UPDATED: 20/08/2024 20 August 1895, Jan Smuts makes his maiden political speech in the Town Hall. 20 August 1905, Death of nursing pioneer and colleague of Sister Henrietta Stockdale – Mary Hirst Watkins. She qualified in nursing and midwifery under ...
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UPDATED: 08/07/2024 Nothing as yet found that happened on this very day in Kimberley’s history. Et quaerere semper. SISTER JESSIE TYRE Originally written in 2010 with updates on occasion A LIFE’S WORK WELL DONE A brief discussion with local historical ...
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UPDATED: 16/05/2024 16 May 1899, Headmaster of Kimberley Boy’s High School, LC Wilkes, dies of typhus. Typhoid fever claims Boys High Headmaster Leopold Complin Wilkes (pictured) was the second Headmaster of Kimberley Boy’s High School, serving in that capacity from ...
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UPDATED: 15/03/2024 15 March 1902, Kimberley Town Bowling Clubhouse opened. 15 March 1928, Wilfrid Gore-Brown, first Anglican Bishop of Kimberley, dies. 15 March 1930, Bishop Herman Meysing OMI consecrated in St Mary’s Cathedral. 15 March 1934, Kimberley’s first Coloured Mayor, ...
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UPDATED: 06/10/2023 6 October 1879, Kgosi Galeshewe sentenced to 12 years gaol for his part in the Uprising. 6 October 1911, Sister Henrietta Stockdale dies in Kimberley Sister Henrietta Stockdale Sister Henrietta Stockdale stands out for her achievements and her ...
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7 July 1977, Phakamile Mabija dies after “falling” from the 6th floor of the Tvl Rd police station Phakamile Mabija (1950 – 1977) Phakamile Mabija, aged 27 years, was a black anti-Apartheid activist, and member of the Anglican Nomads Educational ...
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UPDATED: 30/06/2023 30 June 1875, Black Flag Rebellion peters out with the arrival of British troops. 30 June 1882, Kimberley’s police force 86 whites and 2 africans. 30 June 1895, Sister Henrietta and the Anglican sisters leave the hospital. 30 ...
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UPDATED: 25/05/2023 25 May 1875, Police Constable Pieter Sam executed in Kimberley for murdering two prisoners. This is the first execution in Kimberley. 25 May 1893, Air Vice Marshal Sir Christopher Quintin Brand born in Beaconsfield. 25 May 1984, Sister ...
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UPDATED: 21/04/2023 21 April 1898, Phokwane native reserve confiscated by Cape Government proclamation. 21 April 1959, Manne Dipico, first Premier of the Northern Cape Province born. 21 April 1967, Harold Arthur Morris, pictured, honoured as the Fourth Freeman of Kimberley ...
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27 April 1925, Dr Evelyn Oliver Ashe dies in Kimberley. 27 April 1935, Governor-General’s son Lord Hyde accidentally shot dead at Rooipoort. DID YOU KNOW Lord Hyde, while shooting on the De Beers Estate near Kimberley, yesterday, tripped over his ...
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