UPDATED: 13/06/2022 13 June 1876, Kimberley’s first black policemen, 50 Zulus, arrive for duty. 13 June 1902, Reception for General Sir John French at the City Hall. 13 June 1964, Neville le Cordeur inaugurated as Lions Club President. 13 June ...
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UPDATED: 26/05/2022 26 May 1873, Formation of the Griqualand Mounted Police in Kimberley. 26 May 1884, SA cricketer Louis Stricker born in Beaconsfield. The formation of the Mounted Police In the early days of the diamond fields, Nicholas Waterboer’s territory ...
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UPDATED: 09/05/2022 9 May 1890, The first camera club in SA is established in Kimberley with eighteen members. 9 May 1962, De Beers Sea Scout Brian Freeman awarded Boy Scout Association Meritorious Award for rescuing a woman in distress in the ...
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UPDATED: 04/05/2022 4 May 1867, SA cricketer Nic Theunissen born in Colesberg. Restoring one of Kimberley’s Grandest Homes in 1976 By Rosamund Marian (Nancy) Tietz When Dunluce came onto the market in mid-1975 the only interest shown came from a ...
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UPDATED: 13/04/2022 13 April 1898, The Town Council approves the new Town Hall to be built on Market Square. 13 April 1900, Tolls end in Kimberley after being gazetted. 13 April 1917, Springbok Septimus Ledger killed in action at Arras. ...
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11 April 1891, Kimberley win the Currie Cup cricket in Johannesburg. KIMBERLEY WINS THE CURRIE CUP CRICKET 131 years ago today. It took only the one year before Kimberley (Griqualand West) regained the Currie Cup for cricket in 1891, the ...
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8 April 1879, Charles Warren Lodge meets for the first time in Dutoitspan. 8 April 1890, Transvaal beats Kimberley on the Eclectic field to win the first ever Currie Cup cricket game. 8 April 1890, SA Cricket Association formed in ...
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18 March 1894, SA cricketer “Doodles” Tapscott (pictured) born. 18 March 1899, Seventh Session of the Cape Colony Mayoral Conference ends. “DOODLES” THE BEST FIELDER IN SOUTH AFRICA “Doodles” Tapscott (pictured) is one of those rare breeds of South African ...
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UPDATED: 11/03/2022 11 March 1926, Kimberley-born James Henry “Biddy” Anderson, SA cricketer and SA rugby international, dies. DOUBLE INTERNATIONAL DIES IN BREDASDORP Written by Abhishek Mukherjee, the Chief Editor at Cricket Country and CricLife. Edited. James Henry ‘Biddy’ Anderson, born ...
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UPDATED: 09/03/2022 Every now and again there will be nothing to report on today in Kimberley’s history. While matters of historical interest assuredly happened in Kimberley on this very day, they have not yet been “found” and research is on-going……. ...
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