Cecil John Rhodes
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY – 17 JANUARY
UPDATED: 17/01/2025 17 January 1885, First mining compound opened at the Kimberley Mine by the French Company. 17 January 2020,…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY – 10 JANUARY
UPDATED: 10 January 2025 10 January 1884, Dynamite explosion kills two miners at the De Beers Mine. 10 January 1887,…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY – 13 DECEMBER
UPDATED: 13/12/2024 13 December 1937, High ranking Freemason and accountant Arthur Abrams dies at his home, 4 Belgrave Road. 13…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY – 29 NOVEMBER
UPDATED: 29/11/2024 29 November 1890, Olive Schreiner meets Cecil Rhodes for the first time. 29 November 1899, The military funeral of…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY – 15 NOVEMBER
UPDATED: 15/11/2024 15 November 1869, Bultfontein Mine bought by Lilienfeld, Webb and Hond. 15 November 1914, Robert G Kekewich commits…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 20 SEPTEMBER
20 September 1888, Five sisters of the Poor Sisters of Nazareth leave London for Kimberley. 20 September 1899, The Town…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 2 AUGUST
2 August 1875, Mrs Jardine takes over the Queens Hotel. 2 August 2004, Combined Treatment Plant officially opened. Pictured is…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 5 JULY
UPDATED: 05/07/2024 5 July 1853, Cecil John Rhodes born at Bishop’s Stortford, England. 5 July 1873, The settlement known as “New…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 31 MAY
31 May 1875, Ebden, Dunell and Company sell Vooruitzicht farm to the Cape Government for £100 000 Sterling. 31 May…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 22 FEBRUARY
UPDATE: 22/02/2024 22 February 1938, Mr Oosthuizen of Beaconsfield killed in a quarry blasting accident. PREMATURE EXPLOSION IN BLASTING ACCIDENT…
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