Die meeste bekende mense is om een rede bekend. Hulle is óf ’n getroue administrateur, óf ’n uitstekende joernalis, óf ’n talentvolle sanger, óf ’n goeie rugbyondersteuner. Hans van Zyl was dit alles en nog meer. Ek het hom leer ken in die jare toe die helderheid van...
Ek lees vanoggend die berig met foto's op Maroela Media (https://maroelamedia.co.za/nuus/sa-nuus/toestand-van-potch-landboukollege-skok/) en my hart is seer! In 2016 het ek 'n berig vir die Potchefstroom Herald geskryf oor die landboukollege se vervalle geboue en het...
Gemoedere wat hoog loop veroorsaak van tyd tot tyd gespanne situasies op die kampus. Vandag se studente was egter nog nooit die slagoffers van geweld, soos wat hulle oumas en oupas in 1940 beleef het nie. Dit was midde-in die Tweede Wêreldoorlog en die Pukke was “in...
Today Potchefstroom is undeniably one of the sporting hubs of the country. Due to the internationally regarded High Performance Institute at the North-West University Potchefstroom Campus, international athletes are flocking to train here, mostly during the summer...
“A delightful resort . . . very popular with residents and visitors. There are shaded walks, arbours, a rosary and well-cultivated gardens, an added charm being the large furrow which passes through.” This is how a brochure to promote Potchefstroom described the park...
With the passing of the Dr Alfons Raats at the end of 2021, Potchefstroom lost one of its well-loved physicians. Since the founding of the town many medical men – and women – served Potchefstroom with great distinction. Researching this article about the early doctors...
Changing street names has always been a contentious issue. After the Anglo-Boer War – and with a new political dispensation – the town council of Potchefstroom had long discussions on the changing of certain street names. The one that lasted was King Edward Street,...
Do the residents of Zeederberg Street know that their street was named after a now extinct form of travel? Or that the Weeks family, after whom that street was named, suffered a terrible tragedy? Or that Rev Wynne, after whom that street was named revolutionised...
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...
A dominee with strange advice on how to alleviate loneliness, a music professor who died after a car accident, a doctor who died of the Spanish Flu and another music teacher all lend their names to streets in this category. Maherry Street (South) J Maherry, an...