UPDATED: 16/08/2018 16 August 1883, The mining camps of Dutoitspan and Bultfontein named Beaconsfield. 16 August 1885, Stephanus Opperman killed by Jan Barley and Stemmer near Barkly West. 16 August 1925, Kimberley architect DW Greatbatch dies in England. DID YOU KNOW In ...
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15 August 1858, Gasebonwe executed at Rooidam. 15 August 1881, Rev Zaccheus Richard Mahabane born. 15 August 1925, England Ladies defeat GW Ladies at hockey 7-0. 15 August 1927, The new X-Ray building at the Kimberley Hospital opened. DID YOU KNOW The Reverend ...
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10 August 1917, Edmund Colpoys Lardner-Burke killed in action in East Africa. DID YOU KNOW Edmund Colpoys Lardner Burke was the fourth son of seven of solicitor Henry Dionysius Lardner Burke KC and Frances Charlotte Lardner Burke (nee Bain) of ...
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2 August 1875, Mrs Jardine takes over the Queens Hotel. DID YOU KNOW Mrs Catherine Jardine’s Queen’s Hotel (pictured) at 10 Stockdale Street was considered by most diggers in early Kimberley to be the premier hotel on the diamond fields. ...
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UPDATED: 01/08/2018 1 August 1871, Pioneer cemetery opens for business. 1 August 1890, The GW Football Association inaugurated with 4 teams. 1 August 1898, The new Halfway House opens in its present position. 1 August 1911, Ecstatic crowds greet the Griqua rugby team after ...
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31 July 1886, Railway Station opens. 31 July 1897, First competition for the Rhodes Challenge Cup at the Kimberley Golf Club. 31 July 1901, Foundation stone of the new Jewish Synagogue laid by Gustave Bonas. 31 July 1908, Mining of blue ground ...
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UPDATED: 25/07/2018 25 July 1965, William Benbow Humphreys, (pictured) art collector extraordinaire dies. 25 July 2002, Great CBC athlete and Springbok rugby player Pat Lyster dies. Also pictured is Lyster winning the SA Junior Championships 100 yards at the De ...
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13 July 1940, Salvation Army building in Crossman Road opened by Commissioner Cunningham. 13 July 1949, Springbok rugby player JWE “Klondyke” Raaff dies. 13 July 1990, Retired chief librarian Olive McIntyre dies. 13 July 1993, Artist Nellie Steenkamp dies. DID YOU ...
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UPDATED: 03/07/2018 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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2 July 1878, A colonial force defeated by Luka Jantje’s men at the battle of Kho. 2 July 1907, Winners of the SA Foursomes (Handicap) in the Ladies’ Golf Championships at Port Elizabeth were Miss Freislich (Kimberley) and Mrs Overbach (PE). ...
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