by Lennie | Jan 18, 2026 | Forgotten Heroes, People, Technology
This article is dedicated to Mr Richard Bate, great-grandson of CV Bate, who resides in the United Kingdom and who contacted me in November 2025 with a request for information on his great-grandfather. He, however, provided me with information that I have been wanting...
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 | Jun 15, 2023 | Events, Places
Hier is die eerste in ’n reeks artikels oor die historiese plekke van Potchefstroom. Dit het oorspronklik op 27 Maart 2009 in die Potchefstroom Herald verskyn. Presies ’n honderd jaar gelede het alles in Potchefstroom pas weer tot ruste begin kom na ’n baie opwindende...