Square & Compasses No. 95 December 2019

Brethren, it’s the end of yet another year that seems to have flown by. It seems as if it was only last week Thursday that it was Easter! I wish everyone well over the festive period and may you find rest and refreshment for your soul. My heartfelt thanks for your support during the past […]

1 Month, 1 Mason – WBro. Juan de Villiers

Since an early age I struggled just accepting life as it was, with its man-made rules, religion and ‘set ways’ of previous generations. This of course gave my parents grey hair and resulted in me being pointed at as the ‘difficult’ one, especially in Sunday school. What people just didn’t understand is that my reluctance […]

Square & Compasses No. 94 November 2019

This is what Freemasonry is all about. It is what we must strive to achieve in all our interactions. It is about learning to understand ourselves in such a way that we can correct that which in us, in a moral sense, is undesirable. Of creating in ourselves someone who will be respected as a […]

1 Month, 1 Mason – Bro. Erik Schonken

I am an advocate by profession. I am currently concluding a long career with one of our failed state-owned enterprises. I am fortunate enough to be married to the love of my life (who also happens to be a very competent attorney) for almost thirty years now. We have a grown-up son who is successfully […]

1 Month, 1 Mason – Bro. Brenlee Hippolyte

My name is Brenlee, and I’m a 25-year-old Master Mason in Lodge First United. 140 GLSA. My Masonic career started on the 3rd of May 2018, one of my most proud days too date. It wasn’t until I found out a late family member of mine was a Mason that I took the step to […]

Square & Compasses No. 93 October 2019

Our founding Fathers, when compiling our rituals were well aware that human nature changes not in its essentials and will remain much as it is in the future as it has done so in the past. They took the opportunity to insist that we should avoid certain subjects of discussion in the Lodge.

1 Month, 1 Mason – Bro. Chad Beyer

My journey in the craft began on the auspicious date of 4 July 2019. For much of my life, as someone passionate about both clinical medicine and medical research. I have striven to embrace my mental faculties while playing rugby, regular gym routines and mixed martial arts have aided in building up my physical faculties. […]

1 Month, 1 Mason – Bro. Denzil McVie

My name is Denzil McVie; I am a father and a proud Freemason. One of the traditions to become a Freemason is to know one and to ask to become one. Unfortunately for me, I did not know any. Fortunately for me, one of the worlds oldest fraternities has kept up with the times we […]

1 Month, 1 Mason – Bro. Denzil McVie

My name is Denzil McVie; I am a father and a proud Freemason. One of the traditions to become a Freemason is to know one and to ask to become one. Unfortunately for me, I did not know any. Fortunately for me, one of the worlds oldest fraternities has kept up with the times we […]

Square & Compasses No. 92 September 2019

As any initiated brother will attest, the experience of the ceremony is uniquely personal and it is almost impossible to present an exhaustive account of all the aspects that left an impression on me. It was, in certain respects, a bit overwhelming and bewildering (as it no doubt should be) and some elements are even […]