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* South African National Council Feedback
Dear Devotees of ISKCON South Africa
Please accept my respects. All glories to Srila
Prabhupada.
We are really happy that you have this report on
your screens. The South African National Council in
its efforts to improve its service and accountability
to you has introduced this Annual Report, to be
presented on Gaura Purnima of each year. The
devotees are the transcendental shareholders in
Srila Prabhupada’s Movement, and we are duty
bound to account to you on our activities. We
hope that you will find this report inspirational and
that you will continue to come forward and remain
the custodian of some aspect of the preaching
mission.
During the year the South Africa National Council
(SANC) appointed Regional Secretaries in KwazuluNatal and Gauteng to help oversee the
development of our preaching efforts in these two
important areas. We followed this up by convening
ISKCON Connect road shows. Your various
concerns and suggestions have been carefully
noted and the Regional secretaries have been
tasked to set up systems, make appointments and
do whatever else is required to strengthen our
community spirit and encourage a system of open
transparent management.
We have also seen new preaching centers open
up in Sandton and Midrand. The Pietermaritzburg
temple is scheduled for completion this year and
the Richards bay property will be transformed to a
Namahatta facility. We want to expand our
outreach into new areas and share the glories of
devotional service to more and more sincere souls.
In our efforts to better organize ourselves in SA, we
have made a number of tactical changes. We
want to be at “work” for Krishna – to continue
strengthening and solidifying our efforts. Over th