This Day in History: September 12, 1960
Additional Date: September 12, 1960
On 12 September 1960, the Anglican Bishop of Johannesburg, Rev. Ambrose Reeves was secretly deported through Jan Smuts Airport. The Bishop’s departure did not take any of the formal procedures. According to The Star newspaper, 23 passengers were listed on DC7B flight for London with a seat in the tourist section marked “occupied”, but with no name on it.