UPDATED: 10/12/2024 10 DECEMBER 1880, James Carson murdered by a gang on Parsons Lane. 10 DECEMBER 1899, Besieged Kimberley hears massive bombardment from direction of Magersfontein in afternoon. Pictured is the 4.7in British Naval gun firing on Magersfontein Kop. Another ...
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UPDATED: 13/06/2024 13 June 1876, Kimberley’s first black policemen, 50 Zulus, arrive for duty. 13 June 1902, Reception for General Sir John French at the City Hall. 13 June 1964, Neville le Cordeur inaugurated as Lions Club President. 13 June ...
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UPDATED: 02/09/2022 2 September 1882, The southern hemisphere’s first street lights switched on in Kimberley. First electric street lights in the southern hemisphere Electric streetlights made their appearance in 1882, with 16 electric streetlights, four of them outside the City ...
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