Kairos South Africa History

1996 – David Denner visited a workshop for Kairos volunteers preparing to launch Kairos at The Verne, England, seeking financial support for his dependency recovery ministry in the prisons around Cape Town, South Africa.
May 1998 – The first Kairos South Africa Adhoc committee (committee formed to start up a prison ministry in an institution) was constituted for Pollsmoor prison in the Western Cape, thereby forming Kairos South Africa
December 1998 – Kairos #1, first Kairos weekend held in a South African prison in Pollsmoor. The rector(leader) of the weekend was David Denner.
December 1998 – the first Instructional Reunion was held in Pollsmoor
June 1999 – Pollsmoor weekend #2
September 1999 – First Kairos Advanced Training held in Cape Town
December 1999 – Pollsmoor weekend #3
2000 – First Kairos Weekend in Drakenstein Prison Western Cape
January 1999 – First Adhoc committee formed in Gauteng.
February 1999 – First Gauteng Institutional agreement signed with Krugersdorp Prison
June 1999 – Krugersdorp Weekend #1
December 1999 – Krugersdorp Weekend #2
May 2000 – First Annual General Meeting of Kairos South Africa – Gauteng District
May 2000 – Kairos Mens Inside Drakenstein #01 Alister Bulley – Weekend Leader
September 2000 – First Ladies Inside in South Africa, Kairos Women Inside Pollsmoor
October 2000 – First Kairos weekend #1 in Modderbee Prison Springs
April 2001 – First Kairos weekend in Vereeniging Correctional Services
September 2001 – First Kairos Outside weekend held in Krugersdorp
September 2001 – First Kairos Ladies weekend #1 held in Johannesburg Correctional Services
September 2002 – Kairos Mens Inside Malmesbury #01 Vickie Victor – Weekend Leader
May 2004 – First Torch in South Africa, Kairos Torch Drakenstein Reggie Muller – Weekend Leader
September 2004 – First Kairos Weekend in ODI Prison, Pretoria
September 2005–First Kairos Weekend in PretoriaFemale Prison, Pretoria
2006-First Kairos Weekend in Pietermaritzburg Prison Kwazulu Natal
March 2006 –First Kairos Weekend in Groenpunt Medium Prison, Vereeniging
October 2006 – First Torch weekend in Johannesburg Prison
May 2007 – First Kairos Weekend in Groenpunt Maximum Prison, Vereeniging
2007 First Kairos Weekend in Groenpunt Medium Prison, Vereeniging
2008- First 10 year celebration held in Pollsmoor prison
August 2008 – First Kairos weekend in Baviaanspoort medium prison Pretoria
October 2013 – Kairos Mens Inside Brandvlei Maximum #01 Lew Outway – Weekend Leader
February 2018 – Kairos Mens Inside Obiqua #01 Michael Slingers – Weekend Leader