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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 26 MARCH

UPDATED: 26/03/2026 26 March 1902, Cecil Rhodes, aged 49 years, dies in Muizenburg. 26 March 1905, St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church…

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UPDATED: 14/10/2025 14 October 1899, The siege of Kimberley begins. It will last 124 days Telegraphic communications cut with outside…

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UPDATED: 06/06/2025 6 June 1900, Official welcome to the Kimberley Mounted Corps on their return from relieving Mafeking. 6 June…

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UPDATED: 07/04/2025 7 April 1881, JB Robinson takes his seat in the Cape Legislative Assembly. 7 April 1904, Gladstone Park…

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UPDATED: 05/07/2024 5 July 1853, Cecil John Rhodes born at Bishop’s Stortford, England. 5 July 1873, The settlement known as “New…

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UPDATED: 14/06/2024 14 June 1897, Barney Barnato (pictured) jumps overboard and drowns on his way to England. 14 June 1977,…

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UPDATED: 17/05/2024 17 May 1900, The great Market Square fire. 17 May 1900, Mafeking relieved by a column that included…