Kimerley | Wilbur Smith's Notebook | Wilbur Smith
Southern Africa's most exclusive club, the Kimberley Club, was established in 1881 as a place where diamond magnates such as Cecil Rhodes, Barney Barnato and the Oppenheimers could relax and do their deals. It still exists in the middle of town and now includes a small hotel for nonmembers. At the end of 1899, during the Second Boer War ...