by Lennie | Mar 25, 2020 | People, Places
’n Loopbaan van ’n paar dekades in ’n beroep is vir die meeste ’n prestasie. Nardus Conradie (86), bekende argitek van Potchefstroom, beoefen sy beroep meer as twee keer langer, ’n allemintige 62 jaar! Sedert 1961 is hy in Potchefstroom, maar sy ontwerpe is ook te...
by Lennie | Mar 14, 2020 | Events, People
What we see now happening worldwide with the Coronavirus is not new to Potchefstroom. Pandemics have passed through the city in the past. Three of them stand out. Although the Rinderpest did not kill humans, except those who ate the flesh of infected animals, it...
by Lennie | Feb 29, 2020 | Events, Forgotten Heroes, Places, Street names
Providing electric power to Potchefstroom has never been an easy matter. Just like today an economic slump, disagreements and failing equipment had an influence on supplying electricity to Potchefstroom since even more than a decade before it became available for the...
by Lennie | Feb 15, 2020 | Forgotten Heroes, People
Many people walked the streets of Potchefstroom. Some of these made a difference to the town and city. This series of the forgotten heroes of Potchefstroom is dedicated to them. Jan Borrius – First Government Printer One day, in an attempt to prevent the wrong...
by Lennie | Feb 1, 2020 | Events
Een van die mees ongelukkige gebeure wat ooit op die kampus van die NWU Potchefstroom gebeur het, het aanleiding gegee tot die eerste Vreugdedag, vandag se JOOL. Daar is vroeër optogte deur die strate gehou, maar dit was eenmalige gebeurtenisse en nie ’n jaarlikse...
