concern to authorities. Many Basotho miners were not pleased at the manner in which the dead were treated.

Mine museum

thumbWith mining operations closed down in 1914, the open pit became an attraction for visitors to the city. By the 1960s, a gathering together of relics of Kimberley's early days, including old buildings and sundry memorabilia, began to be organised into a formal museum and tourist attraction. In 1965 De Beers appointed Basil Humphreys as museum consultant,

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