Podcasts about Potchefstroom

The official National Youth Day celebrations have kicked off in Potchefstroom where Deputy President, Paul Mashatile is expected to deliver the keynote address. Young people in attendance have called on government to create platforms where they could exhibit their artistic work. In attendance at this event is the Sports, Arts and culture Minister, Gayton McKenzie, Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa including Transport Minister, Barbara Creecy and Deputy Minister in the Presidency, Nonceba Mhlauli amongst others.

rWotD Episode 2937: Patrick Barron (bishop) Welcome to Random Wiki of the Day, your journey through Wikipedia's vast and varied content, one random article at a time.The random article for Monday, 19 May 2025, is Patrick Barron (bishop).Patrick Harold Falkiner Barron, also called Paddy, (13 November 1911 – 27 August 1991) was the fourth Bishop of George.Barron was educated at Leeds University and (after studies at the College of the Resurrection, Mirfield) ordained in 1939. He began his ordained ministry a curate at Our Most Holy Redeemer, Clerkenwell after which he was a chaplain to the South African Army during World War II. After the war he held incumbencies at Zeerust, Potchefstroom and Blyvooruitzicht. Later he was Archdeacon of Germiston, then Dean of Johannesburg. In 1964 he was ordained to the episcopate as Suffragan Bishop of Cape Town and two years later was translated to George.This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 00:30 UTC on Monday, 19 May 2025.For the full current version of the article, see Patrick Barron (bishop) on Wikipedia.This podcast uses content from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.Visit our archives at wikioftheday.com and subscribe to stay updated on new episodes.Follow us on Mastodon at @wikioftheday@masto.ai.Also check out Curmudgeon's Corner, a current events podcast.Until next time, I'm generative Olivia.

This is episode 221, 1863, the midst of the Transvaal Civil War. As you heard in episode 220, this was the making of a new president and one who'd take the Trekker Republics into the 20th Century, albeit in the midst of the Anglo-Boer War. There had been a rapid and real effect — as the farmers took up arms against each other, the Transvaal's economy collapsed. This weakened the government's ability to back up its stated authority. By now the tiny independent States of Lydenburg and Utrecht had joined the Transvaal accepting the authority of the Transvaal. They had been outliers since the trekkers first arrived in those regions, fifteen years earlier. To recap - In 1859, Transvaal President, Marthinus Wessel Pretorius, was invited to stand for President in the Orange Free State, many burghers there now wanted to unify with the Transvaal. They were mainly worried about how to deal with King Moshoeshoe of the Basotho. The Transvaal constitution that he had just enacted made it illegal to hold office abroad, still Pretorius won the Transvaal election, then Volksraad attempted to side-step the constitutional problems by granting Pretorius half-a-year of leave. They hoped some kind of solution would be found — Pretorius left for Bloemfontein and appointed Johannes Hermanus Grobler to be acting president in his absence. Up stepped Stephanus Schoeman from the Marico region who unsuccessfully attempted to use force to supplant Johannes Grobler as acting president. Schoeman believed that the presidency should have been granted to him as the new Transvaal constitution stipulated that in the case of the president's dismissal or death, the presidency should be granted to the oldest member of the Executive Council. Schoeman was three years older than Grobler. Forward fast to 1863, Kruger had defeated Schoeman at a skirmish outside Potchefstroom. He had also managed to convince some of the supporters of rebel in the Heidelberg district to switch sides, and had ridden back to Pretoria with a local farmer of high standing, Jan Marais. There a council of war determined that rebels like Schoeman were taking advantage of a disagreement between the Transvaal and the Orange Free State. The two fledgling Boer Republics could not agree on where the boundary lay between them. Transvaal President Van Rensburg duly assigned Kruger the duty of riding to the Free State to settle the question of the border - and he left almost immediately, taking a group of burghers with him as security. Further West, the Marico district was a hotbed of rebel activity and the commandant there, Jan Viljoen, heard about Kruger's mission and organised a commando. On the way to Potch, a spy warned Kruger about what awaited. He changed course, and set off with a small detachment to confront Viljoen while Kruger's 2 IC, Veld kornet Sarel Eloff dashed forward to seize a nearby kopje - the all important high ground. Viljoen is so happened, was also on his way to the very same kopje. One of the aspects of this conflict which is interesting is how Kruger used his spies or messengers as he called them. They were feeding him information daily, information about what Schoeman and Viljoen were up to. The capacity to recon an enemy was one of the defining strengths of the Boer military system, and would be sharpened constantly over the coming century and a half. Folks, there are remarkable resonances in this apparently distant little civil war. When the Union of South Africa was achieved, Bloemfontein was nominated as the seat of the Supreme Court of the union. Cape Town and Pretoria shared power, parliament in Cape Town, Pretoria the seat of government. The Free State is slap bang in the middle — so they got the Supreme Court. These historical instances reflect a legal and political philosophy that, in the aftermath of internal conflict, prioritising national healing through amnesty can be more beneficial than widespread punitive actions.

