De Beers Consolidated Mines
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 06 MAY
UPDATED: 06/05/2025 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 30 APRIL
UPDATED: 30/04/2025 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: 29/04/2025 29 April 1884, The Miners strike in Kimberley ends in disaster with seven white miners shot dead by…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 07 APRIL
UPDATED: 07/04/2025 7 April 1881, JB Robinson takes his seat in the Cape Legislative Assembly. 7 April 1904, Gladstone Park…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 31 JANUARY
UPDATED: 31/01/2025 Nothing to report on this day in Kimberley’s history. Research is ongoing… Sir Ernest Oppenheimer’s telephone The telephone…
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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 23 AUGUST
23 August 1875, Foundation stone for the Synagogue on D’Arcy Street laid. 23 August 1892, Thrice Mayor of Kimberley George…
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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 12 JULY
12 July 1888, Rescue attempts continue at the De Beers Mine disaster as hundreds of miners escape the underground fire.…
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