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The name 'De Beers' was derived from the two Dutch settlers, brothers Diederik Arnoldus de Beer (1825–1878) and Johannes Nicolaas de Beer (1830–1883), who owned a South African farm named Vooruitzicht (Dutch for "prospect" or "outlook") near Zandfontein in the Boshof District of Orange Free State. After they discovered diamonds on their ...
De Beer is a Dutch and Afrikaans surname, meaning "the bear". Notable people with the surname include: Notable people with the surname include: Cornelius de Beer [ es ] (c.1590–1651), Dutch painter and engraver active in Spain; son of Joos
Rachel de Beer ([raˈχæl də ˈbiər], 1831–1843) (sometimes known by the diminutive form, Racheltjie) is an Afrikaner heroine, [1] who gave her life in order to save that of her brother, Dirkie de Beer. She was the daughter of George Stephanus de Beer (b. 1794).
Racheltjie de Beer is a 2019 Afrikaans film Directed by Matthys Boshoff, produced by Johan Kruger, and written by Bret Micheal Innes with Matthys Boshoff.The film stars Zonika De Vriers, Sandra Prinsloo, Marius Weyers, Seputla Sebogodi and Johannes Jordaan, The film is about a young Afrikaner girl Racheltjie De Beer played by Zonika De Vriers in the Voortrekker-era who sacrificed herself to ...
De Beers tried its hand at growing a lab-grown diamond jewelry business for six years before ditching it earlier this year. But a segment of that failed attempt has flourished—and it has nothing ...
He took control of De Beers in 1929 and became its chairman the same year, followed by his son Harry Oppenheimer in 1957 and his grandson Nicky Oppenheimer in 1998. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] In 2011, the family sold its remaining 40 per cent stake in De Beers to Anglo American for $ 5.1 billion in cash. [ 5 ]
LONDON (Reuters) -Anglo American's De Beers has appointed oil and energy industry executive Al Cook as its new chief to replace Bruce Cleaver, who steps down after eight years at the helm of the ...
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