This is episode 221, 1863, the midst of the Transvaal Civil War. As you heard in episode 220, this was the making of a new president and one who'd take the Trekker Republics into the 20th Century, albeit in the midst of the Anglo-Boer War. There had been a rapid and real effect — as the farmers took up arms against each other, the Transvaal's economy collapsed. This weakened the government's ability to back up its stated authority. By now the tiny independent States of Lydenburg and Utrecht had joined the Transvaal accepting the authority of the Transvaal. They had been outliers since the trekkers first arrived in those regions, fifteen years earlier. To recap - In 1859, Transvaal President, Marthinus Wessel Pretorius, was invited to stand for President in the Orange Free State, many burghers there now wanted to unify with the Transvaal. They were mainly worried about how to deal with King Moshoeshoe of the Basotho. The Transvaal constitution that he had just enacted made it illegal to hold office abroad, still Pretorius won the Transvaal election, then Volksraad attempted to side-step the constitutional problems by granting Pretorius half-a-year of leave. They hoped some kind of solution would be found — Pretorius left for Bloemfontein and appointed Johannes Hermanus Grobler to be acting president in his absence. Up stepped Stephanus Schoeman from the Marico region who unsuccessfully attempted to use force to supplant Johannes Grobler as acting president. Schoeman believed that the presidency should have been granted to him as the new Transvaal constitution stipulated that in the case of the president's dismissal or death, the presidency should be granted to the oldest member of the Executive Council. Schoeman was three years older than Grobler. Forward fast to 1863, Kruger had defeated Schoeman at a skirmish outside Potchefstroom. He had also managed to convince some of the supporters of rebel in the Heidelberg district to switch sides, and had ridden back to Pretoria with a local farmer of high standing, Jan Marais. There a council of war determined that rebels like Schoeman were taking advantage of a disagreement between the Transvaal and the Orange Free State. The two fledgling Boer Republics could not agree on where the boundary lay between them. Transvaal President Van Rensburg duly assigned Kruger the duty of riding to the Free State to settle the question of the border - and he left almost immediately, taking a group of burghers with him as security. Further West, the Marico district was a hotbed of rebel activity and the commandant there, Jan Viljoen, heard about Kruger's mission and organised a commando. On the way to Potch, a spy warned Kruger about what awaited. He changed course, and set off with a small detachment to confront Viljoen while Kruger's 2 IC, Veld kornet Sarel Eloff dashed forward to seize a nearby kopje - the all important high ground. Viljoen is so happened, was also on his way to the very same kopje. One of the aspects of this conflict which is interesting is how Kruger used his spies or messengers as he called them. They were feeding him information daily, information about what Schoeman and Viljoen were up to. The capacity to recon an enemy was one of the defining strengths of the Boer military system, and would be sharpened constantly over the coming century and a half. Folks, there are remarkable resonances in this apparently distant little civil war. When the Union of South Africa was achieved, Bloemfontein was nominated as the seat of the Supreme Court of the union. Cape Town and Pretoria shared power, parliament in Cape Town, Pretoria the seat of government. The Free State is slap bang in the middle — so they got the Supreme Court. These historical instances reflect a legal and political philosophy that, in the aftermath of internal conflict, prioritising national healing through amnesty can be more beneficial than widespread punitive actions.

In this What's Next with Aki Anastasiou interview, Professor Waldo Krugell unpacks what South Africans should expect from the 2025 Budget Speech. Krugell is a Professor in Economics at the North-West University's Potchefstroom campus. He holds an MSc in Economics and completed his PhD focusing on the geographical economy of South Africa. In this What's Next interview, Krugell discusses the general economic sentiment in South Africa ahead of the 2025 Budget Speech, and unpacks what can be expected for the NHI in the budgetary allocation. He outlines his predictions for tax changes and his thoughts on how the expansion of the Basic Income Grant will be funded. Krugell then reveals his expectations for further information about the R940 billion infrastructure investment President Ramaphosa has previously spoken about. He concludes the interview by sharing how, based on his expectations, the rating agencies will react to the 2025 Budget Speech, and the relevance of recent issues between President Ramaphosa and President Trump.

parkrun, which started as a small, informal 5K run with just 13 participants in Bushy Park, London, in 2004, has grown into a global phenomenon with over 10 million runners and 2600 parkruns. Its founder, South African born, Paul Sinton-Hewitt grew up in Potchefstroom. From only 26 runners and 3 volunteers at the first run, parkrun has flourished, particularly in South Africa, where more than a million of its members are based. Bruce Fordyce, the legendary South African ultra-marathon runner, is one of the key figures behind parkrun's success. In an interview with BizNews, Fordyce shared that he plans to participate in his 549th parkrun this weekend, despite having recently undergone knee replacement surgery. parkrun started he says that South Africans are drawn to the 5-kilometer parkrun due to its safety, the majority of runners are women. Fordyce says participants enjoy adding new runs to their totals, which he describes as “stamp collecting on steroids,” as they try to add more destinations to their list.

Olivia Curlewis holds a BA et Sciente Nursing degree from North-West University in Potchefstroom and currently serves as the Service Specialist for the Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA). She oversees the Wellness and Nursing Program across several provinces, including Gauteng, North West, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, and KwaZulu-Natal. A dedicated CANSA advocate since 1996, Olivia is deeply passionate about cancer awareness and prevention, aiming to reduce cancer risks and move South Africa toward a cancer-free future. She treasures the life lessons she's learned from cancer patients, valuing the profound impact they've had on her journey.

