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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 20 AUGUST
UPDATED: 20/08/2025 20 August 1895, Jan Smuts makes his maiden political speech in the Town Hall. 20 August 1905, Death…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 8 JULY
UPDATED: 08/07/2025 Nothing as yet found that happened on this very day in Kimberley’s history. Et quaerere semper. SISTER JESSIE…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 7 JULY
7 July 1977, Phakamile Mabija dies after “falling” from the 6th floor of the Tvl Rd police station Phakamile Mabija…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 30 JUNE
UPDATED: 30/06/2025 30 June 1875, Black Flag Rebellion peters out with the arrival of British troops. 30 June 1882, Kimberley’s…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 16 MAY
UPDATED: 16/05/2025 16 May 1899, Headmaster of Kimberley Boy’s High School, LC Wilkes, dies of typhus. Typhoid fever claims Boys…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 28 MARCH
UPDATED: 28/03/2025 28 March 1880, Bishop Webb dedicates St Cyprian’s Church in Jones Street. 28 March 1923, The Beaconsfield Club re-opens…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 05 MARCH
5 March 1907, Foundation stone of St Cyprian’s Cathedral laid by Bishop Gaul. FOUNDATION STONE LAID FOR ST CYPRIAN’S The…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY – 29 NOVEMBER
UPDATED: 29/11/2024 29 November 1890, Olive Schreiner meets Cecil Rhodes for the first time. 29 November 1899, The military funeral of…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 15 MARCH
UPDATED: 15/03/2024 15 March 1902, Kimberley Town Bowling Clubhouse opened. 15 March 1928, Wilfrid Gore-Brown, first Anglican Bishop of Kimberley,…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 27 APRIL
27 April 1925, Dr Evelyn Oliver Ashe dies in Kimberley. 27 April 1935, Governor-General’s son Lord Hyde accidentally shot dead…
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