by Lennie | Oct 2, 2021 | Forgotten Heroes, People, Street names
Retief Street (Central) was named after, Magdalena Retief, the wife of the Voortrekker leader, Piet Retief. Retief. She resided on the north-eastern corner of Retief and Berg Streets (later Van Riebeeck, now Peter Mokaba). In 1994, shortly after a memorial in the...
by Lennie | Sep 21, 2021 | Forgotten Heroes, People, Street names
A man who became emotional about a pipe organ, a doctor concerned about the human consumption of patent medicine (including wolf poison) and the owner of one of the first shops of Potchefstroom all gave their names to these street names. Paul Schutte Street...
by Lennie | Aug 25, 2021 | Forgotten Heroes, People, Street names
A descendant of Swedish immigrants, a doctor – who was also a magistrate – and a blacksmith have been honoured by the town in these street names. Ockerse Lane (Central), also spelled Ocherse and Orcherse was named after Mr WC (Cookie) Ockerse, for many years...
by Lennie | Jul 29, 2021 | Forgotten Heroes, People, Street names
Oosthuizen Street in the Heilige Akker was named after Alderman* Johan Oosthuizen, who resided in the Heilige Akker for many years. The Oosthuizens was one of the first residents in this area and resided in Johannes Dreyer Street. While preparing the article on the...
by Lennie | Jun 25, 2021 | Events, Forgotten Heroes, Places
This week’s news reports about the current spike in the Covid pandemic echo down the ages to 120 years ago. Stories about the measles outbreak in the winter of 1901 in the Potchefstroom concentration camp sound eerily familiar with overcrowded hospitals, exhausted...
