Tag Archives: Cecil John Rhodes

UPDATED: 06/05/2025 6 May 1887, De Beers MC AGM held at their new offices for first time in Warren Street. 6 May 2009, Hazel Jenkins inducted as Premier of the Northern Cape. Inducted as Premier of the Northern Cape Hazel ...

UPDATED: 02/05/2025 2 May 1881, First railway in Kimberley, a privately owned service line from the Kimberley Mine to the Floors depositing area using four locomotives and several wagons, starts operating. Alderman Lawrie Shuttleworth DFC The death in Kimberley earlier ...

UPDATED: 03/04/2025 3 April 1901, Kimberley Musical Association formed at the City Hall. 3 April 1902, Memorial service for Cecil Rhodes at the Public Gardens. 3 April 1912, Cecil Compton-Paterson races in his aeroplane against a motorcycle. AEROPLANE VERSUS MOTOR ...

UPDATED: 01/04/2025 1 April 1898, Rhodes becomes a shareholder in the Diamond Fields Advertiser. 1 April 1914, De Beers Director Robert English dies. 1 April 1989, Hugh Baiocchi sets a new course record of 63 at the Kimberley golf course. ...

UPDATED: 27/03/2025 27 March 1902, Flags fly at half-mast in respect of the late Cecil John Rhodes. 27 March 1955, Johnny Nevin wins the Golf Club Championship for the fifth time. 27 March 2020, Unprecedented National Lockdown against Corona Virus ...

UPDATED: 26/03/2025 26 March 1902, Cecil Rhodes, aged 49 years, dies in Muizenburg. 26 March 1905, St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church foundation stone laid. 26 March 1930, First “Talkie” movie in Kimberley. 26 March 1969, Kimberley’s main public swimming pool, named after ...

25 MARCH 1885, Reverend J.D. Kestell (pictured) becomes the minister for the Dutch Reformed Newton congregation. 25 MARCH 1898, Rhodes presents his portrait by Herkomer to the Kimberley Club. 25 MARCH 1908, De Beers Rugby Football Club takeover the Rhodes ...

UPDATED: 20/03/2025 20 March 1946, Famous author Henry Vollam Morton visits Kimberley while working on his forthcoming book “In Search of South Africa”. 20 March 1964, CBC pupil Sean Michael Cleary is the Northern Cape winner of the “Shakespeare” contest ...

UPDATED: 12/03/2025 12 March 1888, Formation of De Beers Consolidated Mines. 12 March 1888, Cecil Rhodes elected first Chairman of DBCM. 12 March 1907, First Coloured Swimming Championship of Griqualand West takes place at the Lyndhurst Rd baths. Organised by ...

UPDATED: 06/03/2025 6 March 1958, An UFO, or meteorite, flashes across Kimberley before exploding into six pieces. DID YOU KNOW The official opening of the Rooipoort Shooting Box (pictured) was on Thursday 10 August 1899 when a group of De ...