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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY – 8 NOVEMBER

8 NOVEMBER 1899, Huge swarms of locusts invade Kimberley. 8 NOVEMBER 1905, Massive fire destroys EW Tarry’s Works. 8 NOVEMBER…

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UPDATE: 30/08/2024 30 August 1890, Foundation stone laid for the new Municipal complex in Stockdale Street. The Municipal complex in…

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UPDATED: 10/05/2024 10 May 1889, Beaconsfield Public Library opens. 10 May 1919, Robert Close, Manager of the Kimberley Mine, dies…

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UPDATED: 07/09/2023 7 September 1872, Governor Sir Henry Barkly arrives on the diamond fields for a visit. 7 September 1892,…

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UPDATED: 06/09/2023 6 September 1928, Springbok rugby player Ed Cotty dies at the Pulsator Works. 6 September 1937, Griqua rugby…

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UPDATED: 17/08/2023 17 August 1872, The New Rush’s first church opens on Newton (Dutch/Hertzog) Square. 17 August 1908, Famous SA…

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01 MAY 2003, Disaster for Kimberley families as 51 union workers, 41 from the Sol Plaatje municipality, drown in a…