Steve Lunderstedt
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Today in Kimberley's History
TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 31 MAY
31 May 1875, Ebden, Dunell and Company sell Vooruitzicht farm to the Cape Government for £100 000 Sterling. 31 May…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 24 MAY
UPDATED: 24/05/2024 24 May 1870, Jan Christian Smuts born in Riebeeck West. His first political speech was in Kimberley on…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 17 MAY
UPDATED: 17/05/2024 17 May 1900, The great Market Square fire. 17 May 1900, Mafeking relieved by a column that included…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 10 MAY
UPDATED: 10/05/2024 10 May 1889, Beaconsfield Public Library opens. 10 May 1919, Robert Close, Manager of the Kimberley Mine, dies…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 03 MAY
3 May 1875, Frank Cooper murders Bill Williams after love triangle problem. Cooper raised murder into a fine art Frank…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 26 APRIL
UPDATED: 26/04/2024 26 April 1874, SA cricketer James Anderson born. 26 April 1915, 2nd Battalion Kimberley Regiment suffers losses at…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 19 APRIL
UPDATED: 19/04/2024 19 April 1913, Sol Plaatje’s newspaper becomes Tsala ea Batho. Plaatje’s Tsala ea Batho newspaper Sol Plaatje‘s major…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 18 APRIL
UPDATED: 18/04/2024 18 April 1860, Title deeds to the farm Vooruitzicht granted to the De Beers brothers. 18 April 1900,…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 12 APRIL
UPDATED: 12/04/2024 12 April 1872, Historian George Beet arrives in Kimberley. 12 April 1875, Black Flag rebellion led by Alfred…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 22 MARCH
22 March 1916, Bishop’s Hostel at the Kimberley HS, formally opened. 22 March 1978, Abraham Kotze posthumously awarded the Chamber…
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