UPDATED: 06/08/2024 6 August 1883, Beaconsfield Village Management Board elected. 6 August 1986, Six soldiers based at Intelligence School die in a vehicle accident. Six soldiers die in accident at Danie Theron Combat School In one of Kimberley’s worst single ...
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UPDATED: 06/05/2024 6 May 1887, De Beers Mining Company AGM held at their new offices for first time in Warren Street. 6 May 2009, Hazel Jenkins inducted as Premier of the Northern Cape. De Beers Mining Company has AGM at ...
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UPDATED: 02/05/2024 2 May 1881, First railway in Kimberley, a privately owned service line from the Kimberley Mine to the Floors depositing area using four locomotives and several wagons, starts operating. (Pictured is a section of the original Kimberley Central ...
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UPDATED: 12/03/2024 12 March 1888, Formation of De Beers Consolidated Mines. 12 March 1888, Cecil Rhodes elected first Chairman of DBCM. 12 March 1907, First Coloured Swimming Championship of Griqualand West takes place at the Lyndhurst Rd baths. Organised by ...
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UPDATED: 12/02/2024 12 February 1872, Seat of Magistracy for Pniel District moved from Dutoitspan to New Rush. 12 February 1872, William Coates Palgrave appointed ARM for Beaconsfield. 12 February 1876, Telegraph office opens in Kimberley. 12 February 1880, SA cricketer ...
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UPDATED: 31/03/2023 31 March 1905, Pioneer cemetery closes officially. 31 March 1932, De Beers closes all their Kimberley mines as a result of the Depression. 31 March 1985, De Beers closes the popular Dog Show, a tourist attraction for over ...
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UPDATED: 14/03/2023 14 March 1887, Executioner King hangs murderer Michael King at the Kimberley gaol. 14 March 1891, Movement of earth closes the Harvey Shaft at the Kimberley Mine. 14 March 1920, Herbert Wright killed by love triangle rival Hubert ...
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11 February 1898, Kgosi Galeshewe sentenced to ten years gaol for his part in the 1896 uprising. 11 February 1900, 3000 women and children lowered into the Kimberley and De Beers Mines to escape the shelling of the Boer Long ...
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Petra and Ekapa Mining (Pty) Ltd (“Ekapa Mining”) have entered into a joint venture agreement, which combines the respective operations, owned and operated by the joint venture partners in the Kimberley area, into an unincorporated joint venture named the Kimberley ...
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The union said the “deal” in question could leave the future of about 600 workers “hanging in the limbo”. The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) says it will embark on a protest march against De Beers next week to force ...
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