UPDATED: 09/04/2018 9 April 1890, SA Cricket Association founded in Kimberley. 9 April 1900, The retirement of Edward Arthur Judge. 9 April 1912, First cross-country airflight in SA starts in Kimberley, ends in Klerksdorp. 9 April 1927, Union Tennis courts ...
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UPDATE: 09/02/2018 9 February 1978, Robert Sobukwe admitted to Kimberley hospital with cancer. 9 February 1887, Goldfields company started by Cecil Rhodes and Charles Rudd. 9 February 1900, George Labram, designer of the Long Cecil gun, killed by a Long Tom shell ...
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Kimberley Hospital was hit hard by the water supply interruption in Kimberley but are recovering and all operations are expected to soon return to normal. There has been several complaints on Saturday that Kimberley Hospital has no backup water tanks ...
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3 NOVEMBER 1899, Kimberley Mine ceases work during the siege. 3 NOVEMBER 1904, Four Africans die in a mud rush in the Kimberley Mine. 3 NOVEMBER 1917, Cape Corps soldier Henry Hopsel fatally wounds a fellow drinker Jack Sebeela. Hopsel ...
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29 September 1874, Fire destroys Kimberley’s first hospital. 29 September 1887, The Hospital Chapel inaugurated. DID YOU KNOW Anneke du Toit (Noordkaap): “The history of the Kimberley Hospital began with the discovery of diamonds near Hopetown in late 1866/early 1867. ...
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17 March 1899, Seventh Session of the Cape Colony Mayoral Conference second day. DID YOU KNOW A brief discussion with local historical aficionado David Allen had him pose the query whether or not I had ever heard of Sister Tyre. ...
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NORTHERN Cape Premier Sylvia Lucas has condemned the “senseless and malicious acts of violence, intimidation and destruction of state property” that took place at the Kimberley Hospital Complex yesterday. Sylvia slams violent protest DFA Oct 14 2016 NORTHERN Cape Premier ...
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27 April 1925, Dr Evelyn Oliver Ashe dies in Kimberley. 27 April 1935, Governor-General’s son Lord Hyde accidentally shot dead at Rooipoort. DID YOU KNOW Lord Hyde, while shooting on the De Beers Estate near Kimberley, yesterday, tripped over his ...
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The Big Hole Drama, Friday 31 October 1975 – Part 1 From The DFA Monday, 3 November 1975 TWO YOUTHS IN BIG HOLE DRAMA The police are searching for a 19-year-old Coloured youth who, together with a friend, allegedly had ...
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