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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 18 SEPTEMBER
UPDATED: 18/09/2025 18 September 1945, Radio talent show at the Plaza: Charming songs provided by Merle Herbert, Janice Farrelly and…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 17 SEPTEMBER
17 September 1876, The Synagogue on D’Arcy Street opens for worship. 17 September 1908, SA cricketer Ernest George Bock born.…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 16 SEPTEMBER
UPDATED: 16/09/2025 16 September 1901, Frans Matlap dies during blasting operations at De Beers mine. 16 September 1920, Andrew Kiddie,…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 15 SEPTEMBER
UPDATED: 15/09/2025 15 September 1889, Jonathan Hayne dies while attempting to extinguish an underground fire in Bultfontein Mine. 15 September 1908,…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 12 SEPTEMBER
12 September 1944, Lt Lafase Moolman dies after his Oxford aeroplane crashes during night training at 21 Air Flying School.…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 9 SEPTEMBER
UPDATED: 09/09/2025 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: 03/09/2025 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: 02/09/2025 2 September 1882, The southern hemisphere’s first street lights switched on in Kimberley. Flashback to 2015 – 10…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 1 SEPTEMBER
UPDATED: 01/09/2025 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 28 AUGUST
UPDATED: 28/08/2025 28 August 1879, Cornerstone of the new St Cyprians Church on Jones Street laid by Charles Warren. 28…
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