The Rotary Club of Kimberley was sponsored by the Rotary Club of Bloemfontein in 1950, eventually receiving its Charter from RI on 20 August 1951.

The Rotary Club of Kimberley is a member of Rotary International and is one of the 50 or so clubs constituting Rotary District 9320 (Southern Africa). District 9320 (±250,000 sq km) encompasses part of  South Africa as well as the entire Mountain Kingdom of Lesotho - hence the use of the term "Southern Africa" rather than just "South Africa".

Like every other Rotary Club around the world, The Rotary Club of Kimberley is governed by a Board of Directors which is elected annually by the club's own members.  It is one of the fundamentals of Rotary that - so far as is possible - membership of the Board should change each year.