UPDATED: 30/01/2019 30 January 1884, Arthur E Caldecott awarded the Chancellor’s Gold Medal. 30 January 1903, Mrs Joseph Chamberlain (Mary Crowninshield Endicott, daughter of the US Secretary of War) lays the foundation stone of the Women’s Hostel in Lennox Street. ...
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UPDATED: 29/01/2019 29 January 1961, Fatima Shrine in Galeshewe suburb opens for worship. 29 January 1980, Kuruman man wins R35 000 first prize in the Bonus Bonds draw. DID YOU KNOW In the late 1970s and 1980s there was an ...
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UPDATED: 28/01/2019 28 JANUARY 1935, Afrikaans Medium High School (now Diamantveld) begins with 51 scholars. 28 JANUARY 1965, USA Bowls team loses all 5 matches against Griqualand West at the Kimberley Town Bowling Club. DID YOU KNOW On 28 Monday ...
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UPDATE: 27/01/2017 27 January 1910, A liberal supporter of all sports, James A Hill (pictured) of Hill and Paddon, dies at his home “Violet Bank” on Park Road. DID YOU KNOW James (Jimmy) Alfred Hill was born in Bristol, England ...
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26 January 1923, Two Kimberley chemists charged with selling opium over the counter. 26 January 1947, Tommy Eden beats Paddy Walker 21-17 in the GW Men’s Bowls singles final. DID YOU KNOW St Alban’s Anglican church (pictured) on Takoon Square, ...
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25 January 1943, Greenpoint Secondary School (Tidimalo) opens. 25 January 1967, David Gray (8 yrs old) swims the world best time for his age group in the 440 yards freestyle. 25 January 1996, Kimberley’s first Black Mayor, David Monyamane, is ...
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UPDATED: 24/01/2019 24 January 1900, Biggest bombardment of Kimberley by the Boers during the siege, Maggie Maddocks killed. 24 January 1915, The battle of Upington. DID YOU KNOW In January 1915 Rebel Generals Manie Maritz and Jan Kemp (both pictured) ...
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23 January 1913, Six Black miners die in a Kimberley Mine mud rush. UPDATE: 23/01/2019 DID YOU KNOW Mud rushes are sudden inflows of mud from draw points or other underground openings, and the rapidity of the mud inflow is ...
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22 January 1844, Reverend Prince Gway Tyamzashe (pictured) born. 22 January 1901, Queen Victoria dies in England. DID YOU KNOW Reverend Prince Gway (Gwayi) Tyamzashe 22 January 1844 – 27 October 1896 No 1 Location in Kimberley, (roughly) bordering on ...
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19 January 1900, The Long Cecil gun, designed by American George Labram, and built in the De Beers Workshops, is tested. 19 January 1906, South Africa’s first Inter Colonial Poultry Conference in Kimberley. DID YOU KNOW Dissatisfaction with the superiority ...
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