UPDATED: 22/04/2025 22 April 1891, Newton Home opened by Reverend JD Kestell (pictured). 22 April 1980, 1200 city pupils join nationwide boycott of schools. A Willingness to Serve John Daniel Kestell’s life was characterised by a willingness to serve. The ...
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UPDATED: 17/04/2025 17 April 1904, Memorial to the Cape Police who died in the Anglo-Boer War unveiled. 17 April 1935, Formal leave taking of Reverend Harris Isaacs by the Jewish community. 17 April 1946, Main building of Girls High School ...
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UPDATED: 16/04/2025 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: 15/04/2025 15 April 1891, The Kimberley 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. 15 ...
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UPDATED: 14/04/2025 14 April 1960, SA Protea cricketer Patrick Symcox born. 14 April 1982, Sonny Leon Library opens in Roodepan. (Pictured is Sonny Leon) Sonny Leon Library opens in Roodepan, 14 April 1982 Lionel Samuel (Sonny) Leon (29 November 1911- ...
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11 April 1891, Kimberley win the Currie Cup cricket in Johannesburg. KIMBERLEY WINS THE CURRIE CUP CRICKET 134 years ago today. It took only the one year before Kimberley (Griqualand West) regained the Currie Cup for cricket in 1891, the ...
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UPDATED: 10/04/2025 10 April 1902, A 336½ carat diamond found at Otto’s Kopje mine. 10 April 1940, Foundation stone of the Salvation Army church laid. 10 April 1941, Mesdames Gouldie and Hodgson win the GW Bowls doubles title. 10 April ...
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UPDATED: 09/04/2025 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 1890, SA Cricket Association formed in ...
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UPDATED: 07/04/2025 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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