UPDATED: 09/06/2020 9 June 1899, 30 mineworkers die in a dynamite explosion at the Kimberley Mine. 9 June 1940, Foundation stone for the new Catholic Cathedral laid. Pictured is the Kimberley Mine Main Shaft in circa 1910. The headgear is ...
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UPDATED: 01/06/2020 1 June 1889, De Beers Consolidated Mines takes control of the Kimberley Mine. 1 June 1893, Anthony M Robeson appointed De Beers electrical engineer. 1 June 1896, A diamond weighing 503¼ carats found in the De Beers Mine. 1 June 1910, George ...
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UPDATE: 24/04/2020 24 April 1884, South Africa’s first industrial strike begins, by miners. 24 April 1941, Steam tram derails at Kenilworth terminus. Miners go on strike in Kimberley The white miners at all four Kimberley mines went on strike in ...
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UPDATED: 17/03/2020 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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UPDATED: 22/01/2020 22 January 1844, Reverend Prince Gway Tyamzashe (pictured) born. 22 January 1901, Queen Victoria dies in England. The Reverend Prince Gway (Gwayi) Tyamzashe 22 January 1844 – 26 October 1896 No 1 Location in Kimberley, (roughly) bordering on ...
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UPDATED: 17/01/2020 17 January 1885, First mining compound opened at the Kimberley Mine by the French Company. 17 January 2020, First game of the ICC Under 19 World Cup cricket played in Kimberley. (Pictured is the Bultfontein Mine compound in ...
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20 November 1874, The first massive landslip in the Kimberley Mine results in great loss of jobs. 20 November 1962, Bust of Sir Ernest Oppenheimer unveiled in the Oppenheimer Gardens. SIR ERNEST OPPENHEIMER BUST Sir Ernest Oppenheimer, founder of the ...
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UPDATED: 11/11/2019 11 NOVEMBER 1888, De Beers Board passes resolution of Rhodes to build Kenilworth village for the white miners. 11 NOVEMBER 1899, First person, a black woman, killed by Boer shelling during the siege. 11 NOVEMBER 1918, Armistice ...
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29 October 1872, Harry Barnato, the elder brother of Barney, stages his first show on the Diamond Fields. 29 October 1888, William Hart accidentally killed in the Kimberley Mine. DID YOU KNOW The less well-known brother of Barney Barnato, Henry ...
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22 October 1870, Stafford Parker’s Music Hall opens on the banks of the Vaal River. DID YOU KNOW Stafford Parker (pictured) was born in Maldon, Essex, England on 30 March 1833, the son of Stafford and Maria Parker. Before his ...
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