TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 17 NOVEMBER The first Commissioners for Kimberley arrive from the Cape, 1871 Premier Mine re-named Wesselton Mine, 1904 Springbok rugby player and coach Ian Kirkpatrick (pictured) dies, 2012 DID YOU KNOW The South African Permanent Building Society (and later called The Perm) was founded by a group of Kimberley residents who met in Rothschild’s Auction rooms on Main Street on 16 November 1883. The main instigator for the formation of The Perm was William Roper of the Diamond Fields Advertiser. The first Chairman was George Alfred Champion. Initially, it was named the Kimberley Permanent Mutual Building and Investment Society. Their first offices were offices in Chisholm’s building (later Safari Steakhouse), then on the corner of Stockdale and New Main and then the Permanent Building on Permanent Way. The front of The Perm on the corner of Phakamile Mabija Road (Jones Street) and Dutoitspan Road was originally the site of the Central Hotel. By the middle 1950s they had 9 branches and 221 agencies throughout the country. The Perm Headquarters remained in Kimberley until after the Centenary in 1983 when it moved to Johannesburg. It ceased to exist when it was incorporated into NedCor.
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