UPDATED: 15/11/2019 15 November 1869, Bultfontein Mine bought by Lilienfeld, Webb and Hond. 15 November 1914, Robert G Kekewich commits suicide in England. 15 November 1977, Robert Sobukwe (pictured) returns to Kimberley after medical treatment in the Cape. 15 November 1982, ...
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UPDATED: 11/11/2019 11 NOVEMBER 1888, De Beers Board passes resolution of Rhodes to build Kenilworth village for the white miners. 11 NOVEMBER 1899, First person, a black woman, killed by Boer shelling during the siege. 11 NOVEMBER 1918, Armistice ...
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UPDATED: 14/10/2019 14 October 1899, The siege of Kimberley begins. It will last 124 days DID YOU KNOW In the Kimberley region before the war began on 11 October 1899, Boer commandoes had been gathering at Boshof and on the ...
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10 October 1873, Rhodes begins studying at Oxford University. 10 October 1888, Foundation stone for the Masonic Temple on Dutoitspan Road laid. 10 October 1904, Kimberley Regiment awarded the King’s Colours. 10 October 1961, Mrs R Goble shoots the first ...
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UPDATED: 23/09/2019 23 September 1871, Theatre Royal in Dutoitspan Village opens. 23 September 1887, The Queen’s Theatre opens. 23 September 1918, The first case of Spanish Flu in Dutoitspan Mine compound detected. 23 September 1942, Colonel Sir David Harris (pictured), cousin of Barney ...
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20 September 1888, Five sisters of the Poor Sisters of Nazareth leave London for Kimberley. 20 September 1899, The Town Hall on Market Square opens. DID YOU KNOW The Kimberley Town Hall, an outstanding piece of Victorian architecture (in Roman ...
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UPDATED: 19/09/2019 19 September 1877, Cecil Rhodes writes his second will. 19 September 2013, Sol Plaatje University launched in the Northern Cape, the first since true democracy. DID YOU KNOW Sol Plaatje University turns six years old today. The new ...
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UPDATED: 04/09/2019 4 September 1890, Cecil Rhodes entertained at a civic function to celebrate election as Premier. 4 September 1905, Viennese band conductor Herr Carl Rybnikar marries Edith Kearns. 4 September 1973, Harry Oppenheimer becomes a Freeman of Kimberley. DID ...
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22 August 1873, The first recorded Jewish birth in Kimberley, Victor Rosettenstein. 22 August 1885, Lionel Phillips marries Florrie Ortlepp at All Saints, Beaconsfield. Pictured are both Lionel Phillips and Florrie Ortlepp. DID YOU KNOW Sir Lionel Phillips, 1st Baronet ...
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UPDATED: 14/08/2019 14 August 1882, Kimberley Club (pictured) opens for business. 14 August 1886, Alfred Schlemmer is the first rugby player in the world to die from injuries sustained on the field of play. 14 August 1914, The Kimberley Mine ...
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