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Capital, Government and Politics in the Transvaal, 1900–1907: A Revision and a Reversion 1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 February 2009

A. A. Mawby
A. A. Mawby
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Over seventy years ago J. A. Hobson put forward the theory that the Anglo-Boer War had been created by the Rand mining magnates and their financial allies, in their search for increased profits. Subsequently this interpretation was extended to the immediate post-war period of British Crown Colony administration, for it was argued that the politics of the post-war period were equally dominated by the Rand mining magnates. More recently, increasing doubt has been cast on this interpretation, for it has been found, inter alia, that the idea of the mining industry engaged in politics as a coherent and monolithic group did not accord with the great variety of behaviour to be found in practice amongst the mining magnates. In the 1960s, however, an attempt was made to overcome this weakness and to return to a strictly economic interpretation of the period, by grafting on to Hobson's basic interpretation the concept of financially-based rivalry between conflicting groups of mining magnates as the key to Transvaal political divisions.

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The Historical Journal , Volume 17 , Issue 2 , June 1974 , pp. 387 - 415
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1974

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16 Apart from Consolidated Gold Fields, Eckstein's and Farrar's, whose deep-level interests are not in dispute, Goerz's had important deep-level interests but not control in Modderfontein Deep, Randfontein Deep and South Randfontein Deep; Barnato's in Ferreira Deep, Jumpers Deep and Main Reef West; Albu's in Vogelstruis Consolidated Deep; and Neumann's in Tudor, Langlaagre Deep, Glen Deep, Knights Deep, Van Ryn Deep, Modderfontein Extension, Turf Mines, City Deep, South City, Wolhuter Deep, South Wolhuter and Klip Deep. In addition, Freeman Cohen's Consolidated, Abe Bailey's, Lewis & Marks, and Dunkelsbuhler's all held directorships in deep-level companies they did not control. The character of the mine has been determined from Praagh, L. V., op. cit., pp. 566–75;Google Scholar and its control from the Mining Manual for 1905, op. cit.

17 Again apart from Consolidated Gold Fields, Eckstein's and Farrar's, the following major groups controlled the following deep-level mining companies: Goerz's controlled Lancaster, Lancaster West, Roodepoort Consolidated Deep, Geduld, Tudor, and, jointly, Van Dyk Proprietary; Barnato's controlled Randfontein Deep, Van Ryn Deep, and jointly, Kleinfontein Deep; Albu's controlled Cinderella Deep, New Goch Gold Mines (an outcrop and deep-level mine), Rand Collieries (a deep-level gold mine, despite its name), West Rand Mines, Bantjes Deep, and South Village Deep; and Neumann's controlled New Rip, Vogelstruis Consolidated Deep, Main Reef West, Main Reef Deep, Main Reef East, Cloverfield, and, jointly, Witwatersrand Deep. In addition, of the smaller groups, Freeman Cohen's controlled South Randfontein Deep, and Pullinger's controlled Western Rand Estates. The character and control of each mine has been determined as in fn. 16.

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78 May, G. H. Le, British Supremacy in South Africa 1899–1907 (Oxford, 1966), pp. 155–6,Google Scholar is also mistaken on this point, evidently due to his confusing the identities of J. N. Greenlees, of the T.P.A., and M. Greenless, of Pretoria and ‘more Colony, less Crown’ fame.

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85 Wernher, Beit & Co. to H. Eckstein & Co., 1 Dec. 1905: Rand Mines Archives - Official London Letters: vol. XIX. J. Cowie to H. Handcock, 11 Dec. 1905: Chamber of Mines - Letterbook Private 1903–10, no. 135.

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89 Star, 10, 23, 28 Oct., 2, 3 Nov. 1903.

90 Star, 28 Oct., 30 Nov. 1903.

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97 Denoon, , A Grand Illusion, p. 227,Google Scholar is equally brief in his treatment of the Progressive Association and, while not as sweeping in his characterization, still handles it unhappily - failing to realize, for example, that it was formed before, rather than long after, the Transvaal Responsible Government Association.

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103 At Denoon, : A Grand Illusion, pp. 188–9,Google Scholar the description of FitzPatrick's role in the diamond mining legislation is still unsatisfactory, and the outline of the relationship between Eckstein's and DeBeer's is incorrect - the Eckstein partners were neither Governors of, nor involved in the control of, DeBeer's (ibid., p. 189).

10 See also Denoon, ibid., pp. 221, 225–6.

105 Denoon, ibid., p. 225, mentions Andrews.

106 Star, 25 Oct. 6, 8, 14 Nov., 1, 7, 8, 21 Dec. 1906, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26 Jan., 1, 5, 7, 8, 15, 19 Feb. 1907.

107 Star, 15, 25 (Edit.) Jan., 9 Feb. 1907.