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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 24 APRIL
UPDATE: 24/04/2026 24 April 1884, South Africa’s first industrial strike begins, by miners. 24 April 1941, Steam tram derails at…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 16 MARCH
UPDATED: 16/03/2026 16 March 1972, JB Robinson (pictured) opens his Diamond Merchant’s office on Main Street, New Rush. 16 March…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY – 15 JANUARY
UPDATED: 15/01/2026 15 January 1877, Murderer William Danster executed in Kimberley. 15 January 1897, Secretary of De Beers CM, William…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 13 JUNE
UPDATED: 13/06/2025 13 June 1876, Kimberley’s first black policemen, 50 Zulus, arrive for duty. 13 June 1902, Reception for General…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 12 JUNE
UPDATED: 12/06/2025 Nothing found as yet for this day in Kimberley’s history although assuredly there is something important that happened.…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 26 MAY
UPDATED: 26/05/2025 26 May 1873, Formation of the Griqualand Mounted Police in Kimberley. 26 May 1884, SA cricketer Louis Stricker…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 15 MAY
UPDATED: 15/05/2025 15 May 1915, Ernest Oppenheimer rescued from a mob. Ernest Oppenheimer forced to leave Kimberley The resignation of…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY – 13 DECEMBER
UPDATED: 13/12/2024 13 December 1937, High ranking Freemason and accountant Arthur Abrams dies at his home, 4 Belgrave Road. 13…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 28 JUNE
UPDATED: 28/06/2024 28 June 1882, Annie Penton, an elderly lady found with lots of gold and cash, arrested for IDB.…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY – 2 NOVEMBER
2 NOVEMBER 1933, Colonel Deneys Reitz, Minister of Lands and Irrigation, announces the proposed VaalHartz Project, the biggest conservation and…
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