Erfenisgeboue by Landboukollege word murasies – so het dit eers gelyk
Ek lees vanoggend die berig met foto's op Maroela Media (https://maroelamedia.co.za/nuus/sa-nuus/toestand-van-potch-landboukollege-skok/) en my hart is seer! In 2016 het ek 'n berig vir die Potchefstroom Herald geskryf oor die landboukollege se vervalle geboue en het...
Soldate vs studente
Gemoedere wat hoog loop veroorsaak van tyd tot tyd gespanne situasies op die kampus. Vandag se studente was egter nog nooit die slagoffers van geweld, soos wat hulle oumas en oupas in 1940 beleef het nie. Dit was midde-in die Tweede Wêreldoorlog en die Pukke was “in...
First sporting hub of Potchefstroom
Today Potchefstroom is undeniably one of the sporting hubs of the country. Due to the internationally regarded High Performance Institute at the North-West University Potchefstroom Campus, international athletes are flocking to train here, mostly during the summer...
Alexandra Park – the lost green heart of Potchefstroom
“A delightful resort . . . very popular with residents and visitors. There are shaded walks, arbours, a rosary and well-cultivated gardens, an added charm being the large furrow which passes through.” This is how a brochure to promote Potchefstroom described the park...
The tragic stories about the early doctors of Potchefstroom
With the passing of the Dr Alfons Raats at the end of 2021, Potchefstroom lost one of its well-loved physicians. Since the founding of the town many medical men – and women – served Potchefstroom with great distinction. Researching this article about the early doctors...
Leslie Skead – geneesheer van vele talente
Vir bykans vier dekades was hy een van die talle geneeshere van Potchefstroom. Al het hy 23 jaar gelede afgetree is daar nou nog Potchefstromers wat hom onthou. Hy is dr Leslie Skead (91). Hy was ’n mediese praktisyn toe dinge in die mediese wêreld nog ’n bietjie...
Street names reflect history 17 – Missed Streets
In his series of articles in the 1970s Senex did not give an explanation for all the street names of Potchefstroom. Although the archives of the Potchefstroom Museum have more information, the origin of some street names are nowhere to be found. In the course of...
Street names reflect history 16 – The lost street names of Potchefstroom
Changing street names has always been a contentious issue. After the Anglo-Boer War – and with a new political dispensation – the town council of Potchefstroom had long discussions on the changing of certain street names. The one that lasted was King Edward Street,...
Street names reflect history 15 – W & Z
Do the residents of Zeederberg Street know that their street was named after a now extinct form of travel? Or that the Weeks family, after whom that street was named, suffered a terrible tragedy? Or that Rev Wynne, after whom that street was named revolutionised...
Street names reflect history 14 – V
A street not named after a rector and one named after another rector, one named after a musician, the town furrow and a battle are included in these street names. Van Alphen Street (Baillie Park) was named after one of the early teachers of Potchefstroom. JN van...