An old church in Bizana where Winnie tied the knot.

The Methodist church is an old building church in Bizana that was built in 1912 at Ludeke location. Nelson Mandela and Winnie Madikizela tied their knot in this very own church. The church is in Bizana at Ludeke circuit and it now an old building even the church members no longer use it. They’ve built a new church next to this old building and they didn’t demolish this one as it holds a significant history of this country.

Mr Mandela and Mam’uWinnie were married in June 1958. The Bizana municipality has decided into turning this church building into a monument or heritage site where everyone can come and read about the wedding that took place and other important historic things that happened in this church. Winnie was also a member of this church and she died a member of the church although she was now based in Johannesburg.

I believe that this church was also used as school during the apartheid regime and most of our Bizana heroes and heroines attended their primary education in this very own church and indeed this church holds a significant history. The big church ceremonies like the Easter ceremony is held in this church well the new building every year, all the surrounding circuits come to this church.