 Wie is Frankryk se nuwe Eerste Minister? 'n 91-jarige tannie van Potchefstroom se kleindogter bewaarheid haar droom om die toets in Kaapstad te kyk en, 'n Suid-Afrikaner wat in Nieu-Seeland bly, praat oor die belangrikheid van die Haka.

08.06.2024 - Hanlie Degenaar, bestuurder van Care2Kids, senior spraak- en taalterapeut en oudioloog gesels op 8 Junie op Kopskuif, Kaapse Kansel 729AM. Care2Kids is 'n afdeling van die Centre for Health and Human Performance (CHHP) van die Noordwes-Universiteit se Potchefstroom-kampus.

This is episode 173 and we're in what was called the north eastern transvaal, modern day Mpumalanga and Limpopo. Last we heard how Hendrick Potgieter's Voortrekkers had camped at a new town they named Ohrigstad in 1845, after leaving the are around Potchefstroom. Potgieter wanted to move further away from the British, and he sought a new port to replace Durban which had been annexed by the English. The area around Ohrigstad had a major drawback, apart from the fact it was already populated by the Bapedi. The lowlands were rife with malaria. Within a few weeks of arriving in the rainy season of 1845, men women and children began dying. The trekkers realised they had to move once more so families packed up their wagons and trekked to higher ground 50 kilometers south. The named the new town Lydenburg and established a new Republic named after the town. The Boers were gathered across the Vaal now, deep into the lowveld, spreading out across southern Africa. They had congregated around towns like Winburg, Potchefstroom, Ohrigstad, Lydenburg. Local African chieftans had to decide how they were going to face this arrival, was it a threat or opportunity? Later it would obviously become clear that the boers arrival was a threat, but this wasn't the case at first in spite of modern assumptions. They were new power brokers, thinly spread, a minority on the ground and the Bapedi Chief Sekwati quickly came to the conclusion that the trekkers were an opportunity rather than threat. So when Hendrick Potgieter and his trekkers rolled onto the landscape, a meeting was arranged between the Boer leader and the Bapedi chief. On the 5th July 1845 a Vredenstractaat was signed - a treaty - which granted the Boers the land east of the Steelpoort River. As I pointed out last episode, many of the Boers who had trekked with Potgieter took exception to this treaty. They said he was acting dictatorially, and wanted more of a say in how these treaties were being signed. King Mswati of the Swazi's who lived south east of this region was aware of what was going on. The Boers understood that he also laid claim to the Steelpoort, and had been fighting constantly with Sekwati about who had the right to this region. Mswati met with this group of disatissfied Boers, and told them that the Bapedi were his subjects, he'd defeated them. The Boers under Potgieter and the second group who regarded themselves as independent of Potgieter's actions continued to settle on Bapedi land and friction developed. The Bapedi took a liking to the Boer cattle, and raids escalated quite quickly into full-blown attacks between the two groups on the veld. Sekwati had heard about the Boers and Mswati's recent talks, so naturally he was suspicious of their motives. The Bapedi king encouraged the raiding of Boer cattle so by 1846 bad faith seemed to imbue all negotiations. Then an incident occurred that escalated matters. According to the Bapedi annals, the Boers complained that in joint Boer-Bapedi hunting parties the Bapedi had taken more than their allotted share of game. The Boer annals report something much more violent. That was the Bapedi raid on a Boer laager at Strydpoort, just south of modern day Polokwane. The trekkers were particularly angry because the Bapedi raided the laager on a day that most of the men were away hunting with a section of Bapedi, leaving the women alone. It was the women who fought off the attackers. There are poignant stories told by trekkers who survived how the women were knocked flat on their backs every time they fired these huge heavy muskets, leaving them bruised and battered but unbowed. There is further intrigue. The Trekkers had no idea about who owned which bit of land, they naturally assumed that Mswati was the overlord considering his people's military social structure, similar to the amaZulu who by now, they knew well. What followed was intrigue, mystery, myth and of course, war.

