UPDATED: 28/08/2020 28 August 1879, Cornerstone of the new St Cyprians Church on Jones Street laid by Charles Warren. 28 August 2015, Northern Cape MEC of Education, Grizelda Cjiekella-Lecholo (pictured), dies suddenly. Grizelda ‘Zaza’ Boniwe Cjiekella-Lecholo Grizelda Boniwe Cjiekella-Lecholo, known ...
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UPDATED: 24/07/2020 24 July 1878, The battle of Dithakong (Takoon). (Pictured are Luka Jantjie and Charles Warren.) Luka Jantjie’s Batlhaping defeated by Colonial force The battle of Dithakong – also known as Takoon, Litako or Lattakoo was one of the ...
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UPDATED: 04/06/2020 4 June 1878, Charles Warren (pictured) arrives at Griquatown with a military force. 4 June 1902, Peace celebration at Monument Hill. 4 June 2014, Abe Williams receives Cricket SA Lifetime Achievement Award. Warren’s force arrives ready for action ...
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UPDATED: 15/05/2020 15 May 1915, Ernest Oppenheimer rescued from a mob. Ernest Oppenheimer forced to leave Kimberley The resignation of Ernest Oppenheimer as Mayor of Kimberley and as a Town Councillor on 12 May 1915 as a result of the ...
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UPDATED: 14/05/2020 14 May 1878, Griquatown besieged by the Griqua people. 14 May 1902, Royal Munster Fusiliers Promenade concert in aid of Nazareth House. 14 May 1903, Three Black miners killed in a mud rush in the De Beers Mine. ...
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UPDATED: 13/05/2020 13 May 1888, Telegraphist Alfred Cogill dies. 13 May 1915, Anti-German riots after sinking of SS Lusitania. 13 May 1980, The Kimberley Drive-In theatre opens to all races. Mob runs riot in Kimberley, looting and burning The Cunard ...
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