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Randlord
South African diamond and gold mining entrepreneurs from the 1870s to the First World War
The Randlords (Afrikaans: randhere) were the capitalists who controlled the diamond and gold mining industries in South Africa from the 1870s to the First World War. A small number of European financiers, largely of the same generation, gained control of the diamond mining industry at Kimberley.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
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The Randlords (Afrikaans: randhere) were the capitalists who controlled the diamond and gold mining industries in South Africa from the 1870s to the First World War. A small number of European financiers, largely of the same generation, gained control of the diamond mining industry at Kimberley.2
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