UPDATED: 07/04/2017 7 April 1881, JB Robinson takes his seat in the Cape Legislative Assembly. 7 April 1972, SA cricketer Gerhardus Liebenberg born in Upington. DID YOU KNOW Sir Joseph Benjamin Robinson, 1st Baronet (Born Cradock 3 August 1840 – ...
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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. DID YOU KNOW ...
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10 March 1884, George Stanley murders his wife Christina in Beaconsfield. 10 March 1888, Sarah Gertrude Millin born in Lithuania. 10 March 1900, 4th Division Town Guard under Capt Irvine Grimmer formally disbanded. 10 March 1926, Richard Jackson, discoverer of ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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