UPDATED: 20/04/2021 20 April 1886, Gladstone Hotel near the railway station opens. The Gladstone suburb – now De Beers suburb That the current suburb known as De Beers was first named Gladstone after the English Prime Minister of the time, ...
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UPDATED: 19/04/2021 19 April 1913, Sol Plaatje’s newspaper becomes Tsala ea Batho. Plaatje’s Tsala ea Batho newspaper Sol Plaatje‘s major concern at this time was in politics and in combating the government through his skill as a writer. Unfortunately, his ...
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UPDATED: 16/04/2021 16 April 1878, The first Black African band – the Kimberley African Amateur Minstrels, performs in Dutoitspan. 16 April 1935, Lt-Colonel Thomas Henderson Rodger DSO, dies. 16 April 1941, Potgieter’s Motors opens their new building adjacent to Market ...
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UPDATED: 15/04/2021 15 April 1891, The Kimberley Black African choir (pictured) leaves for their England tour. 15 April 1901, Mayor’s Siege Medal (Kimberley Star) handed out in the Public Gardens. 15 April 1902, Foundation stone laid for Beaconsfield Public School. ...
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UPDATED: 14/04/2021 14 April 1960, SA Protea cricketer Patrick Symcox born. 14 April 1982, Sonny Leon Library opens in Roodepan. Happy 61st Birthday Pat Symcox Patrick Leonard Symcox (born 14 April 1960 in Kimberley to Rodger and Joan Symcox) is ...
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UPDATED: 13/04/2021 13 April 1898, The Town Council approve the new Town Hall to be built on Market Square. 13 April 1900, Tolls end in Kimberley after being gazetted. 13 April 1917, Springbok Septimus Ledger killed in action at Arras. ...
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UPDATED: 12/04/2021 12 April 1872, Historian George Beet arrives in Kimberley. 12 April 1875, Black Flag rebellion led by Alfred Aylward starts. 12 April 1878, Sir William Solomon admitted to the Cape Bar. 12 April 1887, Kimberley Boys and Girls ...
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UPDATED: 09/04/2021 9 April 1890, SA Cricket Association founded in Kimberley. 9 April 1900, The retirement of Edward Arthur Judge. 9 April 1912, First cross-country air flight in SA starts in Kimberley, ends in Klerksdorp. 9 April 1927, Union Tennis ...
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8 April 1879, Charles Warren Lodge meets for the first time in Dutoitspan. 8 April 1890, Transvaal beats Kimberley on the Eclectic field to win the first ever Currie Cup cricket game. 8 April 1908, Rail link between Kimberley and ...
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UPDATED: 07/04/2021 7 April 1881, JB Robinson takes his seat in the Cape Legislative Assembly. 7 April 1904, Gladstone Park opens. 7 April 1972, SA cricketer Gerhardus Liebenberg born in Upington. The Artist Philip Bawcombe Philip William Bawcombe was born ...
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