11 February 1898, Kgosi Galeshewe sentenced to ten years gaol for his part in the 1896 uprising. 11 February 1900, 3000 women and children lowered into the Kimberley and De Beers Mines to escape the shelling of the Boer Long ...

UPDATE: 10/02/2026 10 February 1887, St Alban’s Anglican Church consecrated. 10 February 1900, Funeral of George Labram. 10 February 1919, Railway Engineer George Pauling dies. ST ALBAN’S CHURCH ON TAKOON SQUARE St Alban’s Anglican church on Takoon Square, De Beers ...

UPDATE: 09/02/2026 9 February 1887, Goldfields company started by Cecil Rhodes and Charles Rudd. 9 February 1900, George Labram, designer of the Long Cecil gun, killed by a Long Tom shell hitting the Grand Hotel. 9 February 1978, Robert Sobukwe admitted to ...

6 February 1899, The Kimberley Rifles and the Diamond Fields Horse amalgamate to form the Kimberley Regiment of Volunteers. THE KIMBERLEY REGIMENT OF VOLUNTEERS The Kimberley Regiment is an infantry regiment of the South African Army. As a reserve unit, ...

5 February 1891, Wesselton Mine rushed by diggers. 5 February 1950, Rugby great FJ “Uncle” Dobbin dies. HUNDREDS OF DIGGERS LAY CLAIMS TO LAND Despite common knowledge of Henry Ward having the mineral rights to the land owned by JJ ...

4 February 1884, West Indian Samuel Trott, murders storekeeper John Jackson in Dutoitspan village. 4 February 1900, The Highland Brigade, including Lt FG Tait (pictured), leaves Modder River camp en route to Koodoosberg Drift. The murder of John Jackson in ...

UPDATE: 03/02/2026 3 February 1906, Thrice Mayor of Kimberley, Moses Cornwall dies. 3 February 1910, Town Clerk of Beaconsfield, James Stanley, dies. 3 February 1963, Last service in the St Martini Lutheran Church. St Martini Lutheran Church The German Lutheran ...

2 February 1881, Kimberley Stock Exchange opens. 2 February 1901, All businesses in Beaconsfield closed as a mark of respect for the death of Queen Victoria. 2 February 1948, Bevil Gordon D’Urban Rudd MC dies. NATURAL SPORTSMAN WHO WON OLYMPIC ...

UPDATED: 30/01/2026 30 January 1884, Arthur E Caldecott awarded the Chancellor’s Gold Medal. 30 January 1903, Mrs Joseph Chamberlain (Mary Crowninshield Endicott, daughter of the US Secretary of War) lays the foundation stone of the Women’s Hostel in Lennox Street. ...

UPDATED: 29/01/2026 29 January 1961, Fatima Shrine in Galeshewe suburb opens for worship. 29 January 1965, Griqualand West start 3 day cricket match against touring MCC. 29 January 1980, Kuruman man wins R35 000 first prize in the Bonus Bonds ...