Tag Archives: De Beers Mine

UPDATED: 14/05/2024 14 May 1878, Griquatown besieged by the Griqua people. 14 May 1902, Royal Munster Fusiliers Promenade concert in aid of Nazareth House. 14 May 1903, Three black African miners killed in a mud rush in the De Beers ...

UPDATED: 09/05/2024 9 May 1890, The first camera club in SA is established in Kimberley with eighteen members. 9 May 1962, De Beers Sea Scout Brian Freeman awarded Boy Scout Association Meritorious Award for rescuing a woman in distress in the ...

UPDATED: 07/05/2024 7 May 1951, Compulsory for all SA citizens to have an Identity card. 7 May 1962, The Grand Old Man of the Kimberley regiment, Mossie Rodwell, dies. 7 May 1994, The first Premier of the Northern Cape, Manne ...

UPDATED: 02/05/2024 2 May 1881, First railway in Kimberley, a privately owned service line from the Kimberley Mine to the Floors depositing area using four locomotives and several wagons, starts operating. (Pictured is a section of the original Kimberley Central ...

UPDATE: 24/04/2024 24 April 1884, South Africa’s first industrial strike begins, by miners. 24 April 1941, Steam tram derails at Kenilworth terminus. Pictured is the Kimberley Central Diamond Mining Company shaft circa 1886 – at the Kimberley Mine (Big Hole). ...

UPDATED: 28/03/2024 28 March 1880, Bishop Webb dedicates St Cyprian’s Church in Jones Street. 28 March 1923, The Beaconsfield Club re-opens after being destroyed by fire. 28 March 1939, Eustace Fredrick Raynham DSO, dies. 28 March 1964, Opening of the Dutoitspan Mine ...

UPDATED: 12/03/2024 12 March 1888, Formation of De Beers Consolidated Mines. 12 March 1888, Cecil Rhodes elected first Chairman of DBCM. 12 March 1907, First Coloured Swimming Championship of Griqualand West takes place at the Lyndhurst Rd baths. Organised by ...

01 March 1883, Water from the Vaal River supplied to town houses. 01 March 1893, 144 businesses apply for either new or to renew liquor licenses. 01 March 1894, Solomon T Plaatje begins working at Kimberley Post office. 01 March ...

UPDATED: 17/01/2024 17 January 1885, First mining compound opened at the Kimberley Mine by the French Company. 17 January 2020, First game of the ICC Under 19 World Cup cricket played in Kimberley. (Pictured is the Bultfontein Mine compound in ...

UPDATED: 10 January 2024 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 ...