Historical
Historical
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 4 JANUARY
4 January 1965: Kimberley’s first black librarian, Roderick Ndaki, begins work. (Other than being born in 1942 there is no…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 16 JUNE
UPDATED: 16/06/2020 16 June 1896, 14 Kimberley residents drown when SS Drummond Castle sinks, 1896 16 June 1998, Businessman Poddy…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 30 DECEMBER
30 DECEMBER 1909, Mrs NO Ruffel, wife of well-known Kimberley pharmacist, dies in Durban, 1909 DID YOU KNOW Every now and…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 29 DECEMBER
29 December 1894, Three buildings on Dutoitspan Road burnt to the ground. 29 December 1895, Dr Jameson departs Pitsani for his…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 28 DECEMBER
28 DECEMBER 1888, Two men die in a slip of ground in Bultfontein Mine. FATAL MINING ACCIDENT The Diamond Fields…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 27 DECEMBER
27 December 1870, First cricket game on the Diamond Fields (at Hebron) won by Old Colonists versus Natalians. 27 December,…
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Violet Bank on Park Road (OXO House)
Violet Bank on Park Road was built at the turn of the century (c1899/1900) and occupied until his death in…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 26 DECEMBER
TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 26 December 1873, First half century scored in cricket by W Ling and C Pretorius. 26…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 25 DECEMBER
25 December 1899, Cecil Rhodes gives permission to George Labram to begin the construction of the Long Cecil gun. 25 December…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 23 DECEMBER
23 December 1909, The Vaal River rises 3 feet six inches overnight, 1909 DID YOU KNOW The region in which Warrenton…
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