5 DECEMBER 1924, Robert Sobukwe born in Graaff Reinet. 5 DECEMBER 1941, Ganspan internment camp closed and all internees taken to Koffiefontein. 5 DECEMBER 1952, Constance Hall re-opens after renovations. 5 DECEMBER 1956, ZK Matthews arrested and charged with high treason. (Pictured ...
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4 August 1902, Opening of the Vaal River Estate (Sydney) diamond diggings. 4 August 1911, Ferdinand Schuler, Managing Director of the DFA, dies in Hospital. 4 August 1911, Constance Hall opens and has its first dance to music of Herr Rybnikar. ...
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17 June 1871, Carl Lotz discovers a 93 carat diamond at Bultfontein mine. DID YOU KNOW James Alexander Jones Smith was born in Stornoway, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland in 1853. He trained in Medicine at Edinburgh University and qualified with ...
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