Today in Kimberley's History
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64 days since beginning of the Siege of Kimberley, 1899
Extract from "The Diary of a Doctor's Wife – During the Siege of Kimberley October 1899 to February 1900" by Winifred Heberden.
Good news from Ladysmith published in the paper this morning. Our men captured and destroyed several Boer guns in a sortie. Sir Charles Warren has arrived at the Cape, and 10 000 more men are on the water.
Details of the Battle of Magersfontein, the guns from which we heard on the 11th, were also in the paper. It appears to have been a very heavy engagement, 12 000 Boers being estimated to compose the force against Lord Methuen. We lost in killed and wounded about 800 men. General Wauchope, C.B., C.M.G., the Marquis of Winchester, and Colonel Coode were amongst those killed. We partly carried the enemy's entrenchments, and at night they vacated what were left and retired to their base. They are supposed to have lost about 2 000, Cronje's Commando of Scandinavians being completely wiped out.
Extract from "The Diary of a Doctor's Wife – During the Siege of Kimberley October 1899 to February 1900" by Winifred Heberden.
Good news from Ladysmith published in the paper this morning. Our men captured and destroyed several Boer guns in a sortie. Sir Charles Warren has arrived at the Cape, and 10 000 more men are on the water.
Details of the Battle of Magersfontein, the guns from which we heard on the 11th, were also in the paper. It appears to have been a very heavy engagement, 12 000 Boers being estimated to compose the force against Lord Methuen. We lost in killed and wounded about 800 men. General Wauchope, C.B., C.M.G., the Marquis of Winchester, and Colonel Coode were amongst those killed. We partly carried the enemy's entrenchments, and at night they vacated what were left and retired to their base. They are supposed to have lost about 2 000, Cronje's Commando of Scandinavians being completely wiped out.
Cyril Ramaphosa elected as President of the ANC - 2017
Cyril Ramaphosa was elected to succeed Zuma as President of the ANC at the ANC Conference at Nasrec, Johannesburg. Subsequent months saw growing pressure on Zuma to resign as President of South Africa, culminating in the ANC "recalling" him as President of South Africa. Facing a motion of no confidence in parliament, Zuma announced his resignation on 14 February 2018, and was succeeded by Ramaphosa the next day.
Cyril Ramaphosa was elected to succeed Zuma as President of the ANC at the ANC Conference at Nasrec, Johannesburg. Subsequent months saw growing pressure on Zuma to resign as President of South Africa, culminating in the ANC "recalling" him as President of South Africa. Facing a motion of no confidence in parliament, Zuma announced his resignation on 14 February 2018, and was succeeded by Ramaphosa the next day.
