UPDATED: 13/06/2022 13 June 1876, Kimberley’s first black policemen, 50 Zulus, arrive for duty. 13 June 1902, Reception for General Sir John French at the City Hall. 13 June 1964, Neville le Cordeur inaugurated as Lions Club President. 13 June ...
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UPDATED: 10/06/2022 10 JUNE 1964, Melanie Karam of the Convent awarded the City Council Medal. 10 JUNE 1964, Boys High beat CBC 24-13 at the KAC grounds. 10 JUNE 1975, Fire nearly destroys Mulder’s Shoe Bar. Three short stories Firstly, ...
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UPDATED: 09/06/2022 9 June 1899, 30 mineworkers die in a dynamite explosion at the Kimberley Mine. 9 June 1940, Foundation stone for the new Catholic Cathedral laid. Pictured is the Kimberley Mine Main Shaft in circa 1910. The headgear is ...
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UPDATED: 08/06/2022 8 June 1901, Foundation stone of the DFA building unveiled on Stockdale Street. DFA building photograph with notes – compliments of Beefy Mance. Foundation stone laid for the DFA Cape Times, 10 June 1901. Kimberley, June 8 – ...
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UPDATED: 07/06/2022 7 June 1898, Five miners die in fall of mine cage at De Beers mine. De Beers Directors meet with Kimberley Chamber The year 1904 saw the entire De Beers Board of Directors meet with the Kimberley Chamber ...
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UPDATED: 06/06/2022 6 June 1900, Official welcome to the Kimberley Mounted Corps on their return from relieving Mafeking. 6 June 1911, John Weston gives first public performance in an aeroplane. 6 June 1943, Well-known artist and architect William Timlin (pictured) ...
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3 June 1932, Colonel Herbert S Harris dies. 3 June 1952, Official opening of Belgrave Lodge by Harry Oppenheimer. Also pictured is the house “Lancaster Lodge” where Herbert Harris died and his Fob Watch won in a shooting competition. The ...
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UPDATED: 02/06/2022 2 June 1877, Cecil Rhodes becomes a Life Member of the Freemasons. 2 June 1929, Presbyterian Minister Rev WH Richards dies. Cecil Rhodes and Freemasonry It was at Oxford University on 2 June 1877 that Cecil Rhodes became ...
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UPDATED: 01/06/2022 1 June 1889, De Beers Consolidated Mines takes control of the Kimberley Mine. 1 June 1893, Anthony M Robeson appointed De Beers electrical engineer. 1 June 1896, A diamond weighing 503¼ carats found in the De Beers Mine. 1 June 1910, George ...
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31 May 1875, Ebden, Dunell and Company sell Vooruitzicht farm to the Cape Government for £100 000 Sterling. 31 May 1878, The Burness family murdered in the Kuruman region. 31 May 1902, End of the Anglo-Boer South African War. 31 May ...
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