Second Boer War - Gold was discovered in the Witwatersrand area of the South African Republic

Time: 1886

Place: Witwatersrand, South Africa

Details: Then in 1886, gold was discovered in the Witwatersrand area of the South African Republic. Gold made the Transvaal the richest nation in southern Africa; however, the country had neither the manpower nor the industrial base to develop the resource on its own.

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