UPDATED: 17/01/2020 17 January 1885, First mining compound opened at the Kimberley Mine by the French Company. 17 January 2020, First game of the ICC Under 19 World Cup cricket played in Kimberley. (Pictured is the Bultfontein Mine compound in ...
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UPDATED: 15/01/2020 15 January 1877, Murderer William Danster executed in Kimberley. 15 January 1897, Secretary of De Beers CM, William Henry Craven dies in the USA. 15 January 1901, Catholic Bishop Anthony Gaughren OMI dies. 15 January 1942, Springbok rugby player AFW ...
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UPDATED: 10 January 2020 10 January 1884, Dynamite explosion kills two miners at the De Beers Mine. 10 January 1887, Irvine Grimmer takes 16 wickets for 83 runs for Strayklips vs WP CC. OUTSTANDING SPORTSMAN – IRVINE GRIMMER Irvine Grimmer (pictured) ...
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25 December 1899, Cecil Rhodes gives permission to George Labram to begin the construction of the Long Cecil gun. 25 December 1909, Two African miners die and another 51 injured during an inter-tribal fight in the Wesselton compound. 25 December 1909, Theft ...
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22 DECEMBER 1885, Murderers Stemmer and Jan Barley executed for murder in Kimberley. 22 DECEMBER 1891, Rhodes falls from his horse and is hurt. 22 DECEMBER 1940, Springbok rugby player Michael J Bredenkamp dies. DID YOU KNOW At 8 o’clock ...
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19 DECEMBER 1955, The “worst storm in Kimberley’s history” records 2 inches of rain in 75 minutes. Floors and Galeshewe badly damaged. 19 DECEMBER 2020, WARRENTON – 140 YEARS OLD The region in which Warrenton is situated is part of ...
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UPDATED: 13/12/2019 13 December 1937, High ranking Freemason and accountant Arthur Abrams dies at his home, 4 Belgrave Road. 13 December 2012, Elsie McDonald, great SA bowler, dies. DID YOU KNOW The death at Belgrave Lodge on Thursday 13 December ...
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4 DECEMBER 1899, Work ceases in the De Beers Mine because of the siege. 4 DECEMBER 1901, The inaugural sports meeting of Christian Brothers’ College. 4 DECEMBER 1907, The equestrian statue of Cecil Rhodes unveiled by Sir Walter Hely-Hutchinson. 4 ...
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UPDATED: 29/11/2019 29 November 1890, Olive Schreiner (pictured) meets Cecil Rhodes for the first time. 29 November 1899, The military funeral of Major Henry Scott-Turner, Black Watch in Gladstone cemetery, killed with 22 of his men the previous day. 29 November 1965, Clarence ...
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UPDATE: 28/11/2019 28 November 1885, The first train arrives in Kimberley. 28 November 1899, The second and bloodiest battle of Carter’s Ridge. 28 November 1899, The Battle of Modder River. 28 November 1904, Dedication of the Honoured Dead Memorial. 28 November 1988, Naming of ...
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