Kimberley Streets
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 14 SEPTEMBER
14 September 1902, Kimberley’s new synagogue on Memorial Road opens. The Memorial Road Shul opens for services The Jewish Synagogue…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 11 SEPTEMBER
11 September 1896, Train accident on Dronfield farm kills stoker W.H. Wonnacott. 11 September 1905, Thomas Raaff accidentally killed in…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 9 SEPTEMBER
UPDATED: 09/09/2026 9 September 1894, James Jenkins dies after falling from the De Beers mine headgear. 9 September 1902, Charles…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 3 SEPTEMBER
UPDATED: 03/09/2026 3 September 1976, Black pupils march on the Transvaal Road police station. 3 September 1997, South Africa’s first…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 2 SEPTEMBER
UPDATED: 02/09/2026 2 September 1882, The southern hemisphere’s first street lights switched on in Kimberley. First electric street lights in…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 1 SEPTEMBER
UPDATED: 01/09/2026 1 September 1877, Jan Hoogstander murdered by William Danster near Barkly West. 1 September 1892, Savoy Hotel on Boshof…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 31 AUGUST
UPDATED: 31/08/2026 31 August 1918, CBC Building Fund have produce sale at the City Hall. 31 August 1945, 1000 people…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 28 AUGUST
UPDATED: 28/08/2026 28 August 1879, Cornerstone of the new St Cyprians Church on Jones Street laid by Charles Warren. 28…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 19 AUGUST
UPDATED: 19/08/2026 19 August 1876, Kimberley Light Horse formed. 19 August 2000, Harry Oppenheimer dies. The death of Harry Oppenheimer…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 18 AUGUST
18 August 1947, Henry Everington murdered at 28 Searle Street. The Searle Street Murder It is in the early hours…
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