"Lewala's name entered history but not much more, the man had nothing of his find, no one paid him for it or showed any kind of gratitude, others made the big business and they made it quick. Barney Barnato (born Barnett Isaacs), 5 July 1852 - 14 June 1897. Zora del Buono remarks in an article in the German news magazine der Spiegel: The government’s claim that the discovery was actually quartz was met with suspicion. Thousands of people had flocked to a hillside in South.
DIAMOND RUSH AFRICA BORN FULL
Realising the area was full of diamonds, the German government prohibited entry to almost the entire extent of Namibia's southern coast, declaring it the "Sperrgebiet", meaning "forbidden zone".Ībout Lewala, comparatively little is known, as historiography, and especially tourist literature, are more interested in the German Stauch, whose activity is better documented, and with which European tourists can be more easily identified. Diamond Rush in South Africa, Born of Desperation and DistrustWhen rumors of from diamond find hit social media, thousands of jobless South Africans rushed to a sleepy village. Gemstones that sparked a diamond rush to eastern South Africa last week are just quartz after all, according to preliminary findings. The discovery of this stone set off the diamond rush and Van Niekerk. of diamonds in South Africa, the modern diamond industry was born. He dutifully handed these over to Stauch and said: "Look, Mister, moy Klip (beautiful stone)." Stauch sent it to the analysis at Swakopmund and secured a claim in the area. The history of diamonds is South Africa has its root in the Northern Cape and. A new rush had begun as word spread that there were diamonds aplenty on Van Wyks. In 1908, when he was scouting near the railway station at Grassplatz near Kolmanskop, he discovered several stones in which he suspected diamonds. Later he worked under his superior August Stauch at the maintenance of the Lüderitz railway. More than 1,000 fortune seekers on Monday flocked to the village of KwaHlathi in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province in search of what they believed to be diamonds after the discovery of unidentified stones in the area. Lewala came from southern Africa and was a worker in a diamond mine in Kimberley, where he gained experience in the recognition of rough diamonds.
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