Newsletters from a Salvation Army woman officer in South Africa (8) 1974-77
The Salvation Army T.H.Q. P.O. Box 1018 Johannesburg, S. Africa. November 1973 Since arriving in South Africa we have travelled about 25,000 kilometres, and have had the opportunity of seeing some of the beautiful parts of this lovely country. The distances are so great that a lot of our time is spent in travelling, many times having to travel for a whole day to reach our destination. We have 10 African Divisions, and we were taken round everywhere on our Welcome Tour by Lt. Colonel Milne, the previous Missionary Secretary, who has been very helpful in every way. We have been privileged to accompany our Territorial Commander and Mrs. Colonel King for a series of Officers’ Meetings… Not only do we have to go to most parts of South Africa, but we have work in Lesotho, Swaziland [Eswatini] and Mocambique. There is a vast difference between the sophisticated urban African of Soweto and the rural African, but everywhere we have found enthusiastic Salvationists. Only today we have be...