Kimberley Mine
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Today in Kimberley's History
TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY – 11 NOVEMBER
UPDATED: 11/11/2025 11 NOVEMBER 1888, De Beers Board passes resolution of Rhodes to build Kenilworth village for the white miners.…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY – 3 NOVEMBER
UPDATED; 03/11/2025 3 NOVEMBER 1899, Kimberley Mine ceases work during the siege. 3 NOVEMBER 1904, Four Black mine workers die…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY – 29 OCTOBER
29 October 1872, Harry Barnato, elder brother of Barney, stages his first show on the Diamond Fields. 29 October 1888,…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 22 OCTOBER
22 October 1870, Stafford Parker’s Music Hall opens on the banks of the Vaal River. President Stafford Parker of the…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 15 OCTOBER
15 October 1880, Griqualand West incorporated into the Cape Colony. 15 October 1885, Richard Stable accidentally killed in the Kimberley Mine.…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 2 SEPTEMBER
UPDATED: 02/09/2025 2 September 1882, The southern hemisphere’s first street lights switched on in Kimberley. Flashback to 2015 – 10…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 8 AUGUST
UPDATED: 08/08/2025 8 August 1914, The De Beers mines close down. 8 August 1968, KV Carlstein (pictured) honoured for his…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 18 JULY
18 July 1874, SA cricketer Bertie Powell born. 18 July 1878, The Thompson family attacked by Kgosi Galeshewe’s force at…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 31 JANUARY
UPDATED: 31/01/2025 Nothing to report on this day in Kimberley’s history. Research is ongoing… Sir Ernest Oppenheimer’s telephone The telephone…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY – 17 JANUARY
UPDATED: 17/01/2025 17 January 1885, First mining compound opened at the Kimberley Mine by the French Company. 17 January 2020,…
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