Historical

UPDATED: 25/09/2018 25 September 1886, William Hendricks accidentally kills his wife Sophy after a drunken spree. He was found not guilty of murder. 25 September 1907, Alexander McGregor Museum officially opened. 25 September 1908, Salvation Army leader General William Booth, visits Kimberley. ...

21 September 1888, Detective Robert Murray (pictured) dies in a fire on Barkly Road. 21 September 1905, The first principal of Girls High School, Miss E.L. Redford, dies. DID YOU KNOW Robert Murray was born in Ireland, the eldest of ...

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: 19/09/2018 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 five years old today. The new ...

UPDATED: 18/09/2018 18 September 1945, Radio talent show at the Plaza: Charming songs provided by Merle Herbert, Janice Farrelly and Carol West. DID YOU KNOW It is the 55th 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 ...

14 September 1902, Kimberley’s new synagogue on Memorial Road opens. DID YOU KNOW The Jewish Synagogue (Shul) on Memorial Road opened for services on 14 September 1902. It is generally considered the most attractive shul in the country and one ...

UPDATED: 13/09/2018 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 ...