Historical

UPDATED: 10/05/2019 10 May 1889, Beaconsfield Public Library opens. 10 May 1919, Robert Close, Manager of the Kimberley Mine, dies after a short illness. DID YOU KNOW The Beaconsfield Library has always been in what is now known as the ...

UPDATED: 09/05/2019 9 May 1890, The first camera club in SA is established in Kimberley with eighteen members. 9 May 1962, De Beers Sea Scout Brian Freeman awarded Boy Scout Association Meritorious Award for rescuing a woman in distress in the ...

UPDATED: 07/05/2019 7 May 1962, The Grand Old Man of the Kimberley regiment, Mossie Rodwell, dies. 7 May 1994, The first Premier of the Northern Cape, Manne Dipico, inducted. DID YOU KNOW Walter John “Mossie” Rodwell was born on 21 ...

UPDATED: 06/05/2019 6 May 1887, De Beers MC AGM held at their new offices for first time in Warren Street. 6 May 2009, Hazel Jenkins (pictured) inducted as Premier of the Northern Cape. DID YOU KNOW Hazel Gertrude Jenkins is ...

3 May 1875, Frank Cooper murders Bill Williams after love triangle problem. DID YOU KNOW Frank Cooper, arrested in Lichtenburg nearly two weeks after fatally shooting William “Bill” Williams, was brought back to Kimberley and into the prison when the gallows ...

UPDATED: 02/05/2019 2 May 1881, First railway in Kimberley, a privately owned service line from the Kimberley Mine to the Floors depositing area using four locomotives and several wagons, starts operating. (Pictured is a section of the original Kimberley Central ...

30 April 1900, The Mafeking relief column ready to depart from Dronfield farm. 30 April 1900, Dr William Grimmer, Kimberley pioneer, dies. 30 April 1902, Town Council implements speed limit at 6mph for cars. 30 April 1934, The Alexandersfontein Hotel ...

UPDATED: 29/04/2019 29 April 1884, The Miners strike in Kimberley ends in disaster with seven white miners shot dead by police and militia. 29 April 1901, 3rd Battalion Leinster Regiment arrive in Kimberley. 29 April 1927, KHS Old Boys Union ...

UPDATED: 26/04/2019 26 April 1874, SA cricketer James Anderson born. 26 April 1915, 2nd Battalion Kimberley Regiment suffers losses at Trekkopjes, SWA. 26 April 1932, The Transvaal Road Police station siege ends in the killer policeman Christoffel Viljoen being shot ...

UPDATED: 25/04/2019 25 April 1886, Daughter of Sir JB Robinson, Elizabeth, dies. 25 April 1901, Lt-Colonel David Harris and Lt-Colonel Finlayson awarded the CMG. 25 April 1905, The Kimberley-Alexandersfontein electric railway opens. DID YOU KNOW Robert Alexander Finlayson CMG (pictured) was ...