Anglo American plc
The Vehicle of Continuity
Founded 1917; long the dominant South African gold and platinum-group-metal house and, after 2012, sole owner of De Beers. It is the corporate body through which South African mineral ownership passed through the 1994 transition intact — the engine's load-bearing 'the flag changed, the owners didn't' receipt.
Also in The Forge
De Beers / The Diamond CartelSupply-Managed Reality, ProductisedThe Oppenheimer DynastyErnest → Harry → Nicky (NOT Joseph Süss)Rhodes Trust & the Recruitment FunnelDiamond Money → the Policy NetworkMells Park & the Managed HandoverA Mining House Brokered the ExitMarikana & Capital Preservation16 August 2012Jan SmutsBoer General → Round Table → UN Preamble