UPDATED: 03/07/2023 3 July 1873, Reverend Gway Tyamzashe ordained the first black minister in Kimberley. 3 July 1890, The Kimberley Golf Club formed. 3 July 1901, Kimberley’s first motor car, a Panhard Levassor, hits the streets. 3 July 1901, Syce Moti of the Bengal ...
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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 ...
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3 June 1932, Colonel Herbert S Harris dies. 3 June 1952, Official opening of Belgrave Lodge by Harry Oppenheimer. Also pictured is the house “Lancaster Lodge” where Herbert Harris died and his Fob Watch won in a shooting competition. The ...
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UPDATED: 20/08/2021 20 August 1895, Jan Smuts makes his maiden political speech in the Town Hall. 20 August 1905, Death of nursing pioneer and colleague of Sister Henrietta Stockdale – Mary Hirst Watkins. She qualified in nursing and midwifery under ...
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