Tag Archives: Kimberley Girls High School

UPDATED: 22/09/2023 22 September 1947, Two elderly ladies murdered at 23 Roper Street by James Louw. 22 September 1971, The Town Hall saved from demolition by public poll. (Pictured is 23 Roper Street at the time of the murder) Double ...

21 September 1888, Detective Robert Murray dies in a fire on Barkly Road. 21 September 1905, The first principal of Girls High School, Miss E.L. Redford, dies. TRAGIC DEATH OF A POLICEMAN Robert Murray was born in Ireland, the eldest ...

UPDATED: 15/09/2023 15 September 1889, Jonathan Hayne dies while attempting to extinguish an underground fire in Bultfontein Mine. 15 September 1908, Sr Louisa, Principal of St Michaels in 1877 dies. 15 September 1912, Miner Daniel Cox killed in a fire at the ...

UPDATED: 01/08/2023 1 August 1871, Pioneer cemetery opens for business. 1 August 1890, The GW Football Association inaugurated with 4 teams. 1 August 1898, The new Halfway House opens in its present position. 1 August 1911, Ecstatic crowds greet the Griqua rugby team after ...

UPDATED: 12/04/2023 12 April 1872, Historian George Beet arrives in Kimberley. 12 April 1875, Black Flag rebellion led by Alfred Aylward starts. 12 April 1878, Sir William Solomon admitted to the Cape Bar. 12 April 1887, Kimberley Boys and Girls ...

UPDATE: 18/01/2023 18 January 1908, The municipal Merryweather fire engine, now in the mine museum, replaced. 18 January 1977, Belgravia Girls’ Junior and Kimberley Boy’s Junior amalgamate to form Kimberley Junior School. AMALGAMATION FORMS KIMBERLEY JUNIOR SCHOOL Kimberley Junior School ...

8 April 1879, Charles Warren Lodge meets for the first time in Dutoitspan. 8 April 1890, Transvaal beats Kimberley on the Eclectic field to win the first ever Currie Cup cricket game. 8 April 1890, SA Cricket Association formed in ...

A total of 1 664 subject distinctions were obtained throughout the Province and the school with the most subject distinctions was Diamantveld with 216, Northern Cape High School with 194 and Kimberley Girls’ High School with 155. The Matric pass ...

AN IMPRESSIVE line-up of around 60 artists is on the cards for this year’s Gariep Festival which will be held from September 1 to 4 in the Oppenheimer Gardens. The Gariep Festival programme was launched in Kimberley on Wednesday evening, with ...