UPDATED: 16/08/2019 16 August 1883, The mining camps of Dutoitspan and Bultfontein named Beaconsfield. 16 August 1885, Stephanus Opperman killed by Jan Barley and Stemmer near Barkly West. DID YOU KNOW In the early 1880s, and as the Dutoitspan and Bultfontein ...
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UPDATED: 08/05/2018 8 May 1945, VE Day – Germany surrenders to the Allies. DID YOU KNOW The formal surrender of the German military forces in World War II, and thus the laying down of arms, took place at 15h00 on ...
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UPDATED: 12/05/2017 12 May 1903, Artist Cornelia (Nellie) du Plooy Steenkamp born. 12 May 1915, Ernest Oppenheimer resigns as Mayor of Kimberley. 12 May 1962, Dame Flora Robson (pictured) appears on stage in Kimberley in “The Corn is Green”. 12 May ...
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2 DECEMBER 1912, Beaconsfield amalgamates with Kimberley in 1912. DID YOU KNOW In the early 1880s, and as the Dutoitspan and Bultfontein mining camps began to take on a more permanent look, the inhabitants sent a petition to the Governor of ...
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