Today in Kimberley's History
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Hunting is prohibited in the area that is now the Kruger National Park - 1898
On the 26 March 1898, a proclamation was published in the Official Gazette of the ZAR. This proclamation prohibited the hunting of game in the area between the Crocodile River in the south and the Sabie River in the north, and between the Lebombo Range in the east and the Drakensberg Range in the west. This marked the origins of the Sabie Game Reserve, the second reserve in Africa. The Anglo-Boer War halted further development of the reserve, but the British, after winning the war, proceeded with the plan to develop the Sabie Game Reserve. This task was given to Major James Stevenson-Hamilton in 1902, in order to protect the animals against hunters, ivory poachers and cattle farmers. It was renamed Kruger National Park in 1926, and was opened to the public in 1927. Visitors were able to view animals and plant life in the protected area.
On the 26 March 1898, a proclamation was published in the Official Gazette of the ZAR. This proclamation prohibited the hunting of game in the area between the Crocodile River in the south and the Sabie River in the north, and between the Lebombo Range in the east and the Drakensberg Range in the west. This marked the origins of the Sabie Game Reserve, the second reserve in Africa. The Anglo-Boer War halted further development of the reserve, but the British, after winning the war, proceeded with the plan to develop the Sabie Game Reserve. This task was given to Major James Stevenson-Hamilton in 1902, in order to protect the animals against hunters, ivory poachers and cattle farmers. It was renamed Kruger National Park in 1926, and was opened to the public in 1927. Visitors were able to view animals and plant life in the protected area.
Cecil John Rhodes dies - 1902
In early 1902 Cecil John Rhodes' health deteriorated further, and following a period of travel through Europe without a cure, his health finally gave way. He died of heart failure on 26 March 1902 at Muizenberg in the Cape - he was just 49 years old. Rhodes had expressed a wish to be buried on top of a flat mountain near his Rhodesian estate (now in Matopos National Park in Zimbabwe). Rhodes wanted his burial ground to be called "View of the World," for the incredible panorama of the Matopos rocks, boulders, and scrubland that stretches as far as the eye can see.
In early 1902 Cecil John Rhodes' health deteriorated further, and following a period of travel through Europe without a cure, his health finally gave way. He died of heart failure on 26 March 1902 at Muizenberg in the Cape - he was just 49 years old. Rhodes had expressed a wish to be buried on top of a flat mountain near his Rhodesian estate (now in Matopos National Park in Zimbabwe). Rhodes wanted his burial ground to be called "View of the World," for the incredible panorama of the Matopos rocks, boulders, and scrubland that stretches as far as the eye can see.
