The Choir

The choir stalls are made of stinkwood and are in three tiers: the front ones for the choristers, next for the men of the choir and the third tier for dignitaries. The back of each stall carries the arms of the dioceses of the Church of the Province of Southern Africa and others with close connections with the cathedral. The arms of Cape Town are on the throne and then come Grahamstown, Natal, St Helena, Bloemfontein, Zululand, St John's (Transkei), Pretoria, Canterbury (as the Mother See of the Anglican Communion), Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), Lebombo (Mozambique). On the left going from east to west, are Basutoland (now Lesotho), the hospital of St John, St David (patron saint of Wales), St Andrew (primatial see of the Scottish church), Calcutta (the original diocese of the church in South Africa), Damaraland, Johannesburg, York (the second archdiocese of England), Kimberley and George. Behind some of the canons' stalls are memorials carved into the wood.

 
The organ owes its place to the generosity of an Englishman, W.H. Baxter of Leeds.

 
 

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