This is episode 173 and we're in what was called the north eastern transvaal, modern day Mpumalanga and Limpopo. Last we heard how Hendrick Potgieter's Voortrekkers had camped at a new town they named Ohrigstad in 1845, after leaving the are around Potchefstroom. Potgieter wanted to move further away from the British, and he sought a new port to replace Durban which had been annexed by the English. The area around Ohrigstad had a major drawback, apart from the fact it was already populated by the Bapedi. The lowlands were rife with malaria. Within a few weeks of arriving in the rainy season of 1845, men women and children began dying. The trekkers realised they had to move once more so families packed up their wagons and trekked to higher ground 50 kilometers south. The named the new town Lydenburg and established a new Republic named after the town. The Boers were gathered across the Vaal now, deep into the lowveld, spreading out across southern Africa. They had congregated around towns like Winburg, Potchefstroom, Ohrigstad, Lydenburg. Local African chieftans had to decide how they were going to face this arrival, was it a threat or opportunity? Later it would obviously become clear that the boers arrival was a threat, but this wasn't the case at first in spite of modern assumptions. They were new power brokers, thinly spread, a minority on the ground and the Bapedi Chief Sekwati quickly came to the conclusion that the trekkers were an opportunity rather than threat. So when Hendrick Potgieter and his trekkers rolled onto the landscape, a meeting was arranged between the Boer leader and the Bapedi chief. On the 5th July 1845 a Vredenstractaat was signed - a treaty - which granted the Boers the land east of the Steelpoort River. As I pointed out last episode, many of the Boers who had trekked with Potgieter took exception to this treaty. They said he was acting dictatorially, and wanted more of a say in how these treaties were being signed. King Mswati of the Swazi's who lived south east of this region was aware of what was going on. The Boers understood that he also laid claim to the Steelpoort, and had been fighting constantly with Sekwati about who had the right to this region. Mswati met with this group of disatissfied Boers, and told them that the Bapedi were his subjects, he'd defeated them. The Boers under Potgieter and the second group who regarded themselves as independent of Potgieter's actions continued to settle on Bapedi land and friction developed. The Bapedi took a liking to the Boer cattle, and raids escalated quite quickly into full-blown attacks between the two groups on the veld. Sekwati had heard about the Boers and Mswati's recent talks, so naturally he was suspicious of their motives. The Bapedi king encouraged the raiding of Boer cattle so by 1846 bad faith seemed to imbue all negotiations. Then an incident occurred that escalated matters. According to the Bapedi annals, the Boers complained that in joint Boer-Bapedi hunting parties the Bapedi had taken more than their allotted share of game. The Boer annals report something much more violent. That was the Bapedi raid on a Boer laager at Strydpoort, just south of modern day Polokwane. The trekkers were particularly angry because the Bapedi raided the laager on a day that most of the men were away hunting with a section of Bapedi, leaving the women alone. It was the women who fought off the attackers. There are poignant stories told by trekkers who survived how the women were knocked flat on their backs every time they fired these huge heavy muskets, leaving them bruised and battered but unbowed. There is further intrigue. The Trekkers had no idea about who owned which bit of land, they naturally assumed that Mswati was the overlord considering his people's military social structure, similar to the amaZulu who by now, they knew well. What followed was intrigue, mystery, myth and of course, war.

This is episode 172 and we're galloping back to cover the effect of the Boers 33 Articles, approved by the Volksraad on April 9th 1844, and thus installing the little Republic of Potchefstroom. Some of the articles and the fledgling laws and rules were going to crop up throughout the history of South Africa, all the way through to the time of apartheid, and even to the present. If you recall, the Natal Boers and the Vaal Boers had been in dispute — largely because of the difference of opinion between their two leaders, Hendrick Potgieter on the highveld, and Andries Pretorius who had been based in Natal. With the British declaring sovereignty over Natal, many Voortrekkers upped and offed, trekking back over the Drakensberg back to the transOrangia region, and up along the Vaal, while some ended up further north. So we're going to take a look at this period. In 1849 there was a temporary union between the communities north of the Vaal, who adopted what amounted to the basis of what was to become the Transvaal Constitution. This constitution continued until the foundation of the South African Republic — which was only repealed in 1901 when its provisions ceased to be applicable. That is except for the application of the Roman-Dutch system of law. The thing to keep in mind was that the 33 Articles cannot be regarded as a formal constitution. For a start, there was no definition of various authorities in the State, and most of the 33 Articles were concerned with the procedure in the Courts. When it came to matters of Government, even the most elementary kind, the Articles were silent. Each emergency that arose subsequent to it's ratification in 1844 led to a rewriting of the Articles to cover for the gaps in how to manage the state. Even the Volksraad was referred to in the vaguest terms possible. Often when disputes arose, another constitution, that of the Winburg Boers, regulated the Articles. Another character we've met pops up again. Johan Arnold Smellekamp - a citizen of the Netherlands. If you remember a previous podcast, he'd popped up in Natal and told the Volksraad in Pietermaritzburg that the Dutch Royal family was taking an active interest in the Voortrekkers. He'd stretched the truth to say the least, and had many members of the Volksraad convinced that if they fought the English for Natal, the Dutch would come to their aid. Holland did not. King William II rejected the proposed connection between the Netherlands and the Voortrekkers of Natal and before the year was out he apologised to White Hall for the affray caused by Smellekamp and his activities. That didn't stop the self-aggrindising Smellekamp, who returned to Natal in 1843 but was refused entry into Port Natal by the British. So he headed to Delagoa Bay instead, and after the creation of the 33 Articles in 1844 and the declaration of independence by the Potch Winburg republic by Hendrick Potgieter, Smellekamp popped up once again, riding into Potch that Winter. This is where things get really interesting. Partly owing to Smellekamp's persuation, and partly driven by his own obsessions, Potgieter made the fateful decision to organise a new trek at the end of 1844, heading towards Delagoa Bay. After a few weeks they arrived at a site they called Blyde River. Happy River. Potgieter believed that this site was only three days ride from the sea. He was wrong. They setup a new settlement and promptly named it Andries-Ohrigstad. When Potgieter's wagons rolled onto the hills of Ohrigstad of course, they were not empty of people — and this is again where the story gets more interesting — the plot thickens to a consistency of treacle. Because the people he met there were the baPedi, who'd been forced out of their ancestral land by the amaNdebele of Mzilikazi two decades earlier. Take a look at a map and the location of iSWatini. By now it was being ruled by a very young King Mswati the First.

