Tag Archives: Cape Corps

UPDATED: 31/07/2024 31 July 1886, Railway Station opens. 31 July 1897, First competition for the Rhodes Challenge Cup at the Kimberley Golf Club. 31 July 1901, Foundation stone of the new Jewish Synagogue laid by Gustav Bonas. 31 July 1908, Mining of ...

UPDATED; 03/11/2023 3 NOVEMBER 1899, Kimberley Mine ceases work during the siege. 3 NOVEMBER 1904, Four Black mine workers die in a mud rush in the Kimberley Mine. 3 NOVEMBER 1917, Cape Corps soldier Henry Hopsel fatally wounds a fellow ...