Welcome to 'The duPs' - The website of Paul and Margaret du Plessis - Margaret a former Medical Social Worker, Paul a physician.
They served with The Salvation Army in Zambia, the United Kingdom, India, and their homeland of South Africa. They retired to live in Bromley, in southeast London. Margaret passed away in 2019.
Their children, Catherine and Andre, and the wider family have always meant a lot to them. Placing Paul’s poems and other information on a website has been a family request for some years. Grandson, David, took on the project and became the website architect.
Please enjoy reading Paul's poems which reflect something of their life experiences.
Margaret has researched the life of Louisa Mary Tucker, the first wife of pioneer Indian missionary, Frederick Tucker.
Please use the menu on the left and the search function in the top right to navigate through the site.
Here is Paul's most recent poem:
The Prophet from Nazareth
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- Written October 2025
Wandering the hills of Galilee,
The streets of Jerusalem,
Meeting with all he finds:
Christian and Muslim, Arab and Israeli
Weeping tears as blood drips into shared soil,
But fearless in what he says.
How dare you - ignore the law,
Disregard the prophets’ challenge,
Even reject what I taught.
You do so at your peril,
Risking disaster and devastation.
Woe betide you all!
But keep listening – there’s still time.
October 2025