Historical

8 April 1879, Charles Warren Lodge meets for the first time in Dutoitspan. 8 April 1890, Transvaal beats Kimberley on the Eclectic field to win the first ever Currie Cup cricket game. 8 April 1908, Rail link between Kimberley and ...

UPDATED: 05/04/2019 5 April 1886, Phoenix Hotel opens for business in Beaconsfield. 5 April 1886, William Hartley, an 1820 settler, dies. 5 April 1900, The battle of Boshof. 5 April 1902, Rhodes’ funeral train arrives in Kimberley. 5 April 1951, ...

UPDATED: 04/04/2019 4 April 1860, Title deeds to the farm Dorstfontein granted to AP du Toit. DID YOU KNOW The farms that make up what is now the general Kimberley region were Dorstfontein, Bultfontein, Vooruitzicht, Alexandersfontein and Benaauwheidsfontein. The title ...

UPDATED: 03/04/2019 3 April 1901, Kimberley Musical Association formed at the City Hall. 3 April 1902, Memorial service for Cecil Rhodes at the Public Gardens. 3 April 1912, Cecil Compton-Paterson races in his aeroplane against a motorcycle. DID YOU KNOW ...

Nothing to show today. Undoubtedly something happened in Kimberley this very day in history, but is not yet found. Research is ongoing. DID YOU KNOW Kimberley’s importance to South Africa and the world saw the city host an International Exhibition ...

UPDATED: 01/04/2019 1 April 1898, Rhodes becomes a shareholder in the Diamond Fields Advertiser. 1 April 1914, De Beers Director Robert English dies. 1 April 1989, Hugh Baiocchi (pictured) sets a new course record of 63 at the Kimberley golf course. ...

UPDATED: 29/03/2019 29 March 1898, Kimberley’s old Town Hall destroyed in a fire. 29 March 1902, De Beers Director Captain HM Penfold, RNR, dies. DID YOU KNOW Kimberley’s Town Hall on Old Main Street had burnt down on 29 March ...

UPDATED: 28/03/2019 28 March 1880, Bishop Webb dedicates St Cyprian’s Church in Jones Street. 28 March 1923, The Beaconsfield Club re-opens after being destroyed by fire. 28 March 1939, Eustace Fredrick Raynham DSO, dies. 28 March 1964, Opening of the Dutoitspan Mine ...

27 March 1902, Flags fly at half-mast in respect of the late Cecil John Rhodes. Pictured is the Death Mask of Cecil Rhodes, believed to made by the sculptor John Tweed. This original mask was stolen from the cottage at ...

UPDATED: 26/03/2019 26 March 1902, Cecil Rhodes dies in Muizenburg, aged 49 years. 26 March 1930, First “Talkie” movie in Kimberley. 26 March 1969, Kimberley’s main public swimming pool, named after Karen Muir. (Pictured is DBCM Head Office on Stockdale Street ...