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Organized 19 April 1853. Closed 12 April 1865. Reorganized 25 July 1903.
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![Mission Conference, June 1911](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/portraits/C/elmer-parker-chipman-1888-fs-3.jpg)
Mission Conference, June 1911
![Mission Conference, June 1912](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/South African/Missionaries-of-the-South-Africa-Mission-FS.jpg)
Mission Conference, June 1912
![Mission Conference, February 1913](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/South African/PH_10341_item_157-Willis_E_Spafford_mission_photographs.jpeg)
Mission Conference, February 1913
![South African Missionaries Collage](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/South African/PH_653_item_21-South_African_Mission_photographs.jpeg)
South African Missionaries Collage
![Mission Conference, Dec 1922 - Jan 1923](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/South African/South_Africa_missionaries_1920s-FamilySearch.jpg)
Mission Conference, Dec 1922 - Jan 1923
![Mission Conference, February 1914](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/South African/PH_10341_item_149-Willis_E_Spafford_mission_photographs.jpeg)
Mission Conference, February 1914
![Cumorah Baseball Team](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/South African/Cumorah Baseball team.jpg)
Cumorah Baseball Team
![Mission Conference, Dec 1923 - Jan 1924](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/portraits/H/CH56073-Africa Mission Picture.jpg)
Mission Conference, Dec 1923 - Jan 1924
![Letters from Across the Sea](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/South African/Sharp_and_Steed_letters-FamilySearch.jpg)
Letters from Across the Sea
![Mission Conference, January 1909](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/portraits/S/henry-lee-steed-1862-fs-2.jpg)
Mission Conference, January 1909
![Mission Conference, December 1914](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/South African/PH_10341_item_65-Willis_E_Spafford_mission_photographs.jpeg)
Mission Conference, December 1914
![Mission Conference, August 1913](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/South African/PH_10341_item_1-Willis_E_Spafford_mission_photographs.jpeg)
Mission Conference, August 1913
![Mission Conference, January 1917](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/South African/james-thomas-ashby-1887-fs-1.jpg)
Mission Conference, January 1917
![Christmas Eve 1912](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/South African/PH_653_item_17-South_African_Mission_photographs.jpeg)
Christmas Eve 1912
![Gathered for a Meal](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/South African/Elders at a meal in South Africa - FamilySearch.jpg)
Gathered for a Meal
![Missionaries and Locals at King Williamstown](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/South African/Smiths, Sharp, and Ockey - PH 4083_f0001_00001.jpg)
Missionaries and Locals at King Williamstown
![Cumorah Quintette - Tour of South African Theatres](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/missionaries/_photgraphs/P/stewart-howarth-parker-1928-fs-cumorah.jpg)
Cumorah Quintette - Tour of South African Theatres
![South African Mission Map](https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/church-history-people/bc/maps/Africa/South African Mission.jpg)
South African Mission Map