UPDATED: 22/01/2021 22 January 1844, Reverend Prince Gway Tyamzashe (pictured) born. 22 January 1901, Queen Victoria dies in England. The Reverend Prince Gway (Gwayi) Tyamzashe 22 January 1844 – 26 October 1896 No 1 Location in Kimberley, (roughly) bordering on ...
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UPDATE: 18/01/2021 18 January 1908, The municipal Merryweather fire engine, now in the mine museum, replaced. 18 January 1977, Belgravia Girls’ Junior and Kimberley Boy’s Junior amalgamate to form Kimberley Junior School. AMALGAMATION FORMS KIMBERLEY JUNIOR SCHOOL Kimberley Junior School ...
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UPDATED: 14/01/2021 14 January 1871, First official mail from Cape Town to Klipdrift dispatched. THE POST BETWEEN THE DIGGINGS AND CAPE TOWN It was on 15 October 1870 that the first mail was dispatched from the Diamond Fields to Cape ...
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UPDATED: 11/01/2021 11 January 1905, Two books signed by Florence Nightingale donated to Library. 11 January 1916, 24 recently planted trees destroyed on Main Road Beaconsfield. 11 January 1965, Body of five-year-old girl recovered from Otto’s Kopje mine. Internment camps ...
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UPDATED: 15/12/2020 15 December 1887, GRK Bradshaw, the Magistrate of Beaconsfield, killed when he fell off his panicked horse that had collided with a Cape cart between Beaconsfield and Kimberley. 15 December 1937, Miss Caroline Maritz gives a display of acrobatic ...
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UPDATE: 08/12/2020 8 DECEMBER 1871, Dutoitspan appointed as the seat of magistracy for Pniel District, 1871. 8 DECEMBER 1877, GW Legislative Council disbanded. 8 DECEMBER 1946, Two men killed when their aeroplane crashes at Kimberley Airport. DID YOU KNOW Two ...
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3 December 1862: Title deeds to the farm Alexandersfontein granted to JC Coetzee. 3 December 1890: Rail link opened between Kimberley and Vryburg. 3 December 1908: Kimberley librarian Bertram Dyer (pictured) commits suicide. 3 December 1976: Enthronement of the Rt Rev ...
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UPDATED: 01/12/2020 1 DECEMBER 1899, Traffic Manager of Cape Government Railways Thomas More dies. 1 DECEMBER 1906, De Beers Benefit Society operates from new building in Stockdale Street. THE DEATH OF HENRY SCOTT-TURNER The death of a personal friend, Henry ...
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UPDATE: 24/11/2020 24 November 1892, Baptist Church (pictured) on Dutoitspan Road opened. The Baptist Church opens for services The first building that was constructed for the Baptist Union Church in November 1892 still stands on the corner of DuToitspan Road and ...
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UPDATED: 23/11/2020 23 November 1899, The Battle of Belmont. 23 November 1918, Official death toll from the Spanish Flu in Kimberley announced – 4861. 23 November 2006, Upgraded Kimberley Mine Museum opens. 23 November 2013, Dog rescued from the Big Hole. ...
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