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 | Jan 6, 2025 | Places
The one building that is synonymous with Potchefstroom is the Main Building (E5) of the North-West University (NWU), Potchefstroom Campus. The distinct style of this building is one of its kind. No other university in South Africa can sport a building in similar...
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 | Sep 2, 2023 | Forgotten Heroes, People
Enkele dae gelede, op 27 Augustus, is die amptelike ontvangs van die eerste Bybel in Afrikaans negentig jaar gelede gevier. Dis alombekend dat prof JD du Toit, of Totius soos hy beter bekend is, een van die vyf eindvertalers van die Bybel is. Wat egter minder bekend...
by Lennie | Apr 19, 2021 | Events, Forgotten Heroes, Places
Die brand wat die biblioteek van die Universiteit van Kaapstad Sondag deels in puin gelê het, het boekliefhebbers én dié wat die geskiedenis van die Ferdinand Postma-biblioteek ken, laat sidder. In 1949 is die biblioteek van die destydse Potchefstroomse...
