10 August 1917, Edmund Colpoys Lardner-Burke killed in action in East Africa. 10 August 1960, De Beers Yacht Club officially opened by Harry Oppenheimer. Edmund Colpoys Lardner-Burke Edmund Colpoys Lardner Burke was the fourth son of seven of solicitor Henry ...
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UPDATED: 17/06/2021 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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UPDATED: 15/06/2021 15 June 1943, A four man delegation from Kimberley meets with General Smuts. Kimberley during World War II Kimberley’s dependence on diamonds once again came to the fore during World War II, 1939 to 1945, when the operating ...
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27 MAY 1886, Artist Harry Stratford Caldecott (pictured) born in Kimberley. Kimberley born man influential in the Kruger Park The artist Harry Stratford (Strat) Caldecott Junior was born in Kimberley on 27 May 1886, and died in Wynberg, Cape Town ...
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18 May 1876, The Lanyon Theatre opens. 18 May 1881, Meeting called to form the Kimberley Club. 18 May 1906, Statue of Queen Victoria in the Public Gardens unveiled. (Pictured is the statue in its original position at the entrance ...
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UPDATED: 06/05/2021 6 May 1887, De Beers MC AGM held at their new offices for first time in Warren Street. 6 May 2009, Hazel Jenkins (pictured) inducted as Premier of the Northern Cape. Inducted as Premier of the Northern Cape ...
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UPDATED: 05/05/2021 Assuredly something historically important happened in Kimberley on this day, but the information has not yet been found. The research continues… Today in South Africa’s history the following occurred: 5 May 1897, Sir Alfred Milner arrives as Cape ...
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27 March 1902, Flags fly at half-mast in respect of the late Cecil John Rhodes. 27 March 2020, Unprecedented National Lockdown against Corona Virus begins at 00h01. Pictured is the Death Mask of Cecil Rhodes, believed to made by the ...
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25 MARCH 1885, Reverend J.D. Kestell (pictured) becomes the minister for the Dutch Reformed Newton congregation. 25 MARCH 1898, Cecil Rhodes presents his portrait by Herkomer to the Kimberley Club. 25 MARCH 1908, De Beers Rugby Football Club takeover the ...
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UPDATED: 17/03/2021 17 March 1899, Seventh Session of the Cape Colony Mayoral Conference second day. 17 March 1934, Prince George visits Kimberley. PRINCE GEORGE ARRIVES IN KIMBERLEY Prince George, the Duke of Kent, was the fifth child of King George ...
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