UPDATED: 07/08/2018 7 August 1873, Thespian band enliven cricket match at Barkly West with music. 7 August 1889, Pirate King George Danford, founder of the Pirates Club, leaves Kimberley. 7 August 2003, World renowned poet and former CBC pupil Frank Prince (pictured) ...
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UPDATED: 31/07/2019 31 July 1886, Railway Station opens. 31 July 1897, First competition for the Rhodes Challenge Cup at the Kimberley Golf Club. 31 July 1901, Foundation stone of the new Jewish Synagogue laid by Gustav Bonas. 31 July 1908, Mining of ...
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UPDATED: 25/07/2019 25 July 1965, William Benbow Humphreys, art collector extraordinaire dies. 25 July 2002, Great CBC athlete and Springbok rugby player Pat Lyster (pictured) dies. Also pictured is Lyster winning the SA Junior Championships 100 yards at the De Beers ...
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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: 26/06/2019 26 June 1884, Neville Pickering (pictured) falls out of a horse trap and is injured. 26 June 1940, German internees arrive at Andalusia. DID YOU KNOW Neville Pickering, considered by the De Beers directors to be the best diamond broker ...
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UPDATED: 10/06/2019 10 JUNE 1964, Melanie Karam of the Convent awarded the City Council Medal. 10 JUNE 1964, Boys High beat CBC 24-13 at the KAC grounds. 10 JUNE 1975, Fire nearly destroys Mulder’s Shoe Bar. DID YOU KNOW Three ...
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UPDATED: 06/03/2019 6 March 1958, An UFO, or meteorite, flashes across Kimberley before exploding into six pieces. DID YOU KNOW The official opening of the Rooipoort Shooting Box (pictured) was on Thursday 10 August 1899 when a group of De ...
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UPDATED: 29/01/2019 29 January 1961, Fatima Shrine in Galeshewe suburb opens for worship. 29 January 1980, Kuruman man wins R35 000 first prize in the Bonus Bonds draw. DID YOU KNOW In the late 1970s and 1980s there was an ...
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DID YOU KNOW? That Kimberley’s link with the Royal Air Force and the Battle of Britain in WW 2 is not just with Group Captain AG “Sailor” Malan? Two other Kimberley men involved were Sir Christopher Quentin Brand and Albert ...
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UPDATED: 22/11/2018 22 November 1874, Police Constable Sam kills two prisoners. 22 November 1888, Foundation stone of the Masonic Temple in Dutoitspan Road laid. 22 November 1899, Shells land in the Black refugee camp in the racecourse. 22 November 1976, Harry Oppenheimer ...
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