Tag Archives: De Beers

UPDATED: 13 JANUARY 2020 13 January 1900, The price of meat raised – beef 1/- and horse flesh 9 pennies per pound. Excerpt from “THE DIARY OF A DOCTOR’S WIFE” During the Siege of Kimberley October 1899 to February 1900 ...

UPDATE: 09/12/2019 9 DECEMBER 1957, Harry Oppenheimer becomes Chairman of the De Beers Board.  9 DECEMBER 1977, Abraham Kotze dies in a veld fire attempting to save a fellow firefighter.  AWIE KOTZE DIES IN BRAVE ATTEMPT TO RESCUE FELLOW FIREFIGHTER ...

UPDATED: 06/11/2019 6 November 1899, First shelling of Kimberley by the Boers during the siege. Pictured is the Boer gun position at Olifantsfontein from which the Boer Armstrong 9 pounder fired at Wesselton Mine, and the Armstrong 9 pounder that ...

21 October 1871, Gladstone suburb in use. 21 October 1968, Statue of Danie Theron unveiled at Alexandersfontein. DID YOU KNOW This suburb was first named Gladstone after the English Prime Minister of the time, the name being in use as ...

UPDATED: 07/10/2019 7 October 1889, Wiener’s Day first celebrated in Kimberley, after MP Ludwig Wiener. 7 October 1893, William Wilson accidentally killed on the De Beers Floors steam tram. 7 October 1901, Two miners die in a mud rush in ...

20 September 1888, Five sisters of the Poor Sisters of Nazareth leave London for Kimberley. 20 September 1899, The Town Hall on Market Square opens. DID YOU KNOW The Kimberley Town Hall, an outstanding piece of Victorian architecture (in Roman ...

UPDATED: 18/09/2019 18 September 1945, Radio talent show at the Plaza: Charming songs provided by Merle Herbert, Janice Farrelly and Carol West. DID YOU KNOW Yesterday was the 56th Anniversary of the death of famed Battle of Britain pilot Sailor ...

UPDATE: 30/08/2019 30 August 1890, Foundation stone laid for the new Municipal complex in Stockdale Street. DID YOU KNOW Two postcards circa 1907 are depicted showing quite clearly the Kimberley municipal compound (complex) at the time. Both photographs are taken ...

22 August 1873, The first recorded Jewish birth in Kimberley, Victor Rosettenstein. 22 August 1885, Lionel Phillips marries Florrie Ortlepp at All Saints, Beaconsfield. Pictured are both Lionel Phillips and Florrie Ortlepp. DID YOU KNOW Sir Lionel Phillips, 1st Baronet ...

UPDATED: 14/08/2019 14 August 1882, Kimberley Club (pictured) opens for business. 14 August 1886, Alfred Schlemmer is the first rugby player in the world to die from injuries sustained on the field of play. 14 August 1914, The Kimberley Mine ...