Today in Kimberley's History
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4 days since lifting the Siege of Kimberley, 1900
Extract from "The Diary of a Doctor's Wife – During the Siege of Kimberley October 1899 to February 1900" by Winifred Heberden.
Sunday. Last night, it seems, that Ted King (Jack's cousin) dined at our hotel, and neither he nor Jack recognised each other! Unfortunately, he is not to be found to-day, though we have ascertained that he is in Roberts' Horse, so he has probably gone with General French, who made an early departure this morning. General French left with a large body of troops and artillery to co-operate with Lord Kitchener in an attempt to arrest the enemy's progress from Magersfontein to the O.F.S., and to compel Cronje to fight. Hector, we hear, has also gone, so we have been most unlucky.
A dispatch rider has come in from Modder River and says that 120 waggons have been captured from us at Riet River. Lord Wolseley sent the following message to General French: 'Warmest congratulations to you and all your Command. Scheme well-planned and ably carried out.' The pumping arrangements at the Waterworks are found to be in good order, and also the machinery of the same at Riverton, from which place the Boers have disappeared entirely. The Boers seem to have been so certain of taking Kimberley that they, according to the official at the Works, decided to keep everything intact.
60 head of cattle, 300 sheep and goats, and a large number of bags of flour have come into Kimberley to-day. If it goes like this every day, we shall soon be able to buy without permits again.
Extract from "The Diary of a Doctor's Wife – During the Siege of Kimberley October 1899 to February 1900" by Winifred Heberden.
Sunday. Last night, it seems, that Ted King (Jack's cousin) dined at our hotel, and neither he nor Jack recognised each other! Unfortunately, he is not to be found to-day, though we have ascertained that he is in Roberts' Horse, so he has probably gone with General French, who made an early departure this morning. General French left with a large body of troops and artillery to co-operate with Lord Kitchener in an attempt to arrest the enemy's progress from Magersfontein to the O.F.S., and to compel Cronje to fight. Hector, we hear, has also gone, so we have been most unlucky.
A dispatch rider has come in from Modder River and says that 120 waggons have been captured from us at Riet River. Lord Wolseley sent the following message to General French: 'Warmest congratulations to you and all your Command. Scheme well-planned and ably carried out.' The pumping arrangements at the Waterworks are found to be in good order, and also the machinery of the same at Riverton, from which place the Boers have disappeared entirely. The Boers seem to have been so certain of taking Kimberley that they, according to the official at the Works, decided to keep everything intact.
60 head of cattle, 300 sheep and goats, and a large number of bags of flour have come into Kimberley to-day. If it goes like this every day, we shall soon be able to buy without permits again.
"There could be no solution to the country's problems until the native was liberated from discriminatory legislation." ANC 1950
In the late 1940s/early 1950s leaders for the ANC Youth League, which had been formed on 10th September 1944, became dissatisfied with the manner in which things were done by the ANC and the pace at which they were being done. Consequently, meetings were held across the country to 'reorganise and revitalise' the ANC.
In Kimberley the ANC President-General, Dr JS Moroka, and the Treasurer-General, Dr SM Molema, met with ANC branches at the Abantu Batho Hall in Galeshewe on 19th February 1950. Prof ZK Matthews in his capacity as the Cape provincial president and Dr Bokwe in his capacity as provincial treasurer were also present. Dr Moroka made a special declaration on the new policy of the ANC. Prof Matthews, SP Sesedi, Rev PM Montlahla and Doyle Modiakgotla, also made statements about the future of the ANC. According to Matthews, "the patience of the native people was becoming exhausted ... there could be no solution to the country's problems until the native was liberated from discriminatory legislation."
In the late 1940s/early 1950s leaders for the ANC Youth League, which had been formed on 10th September 1944, became dissatisfied with the manner in which things were done by the ANC and the pace at which they were being done. Consequently, meetings were held across the country to 'reorganise and revitalise' the ANC.
In Kimberley the ANC President-General, Dr JS Moroka, and the Treasurer-General, Dr SM Molema, met with ANC branches at the Abantu Batho Hall in Galeshewe on 19th February 1950. Prof ZK Matthews in his capacity as the Cape provincial president and Dr Bokwe in his capacity as provincial treasurer were also present. Dr Moroka made a special declaration on the new policy of the ANC. Prof Matthews, SP Sesedi, Rev PM Montlahla and Doyle Modiakgotla, also made statements about the future of the ANC. According to Matthews, "the patience of the native people was becoming exhausted ... there could be no solution to the country's problems until the native was liberated from discriminatory legislation."