TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 12 SEPTEMBER Claude Benette kills Frederick Scholtz opposite the West End cemetery, 1949 DID YOU KNOW The bust of Sir Ernest Oppenheimer (pictured) standing on a marble colonnade was unveiled on 20 November 1962 by Graham Eden, Mayor of Kimberley and Member of the Provincial Council. Present at the brief ceremony were Harry Oppenheimer, son of Sir Ernest, and J.H. “Jim” Joel, the great-nephew of Barney Barnato. This twice life-size bust, sculpted by Rhona Stern (pictured), was the first bronze bust in South Africa to stand in the open and took seven months to complete. The bust was stolen in December 1988 and presumably destroyed but replaced later.
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