by Lennie | Apr 15, 2026 | Forgotten Heroes, People, Places, Technology
The sale of Nathan Kirsh’s company, Jetro Restaurant Depot Business, for R500 million was recently announced. The Bloomberg Billionaires Index noted this as his biggest asset. After the sale, he was regarded as richer than the well-known Johann Rupert. The Bloomberg...
by Lennie | Mar 2, 2026 | Events, Places, Technology
After discovering letters written to the Herald in 1912 about the first successful trip by motor vehicle across the Drakensberg, I wrote an article for Weg/Go! about it. I later discovered the tale about an attempt to travel by car from Cape Town to Cairo, which ended...
by Lennie | Jan 18, 2026 | Forgotten Heroes, People, Technology
This article is dedicated to Mr Richard Bate, great-grandson of CV Bate, who resides in the United Kingdom and who contacted me in November 2025 with a request for information on his great-grandfather. He, however, provided me with information that I have been wanting...
by Lennie | Dec 15, 2025 | Places, Technology, Uncategorized
Sports Village – Olympic medal champ This article was compiled as a commission from the NWU, Records, Archives and Museums and is published here with their permission. The Sports Village, built in 2010, stands next to the Fanie du Toit Sports Grounds of the...
by Lennie | Nov 27, 2025 | Places
This article first appeared on the website theheritageportal.co.za on 10 November 2015 and was reprinted in my book Stories of Potchefstroom that was published in 2018. This is an article in the series on the declared heritage sites of Potchefstroom. About two decades...
