by Lennie | May 17, 2026 | Forgotten Heroes, People
Following the passing away of Mimi Coertse on Monday, 27 April, she was remembered fondly as one of the best classical singers ever to come from South Africa. She was born in Durban on 12 June 1932. One of her first concerts was at the age of 19 with the late Gé...
by Lennie | Mar 14, 2025 | Places, Technology
Nowadays students on the Potchefstroom Campus of the North-West University can walk into well-appointed, state-of-the-art laboratories, doing world-changing research and take the facilities for granted. This was not the case when the campus was established on the site...
by Lennie | Feb 12, 2025 | Places
Heimat is the first permanent structure and brick building to be built on the campus of the Potchefstroom University College (PUC). It was officially taken into use in 1927 as a residence for 50 students. It nowadays houses NWU Arts, the very important organisational...
by Lennie | Jun 6, 2024 | Events, People, Places
Today this row of Edwardian buildings show their backyards to Molen Street and the grandeur of the combined facades of the four stately buildings are hidden from view. This is the Theological School complex standing on the eastern side of Molen Street between Esselen...
by Lennie | Nov 26, 2022 | Forgotten Heroes, People
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...
