6 January 1983: Armed robbers make off with R14 000 from a business situated in Cheapside. 6 January 1983: Jan Jacob van der Westhuizen, the gunman responsible for the deaths of three people on 2 January 1983, dies in Kimberley ...
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30 DECEMBER 1909, Mrs NO Ruffel, wife of well-known Kimberley pharmacist, dies in Durban, 1909 DID YOU KNOW Every now and again a brick wall is hit when researching an individual or an event, and the Ruffel family of Kimberley is ...
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YOUNG MAN SERIOUSLY INJURED IN KENILWORTH ACCIDENT
Netcare 911 paramedics responded to an accident in Kenilworth Road, Kimdustria at around 16:00 on Saturday, 8 April 2017. The 21 year old man reportedly crashed into the bridge while trying to cross the flooded Kenilworth subway despite signs indicating the road ...
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9 August 1902, Foundation stone of St Edward the Confessor in Kenilworth laid. 9 August 1902, Trooping of the Colours for the first time in Kimberley. 9 August 1902, Memorial Clock and Tower for Beaconsfield Town Hall completed. 9 August 1919, Griquas ...
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