South African Diamond Trade: Enforcement and Perpetuation of Apartheid

second African Diamond Trade Enforcement and prolongation of Apartheid, Past and PresentI. IntroductionSouth Africa was a rich region with a beautiful landscape and a rich culture. There were dangerous natural resources in South Africa and spectacular beauty. South African inn was fluid and accepting, allowing people to move from one tribe to the next, without discrimination. This accepting and sincerely yours benevolent moral system, perhaps turned out to be a fatal flaw, manipulated and abused by European colonists who arrived in 1652 and have left over(p) an indelible legacy on the nation of South Africa (Thompson, 33). Upon their arrival, the Dutch and indeed the English systematically exploited black South Africans, taking profit of their welcoming demeanor. Blacks began to be pushed off their land and natural resources monopolized by whites. and then on a fateful day in 1866, a freshly discovery by Erasmus Jacobs took the manipulation and exploitation of South Africa to all sensitive heights. On this day, the constantan ball field was discovered on the banks of the Orange River. The Eureka was 21.25 carats rough and confirmed earlier rumors of diamonds in South Africa and ignited the diamond rush (debeers.com). With this rush came the advent of large mining corporations such as Anglo American Corporation and DeBeers, who created an intricate system that kept the Africans they employed in poverty, while destroying traditional African society, all the while earning tremendous amounts of money. These companies, De Beers in particular, atomic number 18 depicted today as the benevolent liberal external company, but in reality they systematically exploited South Africans and their resources. They are applauded throughout the world for their cu... ...ngering presence of the stark inequalities that curse South Africa. However, if this is recognised and acknowledged, perhaps South Africa can take a critical tone of voice toward s true equality, not just with words, but with economic opportunity. Works CitedDe Beers Group. De Beers History. 5 March 2005.www.debeersgroup.com/debeersweb/About+De+Beers/De+Beers+History/.Ferguson, James. Introduction to Humanities Encounters and Identities. Stanford University. Stanford. 14 February 2005 and 3 March 2005.Mathabane, Mark. Kaffir Boy. Free Press (Simon & Schuster) New York, 1986.Moodie, T. Dunbar. Going for Gold. University of calcium Press Berkeley, CA, 1994.Summa, John. Anglo-American Corporation. Multinational Monitor. Vol. 9 9. September1988.Thompson, Leonard. A History of South Africa. Yale Nota Bene New Haven, 2001.