Historical

22 September 1947, Two elderly ladies murdered at 23 Roper Street by James Louw. 22 September 1971, The Town Hall saved from demolition by public poll. DID YOU KNOW It had been a little quiet over the road at 23 ...

The University of the Witwatersrand has officially renamed Central Block to Robert Sobukwe Block. A plaque of the renaming of Central Block to Robert Sobukwe Block was unveiled yesterday, 18 September 2017 by Sobukwe’s son, Dini Sobukwe and Wits Chancellor, ...

UPDATED: 15/09/2017 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 ...

UPDATED: 08/09/2017 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 (pictured) founded. 8 September 1910, African miners go on strike at Wesselton Mine. ...

UPDATED: 01/09/2017 1 September 1877, Jan Hoogstander murdered by William Danster near Barkly West. 1 September 1892, Savoy Hotel on Boshof Road opens for business. 1 September 1918, DBCM Director and Chairman Francis Oats (pictured) dies. 1 September 1964, Diamond evaluator Ellis ...

25 AUGUST 1904, De Beers takes over the town council electricity 25 AUGUST 1954, Gallery founder Alfred Martin Duggan-Cronin dies. Update 25/08/2016 Progress in the use of electricity was somewhat slow and erratic. The next important advance [in Kimberley] was not made ...

As the centenary of the pandemic that left hundreds of thousands dead nears, scientists believe they have the answer to this mystery For years, epidemiologists puzzled over a South African medical mystery that involved two cities and a deadly plague. ...

18 August 1947, Henry Everington murdered at 28 Searle Street. DID YOU KNOW It is in the early hours of the morning during Kimberley’s cold months that traditionally, residents should be more alert than usual, as it is then that ...

UPDATED: 11/08/2017 Nothing historical has yet been found that happened this very day. Research is ongoing… DID YOU KNOW Extracts from the diary of Rev William Pescod in 1884 who was sent to Kimberley as the Minister of the Bean Street ...

  4 August 1902, Opening of the Vaal River Estate (Sydney) diamond diggings. 4 August 1911, Ferdinand Schuler, Managing Director of the DFA, dies in Hospital. 4 August 1911, Constance Hall opens and has its first dance to music of Herr Rybnikar. ...