by Lennie | Feb 11, 2022 | Forgotten Heroes, People
Vir bykans vier dekades was hy een van die talle geneeshere van Potchefstroom. Al het hy 23 jaar gelede afgetree is daar nou nog Potchefstromers wat hom onthou. Hy is dr Leslie Skead (91). Hy was ’n mediese praktisyn toe dinge in die mediese wêreld nog ’n bietjie...
by Lennie | Dec 18, 2021 | Events, Forgotten Heroes, People, Places, Street names
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...
by Lennie | Nov 25, 2021 | Forgotten Heroes, People, Street names
Not many street names in Potchefstroom begin with a “T”. One, however, represents one of the most widely-known residents of Potchefstroom, the poet Totius. Gardens and a fertilizer plant also gave their names to these streets. Theron Street (South) Mr CP (Charles)...
by Lennie | Nov 19, 2021 | Forgotten Heroes, People
He never permanently lived in Potchefstroom, wasn’t even born here, but through most of his life FW de Klerk was intrinsically linked to Potchefstroom, especially with the Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education (PU for CHE). With his passing at the...
by Lennie | Oct 22, 2021 | Forgotten Heroes, People, Places, Street names
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...
