UPDATED: 09/05/2022 9 May 1890, The first camera club in SA is established in Kimberley with eighteen members. 9 May 1962, De Beers Sea Scout Brian Freeman awarded Boy Scout Association Meritorious Award for rescuing a woman in distress in the ...
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UPDATED: 06/05/2022 6 May 1887, De Beers MC AGM held at their new offices for first time in Warren Street. 6 May 2009, Hazel Jenkins inducted as Premier of the Northern Cape. Inducted as Premier of the Northern Cape Hazel ...
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UPDATED: 04/05/2022 4 May 1867, SA cricketer Nic Theunissen born in Colesberg. Restoring one of Kimberley’s Grandest Homes in 1976 By Rosamund Marian (Nancy) Tietz When Dunluce came onto the market in mid-1975 the only interest shown came from a ...
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Updated: 28/04/2022 28 April 1880, De Beers Mining Company formed by Cecil Rhodes, Charles Rudd, Robert Dundas Graham and others. Pictured are Cecil Rhodes and Charles Rudd circa late 1870s DE BEERS MINING COMPANY FORMED The De Beers Mining Company ...
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UPDATED: 01/04/2022 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 sets a new course record of 63 at the Kimberley golf course. ...
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UPDATED: 29/03/2022 29 March 1898, Kimberley’s old Town Hall destroyed in a fire. 29 March 1902, De Beers Director Captain HM Penfold, RNR, dies. DEATH OF CAPTAIN PENFOLD 3 DAYS AFTER RHODES When Captain Marchant Hugh Penfold of the Royal ...
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25 MARCH 1885, Reverend J.D. Kestell (pictured) becomes the minister for the Dutch Reformed Newton congregation. 25 MARCH 1898, Rhodes presents his portrait by Herkomer to the Kimberley Club. 25 MARCH 1908, De Beers Rugby Football Club takeover the Rhodes ...
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UPDATED: 23/03/2022 23 March 1872, First game of cricket in Kimberley when Natalians beat Port Elizaberthans. 23 March 1876, Dedication of the “new” Freemasons Hall in Dutoitspan Road. 23 March 1878, First issue of the Diamond Fields Advertiser, Kimberley’s newspaper. ...
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UPDATED: 16/03/2022 16 March 1972, JB Robinson (pictured) opens his Diamond Merchant’s office on Main Street, New Rush. 16 March 1899, Seventh Session of the Cape Colony Mayoral Conference begins in Kimberley. JB Robinson, diamond and gold mining magnate Sir ...
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2 March 1877, St Augustine’s Church opens in West End. 2 March 1896, Lease on “The Bungalow” transferred from Richard Solomon to Charles Rudd. 2 March 1900, Cecil Rhodes leaves for Cape Town after the siege. RUDD FAMILY TAKE UP ...
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