Children in the village Silo, South Africa East, 1934-01-01

"Silo. Kinder im Dorf, vom Kircheingang aus gesehen. Links vorn (mit Aloe und Wein) Haus des Geistlichen William Mazwi" ("Silo. Children in the village, seen from the entrance of the church. In front on the left (with Aloe and vine) house of the clergyman William Mazwi"). Several houses. The one on the left with plants next to it. In the courtyard a group of people dressed in light coloured clothes (apparently all girls). Further right a man in dark clothes and with hat. William S. Mazwi, born in 1861 in Gosen (South Africa), was an indigenous brother of the Moravian Church. He worked as a teacher in Gosen from 1882 till 1898, as a national assistant in Elukolweni in 1900 and as a mission assistant in Mvenyane (1900), Nxotshane / Griqualand (1904-1931) and Silo (1933). He retired in 1935.--Paul Albert Theile, born in 1908 in Niesky (Germany), was a theologian and preacher. He was no missionary in Africa, but went on an educational journey to East Africa in 1933 and to South Africa in 1934. He was a mission deputy in Montmirail (France) from 1934 till 1938. In 1948 he married Susette Schmidt. After 1962 he was director of the Moravian Church in Switzerland. He died in 1995 in Birsfelden (near Basel / Switzerland). c.f. picture no. IMP-HRN-BOX-SAO-6-09579.