UPDATED: 10 January 2020 10 January 1884, Dynamite explosion kills two miners at the De Beers Mine. 10 January 1887, Irvine Grimmer takes 16 wickets for 83 runs for Strayklips vs WP CC. OUTSTANDING SPORTSMAN – IRVINE GRIMMER Irvine Grimmer (pictured) ...
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10 October 1873, Rhodes begins studying at Oxford University. 10 October 1888, Foundation stone for the Masonic Temple on Dutoitspan Road laid. 10 October 1904, Kimberley Regiment awarded the King’s Colours. 10 October 1961, Mrs R Goble shoots the first ...
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3 October 1882, 3 miners killed in a slip of ground at Dutoitspan Mine. 3 October 1891, SA cricketer WVS (Vic) Ling born. 3 October 1898, Foundation stone of the Dutoitspan Lodge (Good Templars Hall) laid by James Lawrence MLA. 3 October ...
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18 July 1874, SA cricketer Bertie Powell born. 18 July 1878, The Thompson family attacked by Galeshewe at Cornforth Hill. 18 July 1889, De Beers Consolidated Mines pays Barney Barnato £5 338 650.00 for his Kimberley Mine Company. DID YOU ...
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4 July 1953, Cecil Rhodes Museum opens at the cottage where he died in Muizenberg. DID YOU KNOW Today, the 4th of July, is Independence Day for the United States of America. A brief look at a few USA citizens ...
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30 May 1985, De Beers Head Office building declared a National Monument. 30 May 1986, Kimberley Africana Library opens. DID YOU KNOW The decision to retain the old Dutoitspan Road building, one of the oldest public buildings in Kimberley, as ...
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UPDATED: 23/05/2019 23 May 1886, Foundation stone of All Saints Church in Beaconsfield laid. 23 May 1900, Presentation to Town Council by Dr R Harris of Cecil Rhodes’ portrait. 23 May 2013, Sylvia Lucas inducted as Premier of the Northern ...
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UPDATED: 31/01/2019 Every now and again there will be nothing to report on today in Kimberley’s history. While matters of historical interest assuredly happened in Kimberley on this very day, they have not yet been “found” and research is on-going……. ...
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Welcome to the first Diamond Route newsletter of 2018, with a special focus on the recent Oppenheimer-De Beers Group Research Conference. A selection of papers presented at the conference are featured in this edition, including a study on the effects ...
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Spokesman for Sol Plaatje Municipality, Sello Matsie, added that no permission or authorisation was granted to use the treated effluent from the Homevale Waste Water Treatment Works (WWTW). “An agreement with servitude farmers is pending. It is our understanding that ...
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