This is episode 172 and we're galloping back to cover the effect of the Boers 33 Articles, approved by the Volksraad on April 9th 1844, and thus installing the little Republic of Potchefstroom. Some of the articles and the fledgling laws and rules were going to crop up throughout the history of South Africa, all the way through to the time of apartheid, and even to the present. If you recall, the Natal Boers and the Vaal Boers had been in dispute — largely because of the difference of opinion between their two leaders, Hendrick Potgieter on the highveld, and Andries Pretorius who had been based in Natal. With the British declaring sovereignty over Natal, many Voortrekkers upped and offed, trekking back over the Drakensberg back to the transOrangia region, and up along the Vaal, while some ended up further north. So we're going to take a look at this period. In 1849 there was a temporary union between the communities north of the Vaal, who adopted what amounted to the basis of what was to become the Transvaal Constitution. This constitution continued until the foundation of the South African Republic — which was only repealed in 1901 when its provisions ceased to be applicable. That is except for the application of the Roman-Dutch system of law. The thing to keep in mind was that the 33 Articles cannot be regarded as a formal constitution. For a start, there was no definition of various authorities in the State, and most of the 33 Articles were concerned with the procedure in the Courts. When it came to matters of Government, even the most elementary kind, the Articles were silent. Each emergency that arose subsequent to it's ratification in 1844 led to a rewriting of the Articles to cover for the gaps in how to manage the state. Even the Volksraad was referred to in the vaguest terms possible. Often when disputes arose, another constitution, that of the Winburg Boers, regulated the Articles. Another character we've met pops up again. Johan Arnold Smellekamp - a citizen of the Netherlands. If you remember a previous podcast, he'd popped up in Natal and told the Volksraad in Pietermaritzburg that the Dutch Royal family was taking an active interest in the Voortrekkers. He'd stretched the truth to say the least, and had many members of the Volksraad convinced that if they fought the English for Natal, the Dutch would come to their aid. Holland did not. King William II rejected the proposed connection between the Netherlands and the Voortrekkers of Natal and before the year was out he apologised to White Hall for the affray caused by Smellekamp and his activities. That didn't stop the self-aggrindising Smellekamp, who returned to Natal in 1843 but was refused entry into Port Natal by the British. So he headed to Delagoa Bay instead, and after the creation of the 33 Articles in 1844 and the declaration of independence by the Potch Winburg republic by Hendrick Potgieter, Smellekamp popped up once again, riding into Potch that Winter. This is where things get really interesting. Partly owing to Smellekamp's persuation, and partly driven by his own obsessions, Potgieter made the fateful decision to organise a new trek at the end of 1844, heading towards Delagoa Bay. After a few weeks they arrived at a site they called Blyde River. Happy River. Potgieter believed that this site was only three days ride from the sea. He was wrong. They setup a new settlement and promptly named it Andries-Ohrigstad. When Potgieter's wagons rolled onto the hills of Ohrigstad of course, they were not empty of people — and this is again where the story gets more interesting — the plot thickens to a consistency of treacle. Because the people he met there were the baPedi, who'd been forced out of their ancestral land by the amaNdebele of Mzilikazi two decades earlier. Take a look at a map and the location of iSWatini. By now it was being ruled by a very young King Mswati the First.

Vitamin  D plays an important role in immune function, and the deficiency thereof has been associated with several infections, most notably respiratory tract infections. However, data from intervention studies investigating the effect of high-dose vitamin D supplementation on infections have been inconclusive. Join us for this episode where Douglas Taren speaks with Janet Carboo and Martani Lombard Centre of Excellence for Nutrition (CEN), North-West University, Potchefstroom, North West Province, South Africa, about their systematic review and meta-analysis on high-dose oral vitamin D supplementation for prevention of infections in children.

Jean Verster, direkteur vir die Noordwes-Universiteit se Hoëprestasie-instituut gesels oor buitelandse atlete in Potchefstroom. Volg RSG Geldsake op Twitter

Janine van Niekerk is speaking to Dirk Cilliers about Duet Gemeente in Potchefstroom's new single: "Kom en Loof Hom."

Die T20-reeks tussen die Proteas-vroue en Sri Lanka vind vanaand op Buffalo-park in Oos-Londen plaas. Nadat die Proteas die openingswedstryd in Benoni met 79 lopies gewen het, het die besoekers die reeks gelyk laat trek met ʼn indrukwekkende oorwinning in Potchefstroom met sewe paaltjies. Snelbouler Tumi Sekhukhune sê die Proteas moet hulle tuisreeks wen:

