20 September 1888, Five sisters of the Poor Sisters of Nazareth leave London for Kimberley. 20 September 1899, The Town Hall on Market Square opens. DID YOU KNOW The Kimberley Town Hall, an outstanding piece of Victorian architecture (in Roman ...

UPDATED: 19/09/2019 19 September 1877, Cecil Rhodes writes his second will. 19 September 2013, Sol Plaatje University launched in the Northern Cape, the first since true democracy. DID YOU KNOW Sol Plaatje University turns six years old today. The new ...

UPDATED: 18/09/2019 18 September 1945, Radio talent show at the Plaza: Charming songs provided by Merle Herbert, Janice Farrelly and Carol West. DID YOU KNOW Yesterday was the 56th Anniversary of the death of famed Battle of Britain pilot Sailor ...

17 September 1876, The Synagogue on D’Arcy Street opens for worship. 17 September 1908, SA cricketer Ernest George Bock born. 17 September 1963, Battle of Britain hero AG “Sailor” Malan dies in Kimberley. DID YOU KNOW Adolph Gysbert “Sailor” Malan ...

UPDATED: 16/09/2019 16 September 1901, Frans Matlap dies during blasting operations at De Beers mine. 16 September 1920, Andrew Kiddie, the founder of the bakery, dies. 16 September 1925, Architect Daniel W Greatbatch dies. 16 September 1964, Clarence Edward Crowther ...

UPDATED: 13/09/2019 13 September 1905, Church of St John the Evangelist, Woodley Street, opened. 13 September 1988, 20 Elsmere Road historic wall damaged in an accident. DID YOU KNOW This Church on Woodley Street was originally the Church of St John ...

12 September 1944, Lt Lafase Moolman dies after his Oxford aeroplane crashes during night training at 21 Air Flying School. 12 September 1949, Claude Benette kills Frederick Scholtz opposite the West End cemetery. DID YOU KNOW The discovery of a ...

11 September 1896, Train accident on Dronfield farm kills stoker W.H. Wonnacott. 11 September 1905, Thomas Raaff accidentally killed in the De Beers Mine. DID YOU KNOW There have been two train accidents on Dronfield farm. Both were derailments after ...

10 September 1874, The first Good Templars Hall in South Africa opens in Kimberley. 10 September 1910, 1600 Black miners arrested by the police following the Wesselton strike. 10 September 1972, “Singing” Sam Smith, GW representative for cricket, bowls and ...

UPDATED: 09/09/2019 9 September 1894, James Jenkins dies after falling from the De Beers mine headgear. 9 September 1902, Charles Sutherland fatally stabbed by Jenetta Welsch in the Malay Camp. 9 September 1980, 16 injured, and 112 students arrested by ...