CITY OF FIRSTS
Home
Contact Us
Accommodation
Food & Booze
Climate
Places
Museums
Firsts
General
Links
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.
BDB Web Designs
Copyright © BDB Computers