Is Shreyas Iyer injured? Is he dropped? Is he rested? Is he acting? Is Kaviya Maran the greatest T20 franchise owner in history? Who is Ollie Robinson? Why does he have a podcast that's rated so poorly that it resembles a puff-of-dustbowl pitch? Why is Rehan Ahmed allowed near a microphone? Does Quentin Tarantino own a T20 side called the Deadly Vipers? Is Chattisgarh a Ranji team? Are Vijaykanth Viyaskanth and Vyshak Vijay Kumar the same person? Is there a Potchefstroom franchise in the SA20? Tune in for all these questions in Episode 110, and let us know the answers. You can tweet us: 1. Bits and Pieces: https://twitter.com/bnp_cricket 2. Max: https://twitter.com/maxdavinci 3. Chops: https://twitter.com/el_chopernos 4. VaMu: https://twitter.com/varunmurali43 5. Nitin: https://twitter.com/knittins

News24 Sport Senior Reporter, Khanyiso Tshwaku, joins John from the Under 19 World Cup in Potchefstroom to bring an update on the match and the status of the protests that took place in a stand against the removal of David Teeger as SA U-19 captain. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Johan Erasmus is die leier van 'n geloofsgemeenskap genaamd, Dialogue Community, en een van die stigterslede van Betereinders. Hy vertel hoe hy na skool teologie wou studeer. Maar, soos dit daai jare op Potchefstroom gewerk het, moes hy eers 'n paar vrae van die kuratorium-ooms antwoord. Toe die een dosent vra, waarom hy teologie wil studeer, het hy geantwoord: “want ek wil sien of dit waar is.” Dit was die verkeerde antwoord, toe gaan swot hy geskiedenis en filosofie . . .  Kyk uit vir artikel en fotos in Kerkbode Meer oor Dialogue Community   Borg 'n bed in een van ons Echo-huise  

The Africa Century International African Writers' Conference is set to take place next Tuesday in Potchefstroom in the North West Province.  Ibrahima Aya, Timbuktu-born Malian author,  co-founder and director of the literary festival Rentrée littéraire du Mali, is set to deliver the International African Writers' Day Lecture under the theme: Decolonisation and Decoloniality. The South African Literary Awards  - SALA - will also have an awards handover ceremony for 32 shortlisted titles by local authors. Sebenzile Nkambule spoke to  Morakabe Seakhoa, Director of the South African Literary Awards... .

Pippa catches up with singer Christi Olivier who grew up in Potchefstroom. She released her debut track early this year and has just released another one called Sunday Afternoon.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

“Dit is regtig nie so moeilik om ʼn musiekgroep te begin nie. Al wat jy nodig het, is ʼn gebroke hart en ʼn ‘random' ou van Knysna wat kitaar kan speel.” Maroela Media

The White Ferns have been beaten by South Africa by four wickets in the opening one day international in Potchefstroom.

Janine van Niekerk is speaking to Jacques Olivier and Gilliaum Nel about the stunning music coming out of ENFC in Potchefstroom, including their new song "I'll Be Still."

Die Piesangskille is seker een van die mees belowende jong opkomende groepe in ons land. Die groep bestaan uit Daniël Francois Marais en Johan Balt, wat mekaar in Potchefstroom ontmoet het, waar hulle albei tans studeer. Hulle stel hulle eerste enkelsnit en musiekvideo, Mal Maandagaande, vanaf hulle album, Almal Gly, vry.

Chaque vendredi du 5 au 26 mai, plongez en immersion en Afrique du sud en compagnie des athlètes de l'équipe de France d'athlétisme et de leurs encadrements à l'occasion d'un stage fédéral en amont des championnats du monde. Dans ce premier épisode de notre série , nous vous emmenons dans le camp d'entraînement de Potchefstroom afin de découvrirez les installations et les différents espaces dédiés à la performance des athlètes. Nous vous présenterons également les membres clés du staff technique et les objectifs à réaliser pour les athlètes.

Guest: Hendrick Mokganyetsi, Former SA 400m sprinter Former SA 400m sprinter Hendrick Mokganyetsi reflected on Day 1 of Athletic South Africa's Senior Track and Field Championships currently taking place in Potchefstroom.  

India beat England by seven wickets in an exciting one-sided final held in South Africa to clinch their first world title. Could India winning the Under 19 World Cup be a landmark moment in the women's game? Alison Mitchell, Charu Sharma and Jim Maxwell all reflect on India's success. Kim Garth has played in two World Cups for Ireland but in 2020, she quit the country to pursue her dream of playing professional cricket in Australia – Kim joins us on the programme to discuss her move and how she's now been selected for the Australian national team that aims to defend its title at the upcoming T20 World Cup. Photo: India players celebrates after winning the ICC Women's U19 T20 World Cup following the 2023 final between India and England at JB Marks Oval on January 29, 2023 in Potchefstroom, South Africa. (Credit: ICC via Getty Images)

Earlier this month, Potchefstroom had played hosts to the Nations Cup tournament where the winner will be selected to play in the World League with the best countries have to offer. We spoke to one of the organisers of the tournament who's a proud KZN born and raised man about the process of hosting and what the win means for SA. #DarrenKeriSkyOnECR LISTEN: SA Men's Hockey is back on the international map

Bradley Trout is a Ph.D. student at North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa, and he teaches Greek and Hebrew at George Whitefield College, Cape Town, South Africa. His current research is on the law in Matthew's gospel within the Greco-Roman milieu. Today's topic: A key verb in Matt. 11:12 could be taken as passive or middle voice leading to opposing translations, negative and positive. Jesus may be declaring that the kingdom of God is being subjected to violence or that it is forcefully advancing. There are contextual reasons to favor the passive, negative sense.

