Historical

UPDATED: 23/07/2021 23 July 1887, Kimberley Public Library opens. 23 July 1901, The death of Joseph Pratley of Beaconsfield. 23 July 1925, The Prince of Wales visits Kimberley. 23 July 1980, Jimmy Tau, SA soccer star, born in Kimberley. Public ...

22 July 1875, Richard Giddy Lodge No 1574 has its first meeting at the Treasury. 22 July 1931, Abantu-Batho Hall (pictured) opens. Sol Plaatje and the opening of the Abantu-Batho Hall The Abantu-Batho Hall, now the Galeshewe Centre, was opened ...

21 July 1920, F Walton Jameson (Jacaranda Jim) appointed Kimberley City Engineer. Jacaranda Jim and the trees… Frank Walton Jameson, popularly known as “Jacaranda Jim” was the person responsible for planting the jacaranda trees in Kimberley, Nairobi (Kenya), and in ...

UPDATED: 20/07/2021 20 July 1891, British Isles defeats Griqualand West 3-0 at the Eclectic ground. 20 July 1971, Basil Humphreys, benefactor of Kimberley and son of William, dies. Basil William Clayton Humphreys DSC. The son of William Benbow Humphreys and ...

UPDATED: 19/07/2021 19 July 1897, An Indian trader named Kaledin, murdered in the Malay Camp. An unsolved murder. 19 July 1960, Dr Arthur Letele released from custody and deported from South Africa. An unsolved murder in the Malay Camp An Indian ...

UPDATE: 16/07/2021 16 July 1871, Esau Demoense discovers the world’s richest diamond mine, later named the Kimberley Mine. 16 July 1884, Vooruitzucht Estate, except the mining areas, handed over to the Council. 16 July 1894, Andrew Hudson Bain of Bains ...

UPDATED: 15/07/2021 15 July 1871, Diamond News reports that there are 43 graves in Dutoitspan cemetery. 15 July 1916, The SA Brigade moves into Delville Wood at 05h00. 15 July 1928, Kimberley’s Cenotaph unveiled in Dutoitspan Road. 15 July 1950, ...

UPDATED: 14/07/2021 14 July 1950, USA women’s hockey team beat Griqualand West women 2-1. 14 July 1964, SA hockey player Wally Ubsdell dies. Kenilworth Springbok hockey player Wally Ubsdell Walter (Wally) Alfred Douglas Ubsdell, a former Springbok hockey player, died ...

UPDATED: 13/07/2021 13 July 1940, Salvation Army building in Crossman Road opened by Commissioner Cunningham. 13 July 1949, Springbok rugby player JWE “Klondyke” Raaff dies. 13 July 1990, Retired chief librarian Olive McIntyre dies. 13 July 1993, Artist Nellie Steenkamp dies. ...

12 July 1888, Rescue attempts continue at the De Beers Mine disaster as hundreds of miners escape the underground fire. Pictured is the GM of De Beers at the time of the disaster, Gardner Williams, and the memorial at Gladstone ...