UPDATED: 23/09/2025 23 September 1871, Theatre Royal in Dutoitspan Village opens. 23 September 1887, The Queen’s Theatre opens. 23 September 1918, The first case of Spanish Flu in Dutoitspan Mine compound detected. 23 September 1942, Colonel Sir David Harris, (pictured) cousin of Barney ...
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12 September 1944, Lt Lafase Moolman dies after his Oxford aeroplane crashes during night training at 21 Air Flying School. 12 September 1949, Claude Benette kills Frederick Scholtz opposite the West End cemetery. 12 September 1949, HP (Percy) Rudd dies. ...
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UPDATED: 14/08/2025 14 August 1882, Kimberley Club (pictured) opens for business. 14 August 1886, Alfred Schlemmer is the first rugby player in the world to die from injuries sustained on the field of play. 14 August 1914, The Kimberley Mine ...
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UPDATED: 29/07/2025 29 July 1878, A 201 carat diamond, a perfect octahedron, found in Dutoitspan mine. 29 July 1911, Uncle Dobbin (pictured) presented with the rugby Currie Cup after Griquas defeat Eastern province 16-0, the side winning six games and ...
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UPDATED: 20/06/2025 20 June 1882, St Mary’s Catholic school for boys opens on Currey Street. 20 June 1884, George Stanley, the first white man to be executed in Kimberley, hanged at the Transvaal Road gaol together with Samuel Trott. 20 June ...
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UPDATED: 17/06/2025 17 June 1871, Carl Lotz discovers a 93 carat diamond at Bultfontein mine. Poddy Shein remembered with affection Herman Louis Shein, affectionately known to all as “Poddy”, had a great sense of humour, and would have appreciated the ...
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27 MAY 1886, Artist Harry Stratford Caldecott (pictured) born in Kimberley. 27 MAY 2004, Well-known journalist Barbara Kiddie dies Kimberley born man influential in the Kruger Park The artist Harry Stratford (Strat) Caldecott Junior was born in Kimberley on 27 ...
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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: 05/05/2025 Assuredly something historically important happened in Kimberley on this day, but the information has not yet been found. The research continues, but not at this very moment as we are all locked down and the research library is ...
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UPDATED: 27/03/2025 27 March 1902, Flags fly at half-mast in respect of the late Cecil John Rhodes. 27 March 1955, Johnny Nevin wins the Golf Club Championship for the fifth time. 27 March 2020, Unprecedented National Lockdown against Corona Virus ...
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