Namibiese leerders wat met busse op pad is na die Cosassa Balspele in Potchefstroom in Suid-Afrika, was volgens bekommerde ouers by Keetmanshoop en die Ariamsvlei-grenspos gestrand nadat die busse en sekere dokumentasie glo nie in orde was nie. Kosmos 94.1 Nuus het die sportminister Agnes Tjongarero gekontak wat ontsteld is omdat sy nie van die kwessie ingelig is nie. Sy het onderneem om later terugvoering te gee. Leerders sal aan sokker, netbal, hokkie, vuisbal, tennis en rugby in die Cosassa Balspele deelneem. Een van die afrigters, Ina Fransman, het vanaf die grenspos met Kosmos 94.1 Nuus gesels.

Marion Holm, Margit Meyer-Rödenbeck & Ilne Fourie oor Laerskool Noord - 'n komedie verhoogproduksie saam met Neels Coetzee. Hierdie vertoning vorm deel van die Aardklop Nasionale Kunstefees en is in Potchefstroom, Pretoria en Johannesburg op die planke.

Marion Holm, Margit Meyer-Rödenbeck & Ilne Fourie oor Laerskool Noord - 'n komedie verhoogproduksie saam met Neels Coetzee. Hierdie vertoning vorm deel van die Aardklop Nasionale Kunstefees en is in Potchefstroom, Pretoria en Johannesburg op die planke.

In our premiere episode of "Word Revisited," we speak with Dr. Paul Anderson on the Gospel of John. Is John history? Is it theology? Both? Neither? How is the Fourth Gospel similar to and different from Matthew, Mark, and Luke? Dr. Anderson is Professor of Biblical and Quaker Studies at George Fox University in Newberg, Oregon. He also serves as Extraordinary Professor of Religion at North-West University in Potchefstroom, South Africa. His books can be found on his Amazon author page, here. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/allan-r-bevere/message

Die Springbok-vrouespan speel vandag teen Spanje in die tweede toets van die Winterreeks vir Vroue op Potchefstroom. Na Suid-Afrika se weghol-oorwinning van 44-5 in die eerste toets op Ellispark in Johannesburg, het hulle nou die geleentheid om ʼn eerste tuis-reeksoorwinning teen hul Europese eweknieë te beklink. Volgens die hoofafrigter, Stanley Raubenheimer, wil die span aanhou verbeter:

Two more children have died following yesterday's crash at Vyfhoek Primary School in Potchefstroom, bringing the death toll to seven.

Five young children have been killed and four others injured after a truck crashed into a school in Potchefstroom in the North West.

It's an accredited chicken abattoir which supplies major retailers. But disturbing undercover footage shows how this well-known business in Potchefstroom is seemingly cutting corners to maximise profits. 

Netbal: Die Netbal-kampioenskap het vandag in Potchefstroom begin. Die openings-wedstryd was ‘n herhaling van verlede jaar se eindstryd, maar hierdie keer met 'n ander wenner. Nelson Mandelabaai het die verdedigende kampioene, Kaapse Wynlande, 30-28 geklop. Afrigter Lana Krige is verheug oor die goeie begin.

In this week's episode, we spotlight a South African breed of chicken - the Potchefsfroom Koekoek. We chat with Dr. John Moyle, Poultry Specialist with the University of Maryland's Extension Service, share our recipe for Blueberry Cornmeal Coffee Cake, and provide some retail therapy with Pennsbury Pottery's vintage chickens.Our sponsor, Grubbly Farms, is offering our listeners 30% off your purchase for first time buyers! That's a fantastic value! This offer does not apply to subscriptions and cannot be used with any other discounts. Click here for our affiliate link and use our code CWTCL30 to get your discount.Chicken Luv Box -  use CWTCL50 for 50% off your first box of any multi-month subscription!https://www.chickenluv.com/Strong Animals Chicken Essentialshttps://www.getstronganimals.com/University of Maryland Extension - Poultryhttps://extension.umd.edu/programs/agriculture-food-systems/program-areas/animal-science/poultryRoosty's - view the full range of Roosty's products on Amazonhttps://amzn.to/3yMDJxEBlueberry Cornmeal Coffee Cakehttps://coffeewiththechickenladies.com/farm-fresh-egg-recipes/blueberry-cornmeal-coffee-cake/CWTCL Websitehttps://coffeewiththechickenladies.com/CWTCL Etsy Shophttps://www.etsy.com/shop/CoffeeWChickenLadiesCWTCL Amazon Recommendationshttps://www.amazon.com/shop/coffeewiththechickenladiesSupport the show

Ons vra kenners of Eskom se bestuur nou maar die trekpas moet kry. Daar is kommer oor die erge agteruitgang van Potchefstroom se landbou-kollege. Julie is Spaarmaand, en ons vra hoe jy hieruit kan munt slaan.

