UPDATED: 08/10/2025 8 October 1918, Spanish Flu has Kimberley in its deathly grip and fatalities mount. 8 October 1931, Dairyman William Doyle dies after falling down a well at Ronaldsvlei. Kimberley in the death grip of Spanish Flu On this ...
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UPDATED: 04/09/2025 4 September 1890, Cecil Rhodes entertained at a civic function to celebrate his election as Cape Premier. 4 September 1905, Viennese band conductor Herr Carl Rybnikar marries Edith Kearns. 4 September 1973, Harry Oppenheimer becomes a Freeman of ...
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UPDATED: 02/09/2025 2 September 1882, The southern hemisphere’s first street lights switched on in Kimberley. Flashback to 2015 – 10 years ago today The military parade today in Kimberley – 2 September 2015 – is to commemorate the 75th Anniversary ...
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UPDATED: 13/08/2025 13 August 1924, Marthinus Kruger dies after a rugby injury during practice. 13 August 2016, Professor Elaine Rosa Salo (pictured) dies in the USA. In Memoriam: Elaine Salo From: University of Delaware Arts and Sciences Department of Women ...
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UPDATED: 12/08/2025 12 August 1952, Olympic gold medallist Esther Brand (pictured) has civic reception at city hall and is given another gold medal by the Mayor. Streets named after sporting heroes Namibia’s capital Windhoek has a suburb (Olympia) where many ...
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UPDATED: 25/07/2025 25 July 1901, Original Synagogue on Dutoitspan Road sold on public auction. 25 July 1965, William Benbow Humphreys, (pictured) art collector extraordinaire dies. 25 July 2002, Great CBC athlete and Springbok rugby player Pat Lyster dies. Also pictured ...
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UPDATED: 17/07/2025 17 July 1885, Beaconsfield Public School opens. 17 July 1890, Cecil Rhodes (pictured) becomes Premier of the Cape Colony. 17 July 1910, The biggest man in Kimberley, Andrew Bennie, dies. Cecil Rhodes becomes Premier of the Cape Colony Cecil ...
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UPDATED: 18/06/2025 18 June 1900, Lyddite shell from Magersfontein explodes in Dutoitspan Road, kills one. 18 June 1976, City Hall officially re-opens after massive restoration and renovations. (Pictured is the City Hall in 1976). City Hall re-opens after renovations The ...
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UPDATED: 13/06/2025 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: 03/04/2025 3 April 1901, Kimberley Musical Association formed at the City Hall. 3 April 1902, Memorial service for Cecil Rhodes at the Public Gardens. 3 April 1912, Cecil Compton-Paterson races in his aeroplane against a motorcycle. AEROPLANE VERSUS MOTOR ...
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