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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 30 APRIL
UPDATED: 30/04/2026 30 April 1900, The Mafeking relief column ready to depart from Dronfield farm. 30 April 1900, Dr William…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 29 APRIL
UPDATED: 29/04/2026 29 April 1884, The Miners strike in Kimberley ends in disaster with seven white miners shot dead by…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 28 APRIL
Updated: 28/04/2026 28 April 1880, De Beers Mining Company formed by Cecil Rhodes, Charles Rudd, Robert Dundas Graham and others.…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 24 APRIL
UPDATE: 24/04/2026 24 April 1884, South Africa’s first industrial strike begins, by miners. 24 April 1941, Steam tram derails at…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 23 APRIL
UPDATED: 23/04/2026 23 April 1936, Charter meeting of the SA Museums Association held at the Public Library. 23 April 1941,…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 22 APRIL
UPDATED: 22/04/2026 22 April 1891, Newton Home opened by Reverend JD Kestell (pictured). 22 April 1980, 1200 city pupils join…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 21 APRIL
UPDATED: 21/04/2026 21 April 1898, Phokwane native reserve confiscated by Cape Government proclamation. 21 April 1959, Manne Dipico, first Premier…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 20 APRIL
UPDATED: 20/04/2026 20 April 1886, Gladstone Hotel near the railway station opens. The Gladstone suburb – now De Beers suburb…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 17 APRIL
UPDATED: 17/04/2026 17 April 1904, Memorial to the Cape Police who died in the Anglo-Boer War unveiled. 17 April 1935,…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 16 APRIL
UPDATED: 16/04/2026 16 April 1878, The first Black African band – the Kimberley African Amateur Minstrels, performs in Dutoitspan. 16…
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