Sir Ernest Oppenheimer Archives

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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 22 MAY

UPDATED: 22/05/2025 22 May 1878, Some 100 Griqua casualties in the battle of Driefontein at Griquatown. 22 May 1880, Sir…

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UPDATED: 12/05/2025 12 May 1915, Ernest Oppenheimer resigns as Mayor of Kimberley. 12 May 1962, Dame Flora Robson appears on…

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UPDATED: 08/05/2025 8 May 1945, VE Day – Germany surrenders to end the conflict in Europe. GERMANY SURRENDERS The formal…

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UPDATED: 31/01/2025 Nothing to report on this day in Kimberley’s history. Research is ongoing… Sir Ernest Oppenheimer’s telephone The telephone…

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UPDATED: 07/06/2024 7 June 1898, Five miners die in fall of mine cage at De Beers mine. De Beers Directors…

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UPDATED: 18/04/2024 18 April 1860, Title deeds to the farm Vooruitzicht granted to the De Beers brothers. 18 April 1900,…

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UPDATED: 04/05/2023 4 May 1867, SA cricketer Nic Theunissen born in Colesberg. The GW Chamber of Commerce The Griqualand West…