Drum Magazine social history photographs, South Africa edition 462

Thousands Answer The Call Of Prayer – Wattville Stadium where the prayer meetings were held, at lunch time on Easter Saturday, as organisers prepared the huge meal while the congregation waited. The theme of the convention was "Faithful Ministers"; and each member of the church is trained to be a minister by propagating the word of God. Thirteen thousand Jehovah's Witnesses from throughout South Africa, Basutoland, Bechuanaland, Swaziland and South West Africa, gathered in Benoni over the Easter week-end for mammoth national convention of prayer and baptism. The convention was arranged by the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society. Old folk, young folk, men, and women, were there.