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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 2 JANUARY
Three men killed and four wounded in a shoot-out that starts at Market square and ends at the railway station.…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 31 DECEMBER
31 December 1887: Kimberley (GW) win the 4th Champion Bat cricket tourney. 31 December 1899: Pvt Kelly of the Kimberley…
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KIMBERLEY’s HISTORY DID YOU KNOW • John Morrogh
John Morrogh (1849 – 4 October 1901) was an Irish businessman and politician. According to his obituary in the Diamond…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY – 16 DECEMBER
16 DECEMBER 1848, Title deeds to the farm Bultfontein granted to JF Otto. 16 DECEMBER 1899, Mayor of Beaconsfield, Fred…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 01 MAY
01 MAY 2003, Disaster for Kimberley families as 51 union workers, 41 from the Sol Plaatje municipality, drown in a…
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Flamingos fate in the hands of Sol Plaatje Municipality
Kimberley 11/01/2018: An expert overview of the current situation with the Flamingos and Kamfers Dam by Mark D. Anderson, Chief…
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Robert Sobukwe immortalised at Wits
The University of the Witwatersrand has officially renamed Central Block to Robert Sobukwe Block. A plaque of the renaming of…
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Killer flu left gaping hole in Kimberley’s population
As the centenary of the pandemic that left hundreds of thousands dead nears, scientists believe they have the answer to…
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‘Mother of Azania’ deserves much better
Today, 27th July 2017, marks the 90th birthday anniversary of Zondeni Veronica Sobukwe, the forgotten, ignored and erased ‘Mother of…
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Robert Sobukwe – Sharpeville – From protest to peace
South Africa’s Human Rights Day, 21 March – declared International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination by the UN…
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