Cecil John Rhodes
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Today in Kimberley's History
TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY – 15 JANUARY
UPDATED: 15/01/2026 15 January 1877, Murderer William Danster executed in Kimberley. 15 January 1897, Secretary of De Beers CM, William…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 5 JANUARY
5 January 1876: Enquiry into allegations of bribery against Cecil Rhodes CECIL RHODES ACCUSED OF BRIBERY The Black Flag Rebellion…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY – 04 DECEMBER
4 DECEMBER 1899, Work ceases in the De Beers Mine because of the siege. 4 DECEMBER 1901, The first annual…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY – 1 DECEMBER
UPDATED: 01/12/2025 1 DECEMBER 1899, Traffic Manager of Cape Government Railways Thomas More dies. 1 DECEMBER 1906, De Beers Benefit…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY – 28 NOVEMBER
UPDATE: 28/11/2025 28 November 1885, The first train arrives in Kimberley. 28 November 1899, The second and bloodiest battle of Carter’s…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY – 17 NOVEMBER
17 November 1871, The first Commissioners for Kimberley arrive from the Cape. 17 November 1904, Premier Mine re-named Wesselton Mine.…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY – 11 NOVEMBER
UPDATED: 11/11/2025 11 NOVEMBER 1888, De Beers Board passes resolution of Rhodes to build Kenilworth village for the white miners.…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY – 10 NOVEMBER
UPDATE – 10/11/2025 10 NOVEMBER 1952, Mass funeral at West End cemetery for those killed in the Mayibuye uprising. 10 NOVEMBER 1977,…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 14 OCTOBER
UPDATED: 14/10/2025 14 October 1899, The siege of Kimberley begins. It will last 124 days Telegraphic communications cut with outside…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 10 OCTOBER
10 October 1873, Rhodes begins studying at Oxford University. 10 October 1888, Foundation stone for the Masonic Temple on Dutoitspan…
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