Tag Archives: De Beers Mining Company

UPDATED: 06/05/2025 6 May 1887, De Beers MC AGM held at their new offices for first time in Warren Street. 6 May 2009, Hazel Jenkins inducted as Premier of the Northern Cape. Inducted as Premier of the Northern Cape Hazel ...

UPDATED: 28/02/2025 28 February 1900, Kenilworth Defence Force steps down from duty after the siege. KENILWORTH VILLAGE HAD OWN DEFENCE FORCE The Kenilworth Defence Force, formed in early November 1899, was primarily responsible for defences within and around Kenilworth village ...

UPDATED: 17/01/2025 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 2025 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 ...

UPDATE: 16/10/2024 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, 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 ...

UPDATED: 03/07/2024 3 July 1873, Reverend Gway Tyamzashe ordained the first black minister in Kimberley. 3 July 1890, The Kimberley Golf Club formed. 3 July 1901, Kimberley’s first motor car, a Panhard Levassor, hits the streets. 3 July 1901, Syce Moti of the Bengal ...

UPDATED: 26/06/2024 26 June 1884, Neville Pickering (pictured) falls out of a horse trap and is injured. 26 June 1940, German internees arrive at Andalusia. Neville Pickering suffers fatal injury Neville Pickering, considered by the De Beers directors to be the best ...

UPDATED: 11/06/2024 11 June 1888, South Africa’s first War Memorial, the Beaconsfield Town Hall, opened (pictured). DID YOU KNOW Part Two of the Kimberley Mine Disaster. On Friday 9 June 1899 there occurred at the 1480 feet level of the ...

5 June 1902, Death of Johnnie Grimmer 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. The life and ...