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Kimberley

Kimberley

Find property for sale in Kimberley, a city in the Northern Cape that has become synonymous with the mining of diamonds in South Africa. It is situated near the Orange River and is famous for the big hole, which dominates the city and yielded 14,5 million carats of diamonds. The properties for sale in Kimberley are a diverse selection of houses and homes, apartments and flats, stands and commercial properties, as well as farms and smallholdings to buy in the outlying areas.

In 1866, Erasmus Jacobs is said to have found a small pebble on the banks of the Orange River, which turned out to be a 21.25 carat diamond weighing just over 4 grams. Five years later, an even bigger stone was discovered on the slopes of the Colesburg Kopje and it was this find that led to the subsequent diamond rush into the area. Those who buy property in Kimberly will soon discover that th