UPDATED: 12/09/2023 12 September 1944, Lt Lafase Moolman dies after his Oxford aeroplane crashes during night training at 21 Air Flying School. 12 September 1949, Claude Benette kills Frederick Scholtz opposite the West End cemetery. 12 September 1949, HP (Percy) ...
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2 March 1877, St Augustine’s Church opens in West End. 2 March 1896, Lease on “The Bungalow” transferred from Richard Solomon to Charles Rudd. 2 March 1900, Cecil Rhodes leaves for Cape Town after the siege. RUDD FAMILY TAKE UP ...
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UPDATED: 31/01/2023 Nothing to report on this day in Kimberley’s history. Research is ongoing… Sir Ernest Oppenheimer’s telephone The telephone in what was Sir Ernest Oppenheimer’s office/study at 7 Lodge Road in Belgravia. Now a private residence, the house was ...
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1 July 1887, Sir William Henry Solomon (pictured) appointed Judge of the High Court of Griqualand West. 1 July 1900, De Beers finally purchase the London and SA Exploration Company. 1 July 1914, De Beers acquires the Victoria Tramways Company. ...
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