UPDATED: 01/06/2023 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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31 May 1875, Ebden, Dunell and Company sell Vooruitzicht farm to the Cape Government for £100 000 Sterling. 31 May 1878, The Burness family murdered in the Kuruman region. 31 May 1902, End of the Anglo-Boer War. 31 May 1910, Union ...
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UPDATED: 11/11/2022 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 Day. ...
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UPDATED: 17/06/2022 17 June 1871, Carl Lotz discovers a 93 carat diamond at Bultfontein mine. Kimberley citizens die on the SS Drummond Castle On the night of Tuesday 16 June 1896 the SS Drummond Castle – one of Sir Donald ...
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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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10 September 1874, The first Good Templars Hall in South Africa opens in Kimberley. 10 September 1910, 1600 Black miners arrested by the police following the Wesselton strike. 10 September 1972, “Singing” Sam Smith, GW representative for cricket, bowls and ...
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UPDATED: 07/05/2020 7 May 1962, The Grand Old Man of the Kimberley regiment, Mossie Rodwell, dies. 7 May 1994, The first Premier of the Northern Cape, Manne Dipico, inducted. DID YOU KNOW Manne Emsley Dipico (pictured) was born in Greenpoint ...
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DID YOU KNOW The use of aircraft in warfare came of age in the Great War, the intrepid flyers of both the Allies and the Germans becoming instant media and public heroes with many individuals receiving the highest gallantry decorations ...
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31 December 1887: Kimberley (GW) win the 4th Champion Bat cricket tourney. 31 December 1899: Pvt Kelly of the Kimberley Regiment found dead in the Big Hole. 31 December 1938: St Mary’s Catholic Cathedral destroyed by fire. 31 December 1953: ...
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 24 December 1909, Three miners, Messrs Mackey, Maher and Robert Close, badly burned in an underground explosion at Dutoitspan Mine. 24 December 1926, The 22 year-old Miss May Rose of Kimberley is runner-up in a National beauty contest ...
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