Tag Archives: Kimberley Club

27 March 1902, Flags fly at half-mast in respect of the late Cecil John Rhodes. Pictured is the Death Mask of Cecil Rhodes, believed to made by the sculptor John Tweed. This original mask was stolen from the cottage at ...

25 MARCH 1885, Reverend J.D. Kestell (pictured) becomes the minister for the Dutch Reformed Newton congregation. 25 MARCH 1898, Rhodes presents his portrait by Herkomer to the Kimberley Club. 25 MARCH 1908, De Beers Rugby Football Club takeover the Rhodes ...

UPDATED: 20/03/2019 20 March 1946, Famous author Henry Vollam Morton visits Kimberley while working on his forthcoming book In Search of South Africa. 20 March 1964, CBC pupil Sean Michael Cleary is the Northern Cape winner of the “Shakespeare” contest ...

UPDATED: 11/03/2019 11 March 1926, Kimberley-born James Henry “Biddy” Anderson, SA cricketer and SA rugby international, dies. DID YOU KNOW Written by Abhishek Mukherjee, the Chief Editor at Cricket Country and CricLife. Edited. James Henry ‘Biddy’ Anderson, born April 26, ...

13 February 1946, Joseph van Praagh, Pioneer of Rhodesia dies. DID YOU KNOW Joseph Van Praagh (pictured) was born in the County of Middlesex, England on 15 July 1864 and died in Kimberley on 13 February 1946. He was a ...

UPDATED: 08/02/2019 8 February 1900, City Hall architect Fergus Carstairs-Rogers hit by Long Tom shell splinter in the Kimberley Club. 8 February 1947, Cornelia Smith and her stepson Reginald electrocuted in their Greenside home. DID YOU KNOW Among the targets ...

UPDATED: 29/01/2019 29 January 1961, Fatima Shrine in Galeshewe suburb opens for worship. 29 January 1980, Kuruman man wins R35 000 first prize in the Bonus Bonds draw. DID YOU KNOW In the late 1970s and 1980s there was an ...

UPDATED: 24/01/2019 24 January 1900, Biggest bombardment of Kimberley by the Boers during the siege, Maggie Maddocks killed. 24 January 1915, The battle of Upington. DID YOU KNOW In January 1915 Rebel Generals Manie Maritz and Jan Kemp (both pictured) ...

UPDATE: 28/11/2018 28 November 1885, The first train arrives in Kimberley. 28 November 1899, The second and bloodiest battle of Carter’s Ridge. 28 November 1899, The Battle of Modder River. 28 November 1904, Dedication of the Honoured Dead Memorial. 28 November 1988, Naming of ...

19 November 1871, Fr Hidien, Catholic priest who began the first two hospitals in Kimberley, dies. 19 November 1886, Michael King kills the one-armed Charles Murray in Dutoitspan village. 19 November 1892, Kimberley Town Bowling Club opens, the 2nd in SA. 19 ...