UPDATED: 17/01/2022 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 ...
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UPDATED: 10 January 2022 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. Irvine Grimmer – a great sportsman ...
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UPDATE – 10/11/2021 10 NOVEMBER 1952, Mass funeral at West End cemetery for those killed in the Mayibuye uprising. 10 NOVEMBER 1977, Sabotage attack by MK made on an admin building in Galeshewe township. Tragedies in Kimberley over time Kimberley has had ...
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UPDATED: 05/10/2021 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. Nazareth House Chapel opens The construction on the Nazareth House chapel began ...
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14 September 1902, Kimberley’s new synagogue on Memorial Road opens. The Memorial Road Shul opens for services The Jewish Synagogue (Shul) on Memorial Road opened for services on 14 September 1902. It is generally considered the most attractive shul in ...
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UPDATED: 13/07/2021 13 July 1940, Salvation Army building in Crossman Road opened by Commissioner Cunningham. 13 July 1949, Springbok rugby player JWE “Klondyke” Raaff dies. 13 July 1990, Retired chief librarian Olive McIntyre dies. 13 July 1993, Artist Nellie Steenkamp dies. ...
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UPDATED: 29/06/2021 29 June 1882, A 120 carat diamond and a 78 carat diamond found in the Elma Mining Company claims in the De Beers mine. The Elma Mining Company The Elma Mining Company, one of myriad such in the ...
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UPDATED: 11/06/2021 11 June 1888, South Africa’s first War Memorial, the Beaconsfield Town Hall, opened. Pictured is the original building shortly after the opening in 1888, as well as a postcard and photograph depicting the Hall in 1902 or shortly ...
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UPDATED: 06/05/2021 6 May 1887, De Beers MC AGM held at their new offices for first time in Warren Street. 6 May 2009, Hazel Jenkins (pictured) inducted as Premier of the Northern Cape. Inducted as Premier of the Northern Cape ...
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UPDATE: 16/10/2020 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, ...
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