Kimberley, South Africa

1882	First city in the Southern Hemisphere to install electric street lighting (September 2)
1890	First 7th Day Adventist Church in SA established by Pieter Wessels. Declared a National Monument in 1967.
1891	Henrietta Stockdale became the first matron of the new Kimberley hospital.
?	First city in South Africa to switch on an automatic telephone exchange.
?	First Stock Exchange in South Africa.
1904	First Electric Tram in South Africa
1904	First city or town to manufacture compressed bricks and terracotta ornaments
1912	First Woman trained as a pilot.
1919	First dummy pass in rugby.
1931	First airport to install lighting equipment and first night landing by a pilot.
1940	First female municipal traffic wardens.
1954	First state school for physically disabled.
1969	First Woman judge: Miss Justice Leonora van de Heever.
1976	First housing scheme, Ipopeng in Galeshewe, for black mine workers.
1983	First black town council: Galeshewe.
1983	First coloured priest to become a Bishop
1992	First City council to amalgamate all group areas.

CITY OF FIRSTS