by Lennie | Nov 19, 2021 | Forgotten Heroes, People
He never permanently lived in Potchefstroom, wasn’t even born here, but through most of his life FW de Klerk was intrinsically linked to Potchefstroom, especially with the Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education (PU for CHE). With his passing at the...
by Lennie | Nov 12, 2021 | Forgotten Heroes, People, Street names
A flag designer, two pioneer merchant brothers, a writer of youth literature and a flamboyant minister are immortalised in these streets named after them. Scheepers Lane (Central) was named after Mr Fred Scheepers, mayor in 1944. He was a staff member at the...
by Lennie | Oct 22, 2021 | Forgotten Heroes, People, Places, Street names
A prominent businessman with assumed super powers, the man who was in charge of the town’s first power supply, the first English minister and first English teacher, amongst others, gave their names to these streets. Reitz Street (Bult) The street was named after...
by Lennie | Oct 2, 2021 | Forgotten Heroes, People, Street names
Retief Street (Central) was named after, Magdalena Retief, the wife of the Voortrekker leader, Piet Retief. Retief. She resided on the north-eastern corner of Retief and Berg Streets (later Van Riebeeck, now Peter Mokaba). In 1994, shortly after a memorial in the...
by Lennie | Sep 21, 2021 | Forgotten Heroes, People, Street names
A man who became emotional about a pipe organ, a doctor concerned about the human consumption of patent medicine (including wolf poison) and the owner of one of the first shops of Potchefstroom all gave their names to these street names. Paul Schutte Street...
