The idea of Ladies Circle forming in South Africa came about at a Western Province Round Table Area meeting in March 1981. Angela Ford, Past president of LCI was invited as a guest speaker at the AGM. Her amusing account of her years as a Tabler wife and as a Circler encouraged the False Bay Round Table Ladies to consider starting a Circle. This they did with a lot of encouragement from the False Bay Round Tablers and in May 1981 False Bay Ladies Circle has their first inaugural meeting.
False bay Ladies Circle No. 1 chartered at WOCO in Cape town on 29 September 1982 and Belville Ladies Circle No. 3 in August 1983. Since then, and up till now, another 9 circles have come into being - 8 in Gauteng and 1 in Namibia - Walvis Bay No. 16.
During the course of 1991 much thought and discussions took place amongst the Circlers about forming a National Association. In July 1992 the inaugural AGM of the national Association of Ladies Circle South Africa was held in Johannesburg. In 1995 in Gottenburg, Sweden, South Africa became a full member Country of Ladies Circle International.
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