UPDATED: 12/05/2023 12 May 1915, Ernest Oppenheimer resigns as Mayor of Kimberley. 12 May 1962, Dame Flora Robson appears on stage in Kimberley in “The Corn is Green”. 12 May 1976, Lance Mowbray elected Life Member of the Master Builders ...
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UPDATED: 08/05/2023 8 May 1945, VE Day – Germany surrenders to end the conflict in Europe. The end of World War II in Europe The formal surrender of the German military forces in World War II, and thus the laying ...
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UPDATE: 24/04/2023 24 April 1884, South Africa’s first industrial strike begins, by miners. 24 April 1941, Steam tram derails at Kenilworth terminus. White miners go on strike. The white miners at all four Kimberley mines went on strike in April ...
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UPDATED: 17/04/2023 17 April 1904, Memorial to the Cape Police who died in the Anglo-Boer War unveiled. 17 April 1935, Formal leave taking of Reverend Harris Isaacs by the Jewish community. 17 April 1946, Main building of Girls High School ...
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UPDATED: 31/03/2023 31 March 1905, Pioneer cemetery closes officially. 31 March 1932, De Beers closes all their Kimberley mines as a result of the Depression. 31 March 1985, De Beers closes the popular Dog Show, a tourist attraction for over ...
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13 March 1882, A miner killed in a fall of ground at Dutoitspan Mine. 13 March 1900, Bloemfontein surrenders to Lord Roberts’ army. 13 March 1902, Presentation to Archdeacon Holbech (pictured) on his departure for Bloemfontein. (Pictured is the Reverend ...
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UPDATED: 02/12/2022 2 DECEMBER 1912, Beaconsfield amalgamates with Kimberley in 1912. 2 DECEMBER 1971, “Singing” Sam Smith, GW representative for cricket, bowls and rugby, dies. 2 DECEMBER 1978, Rapid Bird Guide for Southern Africa launched by author Dr Richard Liversidge. Beaconsfield ...
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3 October 1882, 3 miners killed in a slip of ground at Dutoitspan Mine. 3 October 1891, SA cricketer WVS (Vic) Ling born. 3 October 1898, Foundation stone of the Dutoitspan Lodge (Good Templars Hall) laid by James Lawrence MLA. 3 October ...
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UPDATED: 23/09/2022 23 September 1871, Theatre Royal in Dutoitspan Village opens. 23 September 1887, The Queen’s Theatre opens. 23 September 1918, The first case of Spanish Flu in Dutoitspan Mine compound detected. 23 September 1942, Colonel Sir David Harris, cousin of Barney Barnato ...
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UPDATED: 13/09/2022 13 September 1905, Church of St John the Evangelist, Woodley Street, opened. 13 September 1988, 20 Elsmere Road historic wall damaged in an accident. Church designed by Daniel Greatbatch This Church on Woodley Street was originally the Church of ...
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