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Date: n.d. Type: Mission Station Status: Extant   Click to view large map Coordinates: 28°53'29.59" S 29°46'31.76" E Alt: 1062m

See more photographs "This was the St. John's mission station and girls boarding school. It was closed down around 1922, after an outbreak of enteric, resulting in the deaths of 4 schoolgirls. The disease was found in the SAR train water tanks. These tanks were filled in Durban, and many passengers on that train also died." Gail Durham Brink. From her Facebook. For more information on the Sisters of the Society of St John the Divine visit eGGSA (Submitted by Annelise Lange)