19 June 1932, Solomon T Plaatje (pictured) dies in Pimville during a visit. 19 June 1992, The “Silver Assassin” Charlie Weir dies. DID YOU KNOW Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje’s last public meeting in Kimberley was on 24 May 1932 when he spoke ...
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UPDATE: 07/11/2023 7 November 1889, SA cricketer Dusty Tapscott born. 7 November 1901, Opening of the Soldiers’ Institute on Stockdale Street. 7 November 1955, The Black Sash have a meeting in Kimberley to open a branch. 7 November 1990, McGregor ...
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UPDATED: 07/09/2023 7 September 1872, Governor Sir Henry Barkly arrives on the diamond fields for a visit. 7 September 1892, Miss Viola goes up 3000 feet in a balloon, and parachutes down. The other de Melker brother – John John ...
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UPDATED: 06/09/2023 6 September 1928, Springbok rugby player Ed Cotty dies at the Pulsator Works. 6 September 1937, Griqua rugby player and administrator JR de Melker dies. 6 September 1980, Kimberley Regiment Band involved in bus accident. Pictured is Piper ...
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UPDATED: 29/05/2023 29 MAY 1901, 128 carat diamond found at Klipdam. Jack the Ripper and Daisy de Melker What on earth do Jack the Ripper of the London Whitechapel murders and infamous poison murderess Daisy de Melker (pictured) have to ...
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UPDATED: 21/01/2022 21 January 1872, Church school opens its doors in Dutoitspan. 21 January 1900, Long Cecil fires its first shell in anger at the Boers. 21 January 1931, Sydney de Melker, a Kimberley Springbok rugby player, marries the notorious ...
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