UPDATED: 12/05/2025 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: 08/05/2025 8 May 1945, VE Day – Germany surrenders to end the conflict in Europe. GERMANY SURRENDERS The formal surrender of the German military forces in World War II, and thus the laying down of arms, took place at ...
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UPDATED: 07/05/2025 7 May 1951, Compulsory for all SA citizens to have an Identity card. 7 May 1962, The Grand Old Man of the Kimberley regiment, Mossie Rodwell, dies. 7 May 1994, The first Premier of the Northern Cape, Manne ...
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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 ...
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UPDATED: 29/04/2025 29 April 1884, The Miners strike in Kimberley ends in disaster with seven white miners shot dead by police and militia. 29 April 1901, 3rd Battalion Leinster Regiment arrive in Kimberley. 29 April 1927, KHS Old Boys Union ...
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UPDATE: 24/04/2025 24 April 1884, South Africa’s first industrial strike begins, by miners. 24 April 1941, Steam tram derails at Kenilworth terminus. Pictured is the Kimberley Central Diamond Mining Company shaft circa 1886 – at the Kimberley Mine (Big Hole). ...
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UPDATED: 17/04/2025 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: 31/03/2025 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: 12/03/2025 12 March 1888, Formation of De Beers Consolidated Mines. 12 March 1888, Cecil Rhodes elected first Chairman of DBCM. 12 March 1907, First Coloured Swimming Championship of Griqualand West takes place at the Lyndhurst Rd baths. Organised by ...
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