Tag Archives: Cecil John Rhodes

UPDATED: 29/06/2023 29 June 1882, A 120 carat diamond and a 78 carat diamond found in the Elma Mining Company claims in the De Beers mine. The Elma Mining Company The Elma Mining Company, one of myriad such in the ...

UPDATED: 26/06/2023 26 June 1884, Neville Pickering falls out of a horse trap and is injured. 26 June 1940, German internees arrive at Andalusia. The internment camps at Andalusia and Ganspan The Vaalharts Irrigation Scheme – an idea of Rhodes’ in ...

UPDATED: 12/06/2023 Nothing found as yet for this day in Kimberley’s history although assuredly there is something important that happened. The search continues… The Transport Hall (Holmes’ Garage) at the Mine Museum A display of early transport including a “Spider”, ...

5 June 1902, Death of Johnnie Grimmer 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. The life and ...

UPDATED: 02/06/2023 2 June 1877, Cecil Rhodes becomes a Life Member of the Freemasons. 2 June 1929, Presbyterian Minister Rev WH Richards dies. Cecil Rhodes and Freemasonry It was at Oxford University on 2 June 1877 that Cecil Rhodes became ...

UPDATED: 01/06/2023 1 June 1889, De Beers Consolidated Mines takes control of the Kimberley Mine. 1 June 1893, Anthony M Robeson appointed De Beers electrical engineer. 1 June 1896, A diamond weighing 503¼ carats found in the De Beers Mine. 1 June 1910, George ...

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 ...

UPDATED: 23/05/2023 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 ...

UPDATED: 09/05/2023 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: 04/05/2023 4 May 1867, SA cricketer Nic Theunissen born in Colesberg. The GW Chamber of Commerce The Griqualand West Chamber of Commerce (now NOCCI) was inaugurated in June 1880 with 54 foundation members, including Haarhoffs, the only member firm ...