaqualand, South Africa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-30)
		A move is afoot to resurrect the old railway line between Okiep and Port Nolloth (91.5 miles) which was erected in 1866 and completed in 1873.
		From 1866 to 1890 the only form of pulling power on the railway line were mules and the Namaqualand Mule Train was world famous in its time.
		In the 1890's steam was introduced (Clara, the steam engine and some carriages are on static display at the mine museum at Nababeep) and the whole railway line was dismantled in the late 1940's and early 1950's by the Americans.
	www.okiep.co.za /history.html (233 words)

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		Johnson)(Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe)
		Mauritius, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zimbabwe)
	www.africabib.org /book/one.htm (3691 words)

	South African Diamonds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-30)
		The story goes that in 1866 young Erasmus Jacobs was playing on his father's farm, near Hopetown, when he picked up a pretty pebble on the banks of the Orange River.
		It was also on the frontier, and the governments of the Orange Free State, the South African Republic and the Cape Colony all claimed so rich a prize.
		Kimberley came to be dominated by a handful of key players such as Cecil Rhodes, Charles Rudd and Bamey Bamato, who worked together in an increasingly powerful cartel, eventually merging to become De Beers Consolidated Mines.
	about-south-africa.com /html/diamonds.html (585 words)

	Diamond Occurrence: diamond mine locations.
		A “pebble” picked up by a child on the banks of the Orange River in South Africa in 1866 and identified as a 21-carat diamond was the first step in opening the diamond mine fields of that region, which have become the greatest in the world.
		The diamond rush to search for alluvial diamonds in the gravel of the Orange and Vaal rivers was greatly accelerated in 1870 and 1871 following the discovery of “dry diggings” in the district near present-day Kimberley.
		Further mining disclosed that the circular areas of yellow and blue ground are the tops of funnel-shaped pipes of kimberlite that continue downward for an undetermined distance.
	www.finejewelrydesigns.com /diamond-mine.html (344 words)

	Camelot Village: Britain's Heritage and History
		The largest diamond was the Cullinan, found in South Africa in 1905.
		Later the California gold rush (1848-9), the Victoria gold rush in Australia (1851), the Witwatersrand gold rush in South Africa (1886) and the Klondike gold rush in Canada (1896) were the most significant.
		The city of Johannesburg is the business centre of South Africa today and is built around the site of the early gold mines.
	www.camelotintl.com /world/01diamonds.html (1225 words)

	ENGLISH DOMESTIC SEASON, 1866 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-30)
		The South v The North at Lord's, 2-3 May 1866
		South of Thames v North of Thames at Canterbury, 6-8 Aug 1866
		Gentlemen of South v I Zingari at Canterbury, 8-10 Aug 1866
	www.cricinfo.com /link_to_database/ARCHIVE/1860S/1866/ENG_LOCAL (514 words)

	SOUTH AFRICA - A Decade of Democracy and Beyond
		SOUTH AFRICA - A Decade of Democracy and Beyond
		Learn about South African History and Politics through a series of lectures and field excursions.
		With roots going back to 1866, the University of Stellenbosch is one of the oldest universities in South Africa.
	www.montana.edu /international/southafrica (328 words)

	Timeline on anti-W$$D activities : IMC-SA
		This is a brief time-line for those planning solidarity actions around the world of recent events in South Africa around the World $ummit.
		Speakers include a Movement for Democratic Change opposition MP from Zimbabwe and a young Canadian woman who suffered first-degree burns to both her legs from the stun-grenade attack on peaceful marchers on Saturday 24th.
		Opinions are those of the contributors and are not necessarily endorsed by the Indymedia South Africa.
	southafrica.indymedia.org /print.php?id=1866 (1235 words)

	Diamond Information
		While Africa is known as the Diamond continent, it is actually in Australia that the largest reserves are to be found - including the very rare and highly valued pink and red fancy colored diamonds.
		Diamonds weren't cut until the 14th century and it wasn't until 1725 that deposits were discovered in Brazil and 1866 until South Africa's substantial storehouse was unearthed.
		Diamonds are made of pure carbon atoms that exist deep in the ground, exposed to intense heat and pressure over billions of years.
	www.generousgems.com /diamond.html (458 words)

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		McCay, Mary A. "Beyond Femaleness: Beryl Markham, Africa's Adopted Daughter in West With the Wind." (In) Egejuru, Phanuel A. and Katrak, Ketu H. (eds.).
		(Botswana, D.R. Congo, Lesotho, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe)
		Egypt, the Soudan and Central Africa, With Explorations From Khartoum on the White Nile to the
	www.africabib.org /book/three.htm (3749 words)

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