A Masonic Year To Remember

A Masonic Year

To Remember!

Chrissie & Alf Brönner, Val & Geoff Edwards, Louise &

Dave Duncan, Avron Jacobson and Megan Lentz, and

Edelweiss & John Smith let their hair down at the 2019 Spring Ball.

Grand Master MW Bro Dave Duncan OSM was joined by Grand Lodge and PGL Officers and representatives of the Sister Constitutions at the Southern Division AGM in September 2019 (above). At the event, Wor Bro Ross McIver, Past Master of Lodge De Goede Trouw and a popular PGL Warden, received his 50-year

Jewel (right), while RW Bro Avron Jacobson of Lodge De Goede Verwachting received the

Best Lodge Secretary award from PGL Secretary Wor Bro Llew Lloyd-Jones (far right).

John & Edelweiss Smith enjoy a quiet moment at the 2019 Spring Ball... while guests make some noise on the

dancefloor (below)!

In September 2019 Wor Bro Jock Wood, Chairman of the Southern Inter-Constitution Education Committee, handed Bro Marco Petronio his life membership certificate and jewel (right); while Wor Bro Raymond Eyiomen and the Brethren of Lodge Marina saw a significant turn-out at their Installation; and Brethren of Lodge Simon van der Stel – Sean Stuart, Gary Hendricks, Louis Krige & Tebogo Mabunda – collected a tidy R15 000 cheque for winning the Potjie Competition at Durbanville Racecourse!

In October 2019 Bro Al’Oret Pukuta of Lodge Westerford (left) shared first place with MW Bro Geoff Edwards OSM at the annual Lodge Unity (Scottish) Ritual Excellence competition; while Wor Bro Hein van Rensburg was installed as the new Worshipful Master of Lodge Jacob de Mist (right).

At Lodge De Goede Hoop’s annual Christmas Working in December 2019, PGM and Convenor of the Spring Ball Committee RW Bro Tommy Hardiman advised Masonic Homes Chairman RW Bro Brian Rossouw OSM that the 2019 Spring Ball had raised R200 000 for the Homes (left); while residents of Desmain Lodge enjoyed their own traditional Christmas lunch later that month (centre). In February 2020, Bro Gary Hendricks of Lodge Simon van der Stel (right) provided lunch to the poor in Observatory as part of his own charity initiative.

In February 220, Wor Bro Dennis Benadie joined Wor Bro Marvin Mosie, RW Bro John Smith OSM MSA, newly installed Worshipful Master Mahmoud Patel, RW Bro Tommy Hardiman and Wor Bro Jan Venter at the Lodge Perseverance Installation.

In February 2020, RW Bro Avron Jacobson joined the GrandView team at the international GrandView Users Conference (left top); while just prior to Lockdown, Lodge Simon van der Stel raised Bro Tebogo Mabunda to Master Mason (left). Then the Coronavirus struck. In April 2020, Bros Michael Kern and Neels Nieuwenhuis of Lodge Marina managed to get hold of some desperately-needed bottles of hand sanitiser (centre); while in August Wor Bro Cobis Wilson handed over knitted baby beanies and jerseys to Badisa’s Hannie Visser in Piketberg, on behalf of RW Bro Morris Rozen and the Brethren of Lodge De Goede Verwachting (right).

And finally... If ever a picture summed up the year 2020, it’s this. Freemasons got used to seeing each other online during the Covid-19 Lockdown. This screenshot is from the Grand Lodge AGM.