This Mission Church. the foundation stone of which was laid on 4 May 1871. was completed in December 1872 by the building contractor Adriaan Ventura. The Rev. Paulus Teshe was the main driving force behind its erection. The early nineteenth century parsonage was enlarged in 1914 by the Rev. A. H. Barnard and was the birthplace of the well known heart surgeons. Prof. Chris Barnard and Dr Marius Barnard