UPDATED: 29/01/2024 29 January 1961, Fatima Shrine in Galeshewe suburb opens for worship. 29 January 1965, Griqualand West start 3 day cricket match against touring MCC. 29 January 1980, Kuruman man wins R35 000 first prize in the Bonus Bonds ...
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UPDATED: 26/01/2024 26 January 1923, Two Kimberley chemists charged with selling opium over the counter. 26 January 1947, Tommy Eden beats Paddy Walker 21-17 in the GW Men’s Bowls singles final. ST ALBAN’S CHURCH TAKOON SQUARE St Alban’s Anglican church ...
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UPDATE: 19/01/2024 19 January 1900, The Long Cecil gun, designed by American George Labram, and built in the De Beers Workshops, is tested. 19 January 1906, South Africa’s first Inter Colonial Poultry Conference in Kimberley. (Pictured is the Long Cecil ...
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UPDATE: 18/01/2024 18 January 1908, The municipal Merryweather fire engine, now in the mine museum, replaced. 18 January 1977, Belgravia Girls’ Junior and Kimberley Boy’s Junior amalgamate to form Kimberley Junior School. AMALGAMATION FORMS KIMBERLEY JUNIOR SCHOOL Kimberley Junior School ...
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UPDATED: 17/01/2024 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: 15/01/2024 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 2024 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 ...
Read More »TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY – 13 DECEMBER
UPDATED: 13/12/2023 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. One of Kimberley’s greatest lawn bowlers The death at Belgrave Lodge on ...
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4 DECEMBER 1899, Work ceases in the De Beers Mine because of the siege. 4 DECEMBER 1901, The first annual sports meeting of Christian Brothers’ College. 4 DECEMBER 1907, The equestrian statue of Cecil Rhodes unveiled by Sir Walter Hely-Hutchinson. ...
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UPDATED: 01/12/2023 1 DECEMBER 1899, Traffic Manager of Cape Government Railways Thomas More dies. 1 DECEMBER 1906, De Beers Benefit Society operates from new building in Stockdale Street. THE DEATH OF HENRY SCOTT-TURNER The death of a personal friend, Henry ...
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