Chitepo Wedding – Mr Herbert Chitepo and Miss Victoria Mahamba-Sithole leaving church after the solemnisation of their wedding. Mr Chitepo is a barrister-at-law and is the first African advocate to appear in a Rhodesian Supreme Court. His wife became the first South African woman to qualify as a probation officer in England. She also became the first African Woman in South Africa to be appointed secretary of the YWCA in charge of non-white activities. Ten years of courtship ended in the wedding of Herbert and Victoria Chitepo, a Zulu beauty from South Africa.
Image Number: APN255256

APN255256

Title: Drum Magazine social history photographs, East Africa edition 127 Description: Chitepo Wedding – Mr Herbert Chitepo and Miss Victoria Mahamba-Sithole leaving church after the solemnisation of their wedding. Mr Chitepo is a barrister-at-law and is the first African advocate to appear in a Rhodesian Supreme Court. His wife became the first South African woman to qualify as a probation officer in England. She also became the first African Woman in South Africa to be appointed secretary of the YWCA in charge of non-white activities. Ten years of courtship ended in the wedding of Herbert and Victoria Chitepo, a Zulu beauty from South Africa. Date Created: 02-12-1955 Creator: Drum Social Histories Credit Notice: Drum Magazine photographer / Drum Social Histories / Bailey's African History Archive / african.pictures Keywords: