- 78 - THE IMPACT OF THE MINERAL REVOLUTION, 1870-1936
ated by the diamond'and later the gold mines provided. to quote Maguba ne, a "poisonous nourishment" that nurtured the South African economy into the "deformed' monster 'that i,t is today.,,5 'Thiscpmment must be seen in the light of Magubane's view that society evolves from the eco nomic relations at …