UPDATED: 31/01/2019 Every now and again there will be nothing to report on today in Kimberley’s history. While matters of historical interest assuredly happened in Kimberley on this very day, they have not yet been “found” and research is on-going……. ...
Read More »
DID YOU KNOW? That Kimberley’s link with the Royal Air Force and the Battle of Britain in WW 2 is not just with Group Captain AG “Sailor” Malan? Two other Kimberley men involved were Sir Christopher Quentin Brand and Albert ...
Read More »
16 DECEMBER 1848, Title deeds to the farm Bultfontein granted to JF Otto. 16 DECEMBER 1899, Mayor of Beaconsfield, Fred Blacking, dies in harness. DID YOU KNOW There were many diggers who moved away from the crowded alluvial diggings along ...
Read More »
After almost 100 years, and three generations later, Kimberley saw the end of an era when Alan Chan Yan handed over the keys to K&B Stores in Beaconsfield to the new owner at the end of last month. DFA Oct 17 ...
Read More »
A CLASS 25 condensing locomotive has been entrusted “on loan” to Steamnet 2000 in the Northern Cape and last weekend saw a live steamer slowly towing the locomotive at 30km/h to safe storage in Germiston. A spokesman for Steamnet 2000 said ...
Read More »
Five suspects have been apprehended and police seized weapons and two vehicles used in a cash in transit heist at K&B Supermarket in Kimberley, around 10am this morning. According to provincial commissioner Risimati Shivuri, part of the stolen cash has been ...
Read More »
UPDATED: 24/03/2021 24 March 1881, Orange River in flood, pont not working. 24 March 1883, Gladstone cemetery (pictured) opens. 24 March 1894, CW Jones of Kimberley wins the 100 yds in 10.1 secs to be Champion of South Africa. HISTORICAL ...
Read More »