De Beers Consolidated Mines
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 17 JUNE
UPDATED: 17/06/2026 17 June 1871, Carl Lotz discovers a 93 carat diamond at Bultfontein mine. Kimberley citizens die on the…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 12 JUNE
UPDATED: 12/06/2026 Nothing found as yet for this day in Kimberley’s history although assuredly there is something important that happened.…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 1 JUNE
UPDATED: 01/06/2026 1 June 1889, De Beers Consolidated Mines takes control of the Kimberley Mine. 1 June 1893, Anthony M Robeson…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 28 MAY
UPDATED: 28/05/2026 28 MAY 1895, The De Beers billiard rooms open on Warren Street. 28 MAY 1924, A bomb explodes…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 21 MAY
UPDATED: 21/05/2026 21 May 1878, Griquatown relieved by a Kimberley column. 21 May 1891, YMCA in Newton opens. 21 May…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 07 MAY
UPDATED: 07/05/2026 7 May 1951, Compulsory for all SA citizens to have an Identity card. 7 May 1962, The Grand…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 06 MAY
UPDATED: 06/05/2026 6 May 1887, De Beers MC AGM held at their new offices for first time in Warren Street.…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 04 MAY
UPDATED: 04/05/2026 4 May 1867, SA cricketer Nic Theunissen born in Colesberg. Restoring one of Kimberley’s Grandest Homes in 1976…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 30 APRIL
UPDATED: 30/04/2026 30 April 1900, The Mafeking relief column ready to depart from Dronfield farm. 30 April 1900, Dr William…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 29 APRIL
UPDATED: 29/04/2026 29 April 1884, The Miners strike in Kimberley ends in disaster with seven white miners shot dead by…
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