St Cyprian’s Cathedral
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY – 18 NOVEMBER
18 November 1870, Klipdrift (Barkly West) declared the short-lived Diggers Republic. 18 November 1879, The St Cyprian’s Church in Jones Street…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 6 OCTOBER
UPDATED: 06/10/2025 6 October 1879, Kgosi Galeshewe sentenced to 12 years gaol for his part in the Uprising. 6 October…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 16 SEPTEMBER
UPDATED: 16/09/2025 16 September 1901, Frans Matlap dies during blasting operations at De Beers mine. 16 September 1920, Andrew Kiddie,…
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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 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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