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 | 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 | May 16, 2022 | Events, Forgotten Heroes, Places
Gemoedere wat hoog loop veroorsaak van tyd tot tyd gespanne situasies op die kampus. Vandag se studente was egter nog nooit die slagoffers van geweld, soos wat hulle oumas en oupas in 1940 beleef het nie. Dit was midde-in die Tweede Wêreldoorlog en die Pukke was “in...