Johannesburg Lodge No. 2313
One of the twelve lodges constituting the District in 1895. The difficulties experienced by the petitioners in obtaining a charter delayed its consecration until 26 March 1890. Shortly afterwards the lodge acquired a proprietary interest in its meeting place, the masonic hall at the comer of Main and Rissik Streets, and this led to a […]
Jeppestown Lodge No. 2481
One of the twelve lodges constituting the District in 1895. Well before the Lodge was formed the Ford and Jeppe Estate Company offered the intending founders a stand and in the event the masonic hall was completed by June 1893, two months before the Consecration. The signatories to the petition included two District Grand Masters […]
Hillbrow Lodge No. 3046
Hillbrow Lodge was one of several lodges formed in Johannesburg following the resumption of normal masonic activities after the South African War. The membership was drawn from the general community and was slowly built up until, in the 1930s, the Lodge was exceptionally strong and well supported. This was to continue into the 1960s. Membership […]
Hesperia Lodge No. 6948
A lodge with a difference? Yes, that is indeed true of Hesperia, which was formed for the specific purpose of providing a masonic home for brethren from various parts of Western Europe ‘where real freedom had been banished’. These were the words of the Charter Master, W Bro Prof A J Boyazoglu who had, shortly […]
Golden Harvest Lodge No. 9234
Two brethren living at the Golden Harvest retirement village hit on the idea of having a ‘morning’ lodge, mainly for retired brethren. The idea found strong support, 18 brethren signed the petition and the lodge was consecrated at the Woodlands Masonic Hall on 22 July 1987. The primary intention was to provide the opportunity for […]
Gold Fields Lodge No. 2478
In 1892 a number of former residents of Kimberley held meetings in Johannesburg to plan suitable celebrations for Kimberley’s 21st birthday in the following year. They included a number of masons, one of them W Bro H F E Pistorius, soon to become the first Deputy District Grand Master of the Transvaal, and having been […]
Fraternity Lodge No. 7729
The formation of Fraternity Lodge flowed from a strong desire of W Bro Jerry Idelson, PDSGW, to supplement his mother lodge, Bohemian (qv) – which met in the afternoons – by an evening lodge equally committed to true fellowship as between one brother and another. The founders included very senior brethren of three Constitutions and […]
Flame Lily Lodge No. 8540
In 1973 an officer from the District of Rhodesia & Nyasaland, W Bro Bertram Keene, then living in Johannesburg, approached all other expatriates from that District residing in the Transvaal to invite their help in forming a lodge which would provide a home for masons moving south over the Limpopo. There were 37 petitioners for […]
Fidelity Lodge No. 2999
Volksrust, near the Natal border, was established in 1885 and with the development of the gold fields in the Transvaal, became a ‘halfway house’ between Natal and its northern neighbour. Settlers in the town included a few Freemasons and eventually eight of them became the founders of Fidelity Lodge. The need for a ‘home’ was […]
Exsequi Lodge No. 8994
The Lodge was formed to provide a masonic home for business managers, in particular members of the South African Institute of Management, While membership of that Institute was a condition of Founder membership it is no longer a pre requisite for becoming a member of the Lodge. However being a manager, in the broadest sense […]