UPDATE: 16/10/2020 16 October 1886, Neville Pickering, Rhodes’ friend and secretary of De Beers Mining Company, dies. 16 October 1886, London office of De Beers opens. 16 October 1897, Richard Bawden accidentally killed in the De Beers Mine. 16 October 1939, Charlotte Maxeke, ...
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UPDATED: 01/10/2020 1 October 1881, Circus Proprietor Richard Bell dies. 1 October 1899, Six Black miners killed in a mud rush in De Beers Mine. 1 October 1909, Frances Baard born in Beaconsfield, Kimberley. 1 October 1920, De Beers announce that 101 employees ...
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14 September 1902, Kimberley’s new synagogue on Memorial Road opens. DID YOU KNOW The Jewish Synagogue (Shul) on Memorial Road opened for services on 14 September 1902. It is generally considered the most attractive shul in the country and one ...
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UPDATED: 31/07/2020 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 Gustav Bonas. 31 July 1908, Mining of ...
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UPDATED: 26/06/2020 26 June 1884, Neville Pickering falls out of a horse trap and is injured. 26 June 1940, German internees arrive at Andalusia. The internment camps at Andalusia and Ganspan The Vaalharts Irrigation Scheme – an idea of Rhodes’ in ...
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3 June 1932, Colonel Herbert S Harris dies (pictured). 3 June 1952, Official opening of Belgrave Lodge by Harry Oppenheimer. Also pictured is the house “Lancaster Lodge” where Herbert Harris died and his Fob Watch won in a shooting competition. ...
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UPDATED: 04/05/2020 4 May 1867, SA cricketer Nic Theunissen born in Colesberg. Daniel Smith introduces the dummy pass to rugby The ‘dummy” pass is regarded as an integral part of rugby from primary school right up to international level, and ...
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UPDATED: 02/12/2019 2 DECEMBER 1912, Beaconsfield amalgamates with Kimberley in 1912. 2 DECEMBER 1978, Rapid Bird Guide for Southern Africa launched by author Dr Richard Liversidge. RAPID BIRD GUIDE BOOK PUBLISHED Dr Richard Liversidge published more than 80 scientific papers and ...
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UPDATED: 25/07/2019 25 July 1965, William Benbow Humphreys, art collector extraordinaire dies. 25 July 2002, Great CBC athlete and Springbok rugby player Pat Lyster (pictured) dies. Also pictured is Lyster winning the SA Junior Championships 100 yards at the De Beers ...
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UPDATED: 09/05/2019 9 May 1890, The first camera club in SA is established in Kimberley with eighteen members. 9 May 1962, De Beers Sea Scout Brian Freeman awarded Boy Scout Association Meritorious Award for rescuing a woman in distress in the ...
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