Cecil John Rhodes, imperialist, political manipulator, diamond magnate and Premier of the Cape Colony dies aged 48. He arrived in South Africa in 1870 and invested his inheritance from his grandmother in the diamond diggings in Kimberley. He helped launch the De Beers Mining Company with his partner, C. D. Rudd.

Read more about Rhodes' forced resignation as Prime Minister of the Cape in 1896.

Sources:

1. Burne, J. (ed)(1989). Chronicle of the World, (Sl), Longman Chronicle.
2. Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar, Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau.