Consecrated 1956
The Lodge was originally named the Goldfields Lodge but the name changed in 1956 to Lodge Shalom
Welkom
Welkom (Afrikaans pronunciation: [ˈvɛlkɔm]) is the second-largest city in the Free State province of South Africa, located about 140 kilometres (90 mi) northeast of Bloemfontein, the provincial capital. Welkom is also known as Circle City, City Within A Garden, Mvela and Matjhabeng. The city's English name, Matjhabeng means 'where nations meet', derived from the migrant labour system, where people of various countries such as Lesotho, Malawi and Mozambique etc. met to work in the mines of the gold fields. Read more...
Naming of the Lodge
Welkom is in the heart of the Free State gold mining area of South Africa
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