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On 16 November, the Diocese of Tzaneen in South Africa celebrates the 50th anniversary of its establishment by decree of Pope Paul VI with Irish-born, John Durkin, as its first bishop. This is a typical story of how Irish and other missionaries built the Catholic Church across the continent of Africa. It also illustrates how their legacy lives on through the ministry of local and indigenous priests, nuns and brothers whom they recruited and trained.

The Holy Father, Pope Francis, has appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Pretoria (South Africa) the Rev. Fr. Masilo John Selemela, of the clergy of Tzaneen, currently Rector of the National Major Seminary of St. John Vianney, assigning him the titular See of Nachingwea.

Agenzia Fides: Organo di informazione delle Pontificie Opere Missionarie dal 1927

BURGERSFORT - An 11-year-old boy drowned while swimming in a quarry on Sunday afternoon. The incident happened in Praktiseer, next to the illegal dump

The Poetic Land Art Exhibition will be free to the public.