Robert Sobukwe
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Today in Kimberley's History
TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 12 MARCH
UPDATED: 12/03/2026 12 March 1888, Formation of De Beers Consolidated Mines. 12 March 1888, Cecil Rhodes elected first Chairman of…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 27 FEBRUARY
UPDATED: 27/02/2026 27 February 1884, Smallpox invades the Kimberley Hospital. 27 February 1900, Lord Roberts suggests to Rhodes that a…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 09 FEBRUARY
UPDATE: 09/02/2026 9 February 1887, Goldfields company started by Cecil Rhodes and Charles Rudd. 9 February 1900, George Labram, designer of…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY – 05 DECEMBER
UPDATED: 05/12/2025 5 DECEMBER 1924, Robert Sobukwe (pictured) born in Graaff Reinet. 5 DECEMBER 1941, Ganspan internment camp closed and all…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 13 JUNE
UPDATED: 13/06/2025 13 June 1876, Kimberley’s first black policemen, 50 Zulus, arrive for duty. 13 June 1902, Reception for General…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY – 15 NOVEMBER
UPDATED: 15/11/2024 15 November 1869, Bultfontein Mine bought by Lilienfeld, Webb and Hond. 15 November 1914, Robert G Kekewich commits…
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SPEECH OF THE EXECUTIVE MAYOR – ORDINARY COUNCIL MEETING ON 4 OCTOBER 2017
Overview of the Ordinary Council Meeting of Sol Plaatje Municipality from the Speech of the Executive Mayor An Internet Café…
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Robert Sobukwe immortalised at Wits
The University of the Witwatersrand has officially renamed Central Block to Robert Sobukwe Block. A plaque of the renaming of…
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‘Mother of Azania’ deserves much better
Today, 27th July 2017, marks the 90th birthday anniversary of Zondeni Veronica Sobukwe, the forgotten, ignored and erased ‘Mother of…
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Robert Sobukwe – Sharpeville – From protest to peace
South Africa’s Human Rights Day, 21 March – declared International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination by the UN…
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