19 January 1900, The Long Cecil gun, designed by American George Labram, and built in the De Beers Workshops, is tested. 19 January 1906, South Africa’s first Inter Colonial Poultry Conference in Kimberley. DID YOU KNOW Dissatisfaction with the superiority ...
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🗓#KimberleyToday, Friday 18/01/2019 • https://www.kimberley.org.za/?p=22426 TODAY’S WEATHER, EVENTS, SPECIALS & PROMOTIONS HAPPY GOURMET COFFEE DAY KIMBERLEY There are numerous holidays dedicated to coffee throughout the year, but today we celebrate the crème de la crème of coffee: gourmet coffee. It ...
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UPDATED: 17/01/2019 17 January 1885, First mining compound opened at the Kimberley Mine by the French Company. (Pictured is the Bultfontein Mine compound in circa 1905). DID YOU KNOW It has always been believed, quite erroneously, that De Beers Consolidated ...
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🗓#KimberleyToday, Thursday 17/01/2019 • https://www.kimberley.org.za/?p=22414 TODAY’S WEATHER, EVENTS, SPECIALS & PROMOTIONS HAPPY GET TO KNOW YOUR CUSTOMERS DAY KIMBERLEY Get to Know Your Customers Day is observed annually on the third Thursday of each quarter (January, April, July, October). This ...
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Kimberley Power Outage – Klisserville Area – 16/01/2019 UPDATE: 16/01/2019 13:36 – Power has been restored. There is currently an electricity outage in and around the Klisserville area. Sol Plaatje Electricians have been sent out to investigate. Areas Affected: Parts ...
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UPDATED: 16/01/2019 16 January 1889, Kimberley awarded the cricket Currie Cup by England. 16 January 1891, Fabricius has five men working the new Wesselton mine. 16 January 1900, Soup kitchen opened at the Hull St Convict Station. Pictured is the Wesselton Mine ...
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🗓#KimberleyToday, Wednesday 16/01/2019 • https://www.kimberley.org.za/?p=22403 TODAY’S WEATHER, EVENTS, SPECIALS & PROMOTIONS HAPPY WITHOUT A SCALPEL DAY KIMBERLEY We observe Without a Scalpel Day each year on January 16. The first angioplasty, a ground-breaking procedure to open a blocked blood vessel, ...
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UPDATED: 15/01/2019 15 January 1877, Murderer William Danster executed in Kimberley. 15 January 1897, Secretary of De Beers CM, William Henry Craven dies in the USA. 15 January 1901, Catholic Bishop Anthony Gaughren OMI dies. 15 January 1942, Springbok rugby player AFW ...
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🗓#KimberleyToday, Tuesday 15/01/2019 • https://www.kimberley.org.za/?p=22391 TODAY’S WEATHER, EVENTS, SPECIALS & PROMOTIONS HAPPY STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM DAY KIMBERLEY Today is for ice cream, and strawberry is the flavor of the day. It is one of the most popular flavors of ice ...
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UPDATED: 14/01/2019 14 January 1871, First official mail from Cape Town to Klipdrift dispatched. DID YOU KNOW It was on 15 October 1870 that the first mail was dispatched from the Diamond Fields to Cape Town, this via Bloemfontein and ...
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