UPDATED: 25/07/2019 25 July 1965, William Benbow Humphreys, art collector extraordinaire dies. 25 July 2002, Great CBC athlete and Springbok rugby player Pat Lyster (pictured) dies. Also pictured is Lyster winning the SA Junior Championships 100 yards at the De Beers ...
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UPDATED: 24/07/2019 24 July 1878, The battle of Dithakong (Takoon). (Pictured are Luka Jantjie and Charles Warren.) DID YOU KNOW The battle of Dithakong – also known as Takoon, Litako or Lattakoo was one of the decisive actions of the ...
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UPDATED: 23/07/2019 23 July 1887, Kimberley Public Library opens. 23 July 1901, The death of Joseph Pratley of Beaconsfield. 23 July 1925, The Prince of Wales visits Kimberley. 23 July 1980, Jimmy Tau, SA soccer star, born in Kimberley. DID ...
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22 July 1875, Richard Giddy Lodge No 1574 has its first meeting at the Treasury. 22 July 1931, Abantu-Batho Hall (pictured) opens. DID YOU KNOW The Abantu-Batho Hall, now the Galeshewe Centre, was opened on 22 July 1931, and cost ...
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UPDATED: 19/07/2019 19 July 1897, An Indian trader named Kaledin, murdered in the Malay Camp. An unsolved murder. 19 July 1960, Dr Arthur Letele released from custody and deported from South Africa. DID YOU KNOW The Order of the Luthuli ...
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18 July 1874, SA cricketer Bertie Powell born. 18 July 1878, The Thompson family attacked by Galeshewe at Cornforth Hill. 18 July 1889, De Beers Consolidated Mines pays Barney Barnato £5 338 650.00 for his Kimberley Mine Company. DID YOU ...
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UPDATED: 17/07/2019 17 July 1890, Cecil Rhodes (pictured) becomes Premier of the Cape Colony. DID YOU KNOW Cecil Rhodes’ appointment at age 37 years as Premier of the Cape Colony on 17 July 1890 saw Kimberley acclaim him as “one of ...
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UPDATE: 16/07/2019 16 July 1871, Esau Demoense discovers the world’s richest diamond mine, later named the Kimberley Mine. 16 July 1884, Vooruitzucht Estate, except the mining areas, handed over to the Council. 16 July 1894, Andrew Hudson Bain of Bains ...
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15 July 1871, Diamond News reports that there are 43 graves in Dutoitspan cemetery. 15 July 1916, The SA Brigade moves into Delville Wood (pictured) at 05h00. 15 July 1928, Kimberley’s Cenotaph (pictured) unveiled in Dutoitspan Road. DID YOU KNOW ...
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12 July 1888, Rescue attempts continue at the De Beers Mine disaster as hundreds of miners escape the underground fire. Pictured are GM of De Beers at the time of the disaster, Gardner Williams, and the Memorial at Gladstone cemetery. ...
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