Tag Archives: Cecil John Rhodes

UPDATED: 25/06/2019 25 June 1876, Kimberley blanketed in 12 inches of snow. 25 June 1882, Five miners killed in an explosion at the KCBM Co claims in the Big Hole. 25 June 1900, Dr Leander Starr Jameson (pictured) elected MLA ...

24 June 1901, Cecil Rhodes pays his last visit to the town where he made his fortune. DID YOU KNOW Cecil Rhodes’ last visit to Kimberley was when passing through from Bulawayo to Cape Town, his special train arriving on ...

UPDATED: 12/06/2019 Nothing yet found that happened this very day in Kimberley’s history. Research continues… DID YOU KNOW Kimberley’s Honoured Dead Memorial in the Sacred Circle that connects Dalham, Memorial, and Oliver Roads is indeed most impressive. If you have ...

5 June 1902, Death of Johnnie Grimmer (pictured) at Caledon. 5 June 2003, Oldest surviving SA Currie Cup cricketer Jack Frank dies. Pictured in the veld, from the left: Cecil Rhodes, Tony de la Cruz, and Johnnie Grimmer. DID YOU ...

3 June 1932, Colonel HS Harris dies (pictured). 3 June 1952, Official opening of Belgrave Lodge by Harry Oppenheimer. Also pictured is the house “Lancaster Lodge” where Herbert Harris died and his Fob Watch won in a shooting competition. DID ...

31 May 1875, Ebden, Dunell and Company sell Vooruitzicht farm to the Cape Government for £100 000 Sterling. 31 May 1878, The Burness family murdered in the Kuruman region. 31 May 1902, End of the Anglo-Boer War. 31 May 1910, Union of ...

UPDATED: 23/05/2019 23 May 1886, Foundation stone of All Saints Church in Beaconsfield laid. 23 May 1900, Presentation to Town Council by Dr R Harris of Cecil Rhodes’ portrait. 23 May 2013, Sylvia Lucas inducted as Premier of the Northern ...

21 May 1878, Griquatown relieved by a Kimberley column. 21 May 1891, YMCA in Newton opens. 21 May 1912, Sir Julius Wernher, pictured, the last Life Governor of De Beers, dies. DID YOU KNOW Sir Julius Charles Wernher, 1st Baronet ...

UPDATED: 09/05/2019 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 ...

UPDATED: 06/05/2019 6 May 1887, De Beers MC AGM held at their new offices for first time in Warren Street. 6 May 2009, Hazel Jenkins (pictured) inducted as Premier of the Northern Cape. DID YOU KNOW Hazel Gertrude Jenkins is ...