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...
In the Potchefstroom Herald of 13 June 2024 it was reported that Potchefstroom had been without a library for three weeks from 17 May to 7 June 2024. This happened after its computer system was shut down due to the fact that through an oversight the municipality did...
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...
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...
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...
After the magnificent concert on Sunday, 8 October, performed by a combined NWU Symphony Orchestra, the Rhapsody Orchestra from Bloemfontein and the North West Youth Orchestra, accompanied by the NWU Choir and the NWU Serenaders, I again realised what an absolute gem...
Enkele dae gelede, op 27 Augustus, is die amptelike ontvangs van die eerste Bybel in Afrikaans negentig jaar gelede gevier. Dis alombekend dat prof JD du Toit, of Totius soos hy beter bekend is, een van die vyf eindvertalers van die Bybel is. Wat egter minder bekend...
Marrying a man whose first passion is cars, I was immersed in the history of motor vehicles since we met. Hence, the history of the automotive businesses in Potchefstroom interested me. My husband, Hans, and one of his fellow car-enthusiasts, Dr Dennis du Toit,...
Met die afsterwe van die kunstenaar J Petro van der Walt op 7 Februarie 2023 het Potchefstroom 'n kunstenaar verloor wie se kunswerke die stad verryk het. Hier is die teks wat ek vir sy doodsberig geskryf het en wat op 23 Februarie 2023 in die Potchefstroom Herald...
Dit is absoluut kitsch om te sê sy stem is stil, maar dis presies wat dit is. Die bariton, Werner Nel, is op 22 November 2022 in sy slaap oorlede. In 1987 het ek vir die Potchefstroomse Universiteit se tydskrif vir sy oudstudente, die PU-Kaner, ’n artikel oor Werner...