by Lennie | Jan 6, 2025 | Places
The one building that is synonymous with Potchefstroom is the Main Building (E5) of the North-West University (NWU), Potchefstroom Campus. The distinct style of this building is one of its kind. No other university in South Africa can sport a building in similar...
by Lennie | Nov 30, 2024 | Forgotten Heroes, People, Places
Vir bykans ’n eeu was die historiese gewelhuis, net buite Potchefstroom op pad na Carletonville die tuiste van oom Sareltjie Yssel. Vandag het sy huis ’n nuwe baadjie. Dit is uitgeskud, opgetooi en nuut gemaak. In die tuin speel kleuters in ’n moderne speelgrond...
by Lennie | Nov 5, 2024 | Uncategorized
The last house museum to open in Potchefstroom during the glorious days of heritage preservation in the 1970s and 1980s was the Goetz-Fleischack House. The town acquired three house museums, from 1977 to 1988. The first was the Totius House Museum (see link below)...
by Lennie | Oct 16, 2024 | Forgotten Heroes, People, Places, Uncategorized
The plight of parentless children in Potchefstroom was never more acute than after the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902). When the Potchefstroom concentration camp officially closed on 6 February 1903 a large number of destitute orphans were left behind. My article on the...
by Lennie | Sep 23, 2024 | Forgotten Heroes, People, Places, Street names, Technology
For the people of his generation, he was a larger than life character. He was known for his business acumen and outspokenness, but also as an unintentional instigator of the movement to preserve the heritage of Potchefstroom. He is Jurie Schoeman. During the 1970s the...
