Dr Smith, who died of a heart attack on Saturday, 19 June, at the age of 81, contributed enormously towards building a multiracial South Africa.
He is a former Minister of the Dutch Reformed Church, which supported the apartheid system. Going against the racist position of his church, he began preaching in Mamelodi, Tshwane, in 1982.
In Mamelodi, he not only acted as a Christian Minister, but also a community organiser and civic planner. He wrote Die Afrikaner Broederbond: Belewinge van die Binnekant, a book critical of the Afrikaner Broederbond, in 2009.
A memorial service in honour of Dr Smith will be held at 10h00 on Friday, 25 June at the Mamelodi sport grounds, next to HM Pitje stadium in Mamelodi West.
The details of the funeral service are as follows:
Date: 24 June 2010
Time: 10h00
Venue: Melodi ya Tshwane Church, corner Bosman and Vermeulen Streets, Pretoria.
For more information contact:
Sipho Mokoena
Cell: 082 566 0515
