For nearly 20 years, farmer Peet van Heerden and artist Albert Redelinghuys of Nieu-Bethesda have looked after the tallest timepiece in the village.
For many years, it has been retired farmer Peet van Heerden’s self-appointed job to maintain the NG Kerk’s steeple clock in his hometown of Nieu-Bethesda.
The first thing he looks for when he drives into any town is the steeple clock of the Mother Church. “If it’s still keeping time, then I think there is hope. There is still a heartbeat, and someone who cares.” First came the formation of a church congregation, then the tuishuise and then the seriously big church building. In the mid-1870s, a few years before Nieu-Bethesda was officially established, local Sneeuberg farmers used to worship in the landowner’s wagon house. The Church Council ran village affairs, and were strongly opposed to the granting of liquor licences in Nieu-Bethesda. In 1890, however, the council relented. They decided to keep and sell brandy “for health reasons”.
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