by Lennie | Apr 5, 2024 | People, Places, Street names
If Potchefstroom was a medieval town in Europe, the Tudor-style residence in Calderbank Lane near the Dam would be its manor house or castle. Built in 1942 by a well-known businessmen of Potchefstroom, Mr Hugh Calderbank, this Tudor-style house, right next to the...
by Lennie | Feb 27, 2024 | Events, Forgotten Heroes, Places
The misfortune of more than 320 people who for almost three months were trapped in an area of 25 X 25 m (440m), is one of the great heart-breaking stories of Potchefstroom. It was during the First War of Independence (1880-1881). The event is known as the Siege of the...
by Lennie | Jan 4, 2024 | Events, Places
Potchefstroom experienced its post festive season slump in the first week of January 1913, 101 years ago, when a Special Edition of the Potchefstroom Herald shocked the residents from their stupor. I wrote an article about this for the Centenary Edition of the Herald,...
by Lennie | Dec 18, 2023 | Forgotten Heroes, People
Soft spoken, humble and with expressive blue eyes, Cronjé Lemmer is one of the most talented artists that is a Potchefstroom legend. For many decades he was the preferred fashion designer for the wives of political giants and other celebrities. In August 2023 a book...
by Lennie | Nov 3, 2023 | Events, Forgotten Heroes, Places
As daar een mens in Potchefstroom is wat gesorg het dat Potchefstroom anders lyk as voor sy op die toneel verskyn het, is dit Wendri Eloff. Sy het aan die einde van Oktober 2023 afgetree as direkteur van die Potchefstroomse Dienssentrum vir Bejaardes na ’n...
