Tag Archives: De Beers Mining Company

UPDATED: 11/06/2019 11 June 1888, South Africa’s first War Memorial, the Beaconsfield Town Hall, opened. (pictured). Pictured is the original building shortly after the opening in 1888, as well as a postcard and photograph depicting the Hall in 1902 or ...

5 June 1902, Death of Johnnie Grimmer (pictured) at Caledon. 5 June 2003, Oldest surviving SA Currie Cup cricketer Jack Frank dies. Pictured in the veld, from the left: Cecil Rhodes, Tony de la Cruz, and Johnnie Grimmer. DID YOU ...

UPDATED: 28/02/2019 28 February 1900, Kenilworth Defence Force steps down from duty after the siege. DID YOU KNOW The Kenilworth Defence Force, formed in early November 1899, was primarily responsible for defences within and around Kenilworth village (Kenilworth was created ...

UPDATED: 17/01/2019 17 January 1885, First mining compound opened at the Kimberley Mine by the French Company. (Pictured is the Bultfontein Mine compound in circa 1905). DID YOU KNOW It has always been believed, quite erroneously, that De Beers Consolidated ...

UPDATED: 10 January 2019 10 January 1884, Dynamite explosion kills two miners at the De Beers Mine. 10 January 1887, Irvine Grimmer (pictured) takes 16 wickets for 83 runs for Strayklips vs WP CC. DID YOU KNOW Irvine Grimmer is not ...

John Morrogh (1849 – 4 October 1901) was an Irish businessman and politician. According to his obituary in the Diamond Fields Advertiser he came to South Africa in the late 1860s, and was “…actively associated with the early working of ...

UPDATE: 16/10/2018 16 October 1886, Neville Pickering, Rhodes’ friend and secretary of De Beers Mining Company, dies. 16 October 1886, London office of De Beers opens. 16 October 1897, Richard Bawden accidentally killed in the De Beers Mine. 16 October 1939, Charlotte Maxeke, ...

10 October 1873, Cecil Rhodes begins studying at Oxford University. 10 October 1888, Foundation stone for the Masonic Temple (pictured) on Dutoitspan Road laid. 10 October 1904, Kimberley Regiment awarded the King’s Colours. 10 October 1961, Mrs R Goble shoots the ...

5 October 1894, Bevil Gordon D’Urban Rudd MC born. 5 October 1895, Nazareth House Chapel opens for worship. 5 October 1990, Inaugural Barney Barnato Golf Tournament. DID YOU KNOW Bevil Rudd, (pictured), the grandson of co-founder Charles Rudd of the ...

14 September 1902, Kimberley’s new synagogue on Memorial Road opens. DID YOU KNOW The Jewish Synagogue (Shul) on Memorial Road opened for services on 14 September 1902. It is generally considered the most attractive shul in the country and one ...