... in the history of South Africa in the year 1886 was definite to bring the region under the spotlight of the world. In 1886, gold-bearing reef was discovered on the Witwatersrand which proved to be the world's largest single source of gold, producing each year a quarter of the whole world's output.4 This event substantially changed the social and economic pattern of South Africa.5 The continuous non-stop inflow of a large amount of English gold investors (Uitlanders, referred to by the local Boers) not only outnumbered the male Boers6, but also yet more importantly, they represented a new economic power which was in essence above the local Boers. The stagnant agricultural and pastoral communities had to, however reluctant and awkward it was, underwent a major transition to a predominantly industrial urban society. The rise of gold-mining in South Africa brought confusion to an unprogressive rural society. The frontier of capital ...

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