[ noun ] city in central South Africa; center for diamond mining and diamond marketing <noun.location>
'If the ship sinks, I shall drown,' says the former chairman, 'but I'm not going to jump overboard.' PERSONAL FILE 1908 Born Kimberley.
The site of South Africa's legendary diamond mines and strong in Afrikaner tradition, Kimberley seems to have more Dutch Reformed churches than service stations.
The demonstration began in the black township of Galeshewe and moved into Kimberley, where protesters handed a list of demands to police that included lifting the state of emergency and freeing activists detained without trial.
Cominco Ltd. plans to permanently close its fertilizer plant at Kimberley, British Columbia, during the second half of May.
Kimberley and Toby Webster will provide more details.