Tag Archives: Spanish Flu Epidemic

19 June 1932, Solomon T Plaatje dies in Pimville during a visit. 19 June 1992, The “Silver Assassin” Charlie Weir dies. DID YOU KNOW Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje’s last public meeting in Kimberley was on 24 May 1932 when he spoke in ...

UPDATED: 26/10/2017 26 OCTOBER 1888, Nazareth House opens on Dutoitspan Road. 26 OCTOBER  1892, SA rugby player Harry Boyes (pictured) dies tragically. 26 OCTOBER  1897, Theatre Royal opens in Kimberley on Dutoitspan Road. 26 OCTOBER  1941, The altar of the re-built ...

17 October 1871, The Keate Award made public. 17 October 1918, Champion golfer of the Diamond Fields Robert S Chatfield dies in flu epidemic. DID YOU KNOW Robert Sivewright Chatfield was born on 26 September 1880.  Lt Robert Chatfield served ...

As the centenary of the pandemic that left hundreds of thousands dead nears, scientists believe they have the answer to this mystery For years, epidemiologists puzzled over a South African medical mystery that involved two cities and a deadly plague. ...

UPDATE 12/11/2016 12 November 1907, A child dies after being hit by a tram on the municipal tramline on Barkly Road, 1907 12 November 1936, Britain lose to Kimberley Combined bowls side 159-74 at Beaconsfield, 1936 12 November 1953, Sportsman and attorney ...

11 NOVEMBER 1888, De Beers Board passes resolution of Rhodes to build Kenilworth village for the white miners. 11 NOVEMBER 1899, First person, a black woman, killed by Boer shelling during the siege. 11 NOVEMBER 1918, Armistice Day. 11 NOVEMBER ...

25 February 1934, The Cape Corps Gun Memorial unveiled by General Jan Smuts. DID YOU KNOW In both World Wars, Kimberley was the depot for the Cape Corps battalions. Official recognition of the coloured soldiers had been subdued for decades ...