2. c) e) 1. d) Getting started C b) Choose the correct word in brackets. a) The Mineral Revolution started when diamond mining moved to (Hopetown/Kimberley) and when gold was discovered in (Welkom/on the Witwatersrand). The Randlords were mining (capitalists/socialists) who had come from countries in (Europe/Africa). Gold mining is (deep-level/surface) mining and the rocks are found in (reefs/canyons). Government supported the Randlords' actions in making black workers work on the mine, through the introduction of various (land/space) taxes which had to be paid for in (gold/money) rather than with cattle. By 1899 there were close to (100 000/50 000) workers on the mines. These workers, who did not live close to the mines were known as (indentured/migrant) workers. Change the sentences below to make them true. a) b) (10) South Africa was an industrialised society until the discovery of mineral The Boers tried to take control of all the valuable land once minerals were discovered. The tax that every adult male had to pay in cash was known as income tax. d) In the compound, black workers were controlled by impimpis, who acted as policemen. The Pedi were a nation that gave the British their worst defeat in battle.
