17 November 1871, The first Commissioners for Kimberley arrive from the Cape. 17 November 1904, Premier Mine re-named Wesselton Mine. 17 November 1912, 15 year old Jack Chappell dies in Kenilworth after eating tainted ham. PREMIER MINE RE-NAMED WESSELTON MINE ...
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UPDATED: 16/11/2023 16 November 1883, The SA Perm founded in Kimberley. 16 November 1896, Theodore Samuels, who scored the first ever try for the Springboks, dies. 16 November 1898, Foundation stone of the Market Square Town Hall laid by Moses Cornwall. ...
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UPDATE – 10/11/2023 10 NOVEMBER 1952, Mass funeral at West End cemetery for those killed in the Mayibuye uprising. 10 NOVEMBER 1977, Sabotage attack by MK made on an admin building in Galeshewe township. Tragedies in Kimberley over time Kimberley has had ...
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UPDATE: 09/11/2023 9 NOVEMBER 1901, Savoy Hotel on Boshof Road destroyed in a fire. Savoy Hotel destroyed in a fire It was shortly after 9pm on Saturday 9 November 1901 that the Savoy Hotel on Boshof Road was totally destroyed ...
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UPDATED; 03/11/2023 3 NOVEMBER 1899, Kimberley Mine ceases work during the siege. 3 NOVEMBER 1904, Four Black mine workers die in a mud rush in the Kimberley Mine. 3 NOVEMBER 1917, Cape Corps soldier Henry Hopsel fatally wounds a fellow ...
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2 NOVEMBER 1933, Colonel Deneys Reitz, Minister of Lands and Irrigation, announces the proposed VaalHartz Project, the biggest conservation and irrigation scheme ever attempted in South Africa. 2 NOVEMBER 1952, Brother McManus celebrates 50th Anniversary of Religious Life with a ...
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UPDATED: 26/10/2023 26 OCTOBER 1888, Nazareth House opens on Dutoitspan Road. 26 OCTOBER 1892, SA rugby player Harry Boyes dies tragically. 26 OCTOBER 1897, Theatre Royal opens in Kimberley on Dutoitspan Road. 26 OCTOBER 1941, The altar of the re-built St ...
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19 October 1871, The farm Vooruitzicht officially sold by the De Beers brothers to the Ebden Brothers for 6000 guineas. Pictured is the original De Beer’s homestead and Johannes Nicolaas de Beer. Vooruitzicht and the Homestead Johannes Nicolaas de Beer, ...
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UPDATE: 12/10/2023 12 October 1881, Christian von Abo accidentally killed in Dutoitspan Mine. 12 October 1888, The first Poor Sisters of Nazareth arrive in Kimberley. 12 October 1899, H Robinow, DBCM Director, dies. 12 October 1910, A packet of 103 diamonds found ...
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UPDATED: 05/10/2023 5 October 1894, Bevil Gordon D’Urban Rudd MC born. 5 October 1895, Nazareth House Chapel opens for worship. 5 October 1990, Inaugural Barney Barnato Golf Tournament. Nazareth House Chapel opens The construction on the Nazareth House chapel began ...
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