UPDATED: 18/09/2025 18 September 1945, Radio talent show at the Plaza: Charming songs provided by Merle Herbert, Janice Farrelly and Carol West. ‘Sailor’ Malan – in Kimberley Yesterday was the 62nd Anniversary of the death of famed Battle of Britain ...
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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. Sailor Malan – a born leader and ...
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UPDATED: 16/09/2025 16 September 1901, Frans Matlap dies during blasting operations at De Beers mine. 16 September 1920, Andrew Kiddie, the founder of the bakery, dies. 16 September 1925, Architect Daniel W Greatbatch dies. 16 September 1964, Clarence Edward Crowther ...
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UPDATED: 15/09/2025 15 September 1889, Jonathan Hayne dies while attempting to extinguish an underground fire in Bultfontein Mine. 15 September 1908, Sr Louisa, Principal of St Michaels in 1877 dies. 15 September 1912, Miner Daniel Cox killed in a fire at the ...
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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. 12 September 1949, HP (Percy) Rudd dies. ...
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10 September 1874, The first Good Templars Hall in South Africa opens in Kimberley. 10 September 1910, 1600 African miners arrested by the police following the Wesselton mine strike. 10 September 1972, “Singing” Sam Smith, GW representative for cricket, bowls ...
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UPDATED: 09/09/2025 9 September 1894, James Jenkins dies after falling from the De Beers mine headgear. 9 September 1902, Charles Sutherland fatally stabbed by Jenetta Welsch in the Malay Camp. 9 September 1980, 16 injured, and 112 students arrested by ...
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UPDATED: 08/09/2025 8 September 1882, Second wing of the Queen’s Hotel opens. 8 September 1892, South African International Exhibition opens in Kimberley. 8 September 1897, St Patrick’s Christian Brothers’ College founded. 8 September 1910, Black miners go on strike at Wesselton Mine. ...
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5 September 1897, John McLauchlin of Church and McLauchlin drowns in a well. 5 September 1905, Professor George H Darwin (pictured) and the British Association for the Advancement of Science visit Kimberley. Professor Darwin’s visit to Kimberley By Hugh Robert ...
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UPDATED: 04/09/2025 4 September 1890, Cecil Rhodes entertained at a civic function to celebrate his election as Cape Premier. 4 September 1905, Viennese band conductor Herr Carl Rybnikar marries Edith Kearns. 4 September 1973, Harry Oppenheimer becomes a Freeman of ...
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