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 | Apr 5, 2024 | People, Places, Street names
If Potchefstroom was a medieval town in Europe, the Tudor-style residence in Calderbank Lane near the Dam would be its manor house or castle. Built in 1942 by a well-known businessmen of Potchefstroom, Mr Hugh Calderbank, this Tudor-style house, right next to the...
by Lennie | Aug 14, 2023 | Forgotten Heroes, People, Technology
Marrying a man whose first passion is cars, I was immersed in the history of motor vehicles since we met. Hence, the history of the automotive businesses in Potchefstroom interested me. My husband, Hans, and one of his fellow car-enthusiasts, Dr Dennis du Toit,...
by Lennie | Sep 17, 2022 | Forgotten Heroes, People, Places
Die meeste bekende mense is om een rede bekend. Hulle is óf ’n getroue administrateur, óf ’n uitstekende joernalis, óf ’n talentvolle sanger, óf ’n goeie rugbyondersteuner. Hans van Zyl was dit alles en nog meer. Ek het hom leer ken in die jare toe die helderheid van...
