Steve Lunderstedt
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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 15 SEPTEMBER
UPDATED: 15/09/2025 15 September 1889, Jonathan Hayne dies while attempting to extinguish an underground fire in Bultfontein Mine. 15 September 1908,…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 12 SEPTEMBER
12 September 1944, Lt Lafase Moolman dies after his Oxford aeroplane crashes during night training at 21 Air Flying School.…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 10 SEPTEMBER
10 September 1874, The first Good Templars Hall in South Africa opens in Kimberley. 10 September 1910, 1600 African miners…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 8 SEPTEMBER
UPDATED: 08/09/2025 8 September 1882, Second wing of the Queen’s Hotel opens. 8 September 1892, South African International Exhibition opens in…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 5 SEPTEMBER
5 September 1897, John McLauchlin of Church and McLauchlin drowns in a well. 5 September 1905, Professor George H Darwin…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 4 SEPTEMBER
UPDATED: 04/09/2025 4 September 1890, Cecil Rhodes entertained at a civic function to celebrate his election as Cape Premier. 4…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 3 SEPTEMBER
UPDATED: 03/09/2025 3 September 1976, Black pupils march on the Transvaal Road police station. 3 September 1997, South Africa’s first…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 2 SEPTEMBER
UPDATED: 02/09/2025 2 September 1882, The southern hemisphere’s first street lights switched on in Kimberley. Flashback to 2015 – 10…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 1 SEPTEMBER
UPDATED: 01/09/2025 1 September 1877, Jan Hoogstander murdered by William Danster near Barkly West. 1 September 1892, Savoy Hotel on Boshof…
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