UPDATED: 28/06/2019 28 June 1882, Annie Penton, an elderly lady found with lots of gold and cash, arrested for IDB. 28 June 1902, Presentation of General Service medals to the Kimberley Regiment. 28 June 1903, Frank Mandy, compound manager and ...
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UPDATED: 13/06/2019 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: 12/06/2019 Nothing yet found that happened this very day in Kimberley’s history. Research continues… DID YOU KNOW Kimberley’s Honoured Dead Memorial in the Sacred Circle that connects Dalham, Memorial, and Oliver Roads is indeed most impressive. If you have ...
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UPDATED: 15/05/2019 15 May 1915, Ernest Oppenheimer rescued from a mob. DID YOU KNOW The resignation of Ernest Oppenheimer as Mayor of Kimberley and as a Town Councillor on 12 May 1915 as a result of the sinking of the ...
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UPDATE: 24/04/2019 24 April 1884, South Africa’s first industrial strike begins, by miners. 24 April 1941, Steam tram derails at Kenilworth terminus. DID YOU KNOW The white miners at all four Kimberley mines went on strike in April 1884 because ...
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UPDATED: 15/01/2019 15 January 1877, Murderer William Danster executed in Kimberley. 15 January 1897, Secretary of De Beers CM, William Henry Craven dies in the USA. 15 January 1901, Catholic Bishop Anthony Gaughren OMI dies. 15 January 1942, Springbok rugby player AFW ...
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On January 3rd 1883 the diamond field (Kimberley) mining companies were supplied with water extracted from the Vaal River for the first time. 3 January 1878, Kimberley’s first Town Clerk, JH Boag, appointed. 3 January 1883, Mining companies supplied with water ...
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UPDATED: 13/12/2018 13 December 1937, High ranking Freemason and accountant Arthur Abrams dies at his home, 4 Belgrave Road. 13 December 2012, Elsie McDonald, great SA bowler, dies. DID YOU KNOW The death at Belgrave Lodge on Thursday 13 December ...
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2 NOVEMBER 1933, Colonel Deneys Reitz, Minister of Lands and Irrigation, announces the proposed VaalHarts Project, the biggest conservation and irrigation scheme ever attempted in South Africa. 2 NOVEMBER 1952, Brother McManus celebrates 50th Anniversary of Religious Life with a ...
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UPDATED: 09/03/2018 9 March, Nothing found yet on this very day in Kimberley’s history. Research is ongoing. DID YOU KNOW Canteen Koppie by Dr Mike de Witt. Canteen Koppie, a national monument of historical value, occurs next to Barkly ...
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