"If you have kids, love them, have fun with them, and show them all of you." Welcome to Episode #10 in a 10-part series on "Parents in the Music Industry" - made possible with funding support from the Music in Africa Foundation, the German Federal Foreign Office, Siemens Stiftung and Goethe-Institut. Justin Sasman is a musical contractor, a brass player, and an educator at Northwest University in Potchefstroom. He plays in a band called Bombshelter Beast, and in the local orchestra. He's also a dad. In this episode Justin talks about being selective about the work you take on, the self-esteem that comes from doing what you love (despite what anybody else thinks), remembering what is feels like to be a child, and how developing your craft makes you a better parent. We also chat about how child-friendly venues could better support musicians who are parents, the importance of maintaining a sense of child-like wonder, and the perspective shift that comes with having kids (hint: all the things we think are important, aren't!) Outro music: 'Taka Takata' by Bombshelter Beast. Music used with permission from rights holders. Bombshelter Beast on Facebook · Brass Collective on Facebook · The Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra on Facebook · Music in Africa Foundation · Siemens Stiftung · Goethe-Institut · German Federal Foreign Office · website · Facebook · Twitter · insta · Spotify Playlist

Frank Schaeffer In Conversation with Paul N. Anderson, Professor of Biblical and Quaker Studies at George Fox University, exploring his work and his book, Following Jesus, The Christology of the Fourth Gospel._____LINKSGeorge Fox Universityhttps://twitter.com/andersonsviewBOOKSGospel of John with Paul AndersonFrom Crisis to ChristFollowing JesusThe Christology of the Fourth GospelThe Fourth Gospel and the Quest for Jesus_____Paul N. Anderson serves as Professor of Biblical and Quaker Studies at George Fox University in Newberg, Oregon and as Extraordinary Professor of Religion at the North-West University of Potchefstroom, South Africa. Author or editor of over 30 books and author of over 250 essays, some of his books include: Following Jesus, The Christology of the Fourth Gospel, The Riddles of the Fourth Gospel, and From Crisis to Christ: A Contextual Introduction to the New Testament. With his academic degrees from Malone University (BA), Earlham School of Religion (MDiv) and Glasgow University (PhD), Anderson has also served as a visiting professor or scholar at Haverford, Yale Divinity School, Princeton Theological Seminary, the University of Mainz, the Radboud University of Nijmegen, and Chapman University. He edits three book series: the Biblical Interpretation Series (Brill), the Johannine Monograph Series (Wipf & Stock), and the Quakers and the Disciplines Series (FAHE). One of his current projects furthers the work of the John, Jesus, and History Project (SBL), caling for a Fourth Quest for Jesus--one that includes the Fourth Gospel, rather than leaving it out. Paul and his wife Carla have three grown daughters and live in Newberg, Oregon._____In Conversation… with Frank Schaeffer is a production of the George Bailey Morality in Public Life Fellowship. It is hosted by Frank Schaeffer, author of Fall In Love, Have Children, Stay Put, Save the Planet, Be Happy.Learn more at https://www.lovechildrenplanet.comFollow Frank on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.https://www.facebook.com/frank.schaeffer.16https://twitter.com/Frank_Schaefferhttps://www.youtube.com/c/FrankSchaefferYouTubeIn Conversation… with Frank Schaeffer PodcastApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/in-conversation-with-frank-schaeffer/id1570357787 _____Support the show

In this episode we discuss the value of philosophy and how it can enhance our Christian faith.Louise Mabille is a researcher currently attached to the Faculty of Theology at the NorthWest University (NWU) at Potchefstroom. Her field of interest include post-Cartesian philosophy, in particular the hermeneuticians of suspicion, Nietzsche, Marx and Freud, as well as modern literature.She is the author of Nietzsche And the Anglo-Saxon Tradition (Bloomsbury) as well as The Rage of Caliban: Nietzsche And Wilde Contra Modernity, and several articles. She holds a PhD in philosophy from the University Pretoria (on Nietzsche's notion of justice). She was an Erasmus scholar and completed a second PhD on Milton and the modern notion of free speech at the University of Hull, Yorkshire.Support the show (https://thebiblegps.com/donation)

This week Groothond sits down with the prins of Potchefstroom to praat oor his humble beginnings and his rise to superstardom.There are many woorde to beskryf Bouwer Bosch: Chart-topper, Film producer, Agency mogul... But who is Bouwer Bosch really? Groothond tries to kyk agter the masker at the real hartebreker; The seun from Potch with a hart vol liefde. Does liefde always wen? Or does seks sometimes wen? And where does haat fit into alles?

In 1939, South Africa entered World War II on the side of the Allied powers, although not without internal opposition. The German government capitalised on these domestic rifts and secretly engaged the leaders of the pro-fascist Ossewabrandwag in order to encourage sedition across South Africa and intercept naval intelligence- ultimately to undermine the strategic importance of the Cape of Good Hope for Allied efforts. To this end, a complex network of spies was dispatched to collect intelligence to send back to the Reich by way of coded messages to Axis diplomatic agents stationed in Mozambique. These spies and their tactics are the focus of Dr Evert Kleynhans' new book, Hitler's South African Spies (Jonathan Ball Publishers, 2021). In this podcast, Dr Kleynhans and Dr Marco Wyss, Director of the Centre for War and Diplomacy, discuss the role of intelligence in South Africa during the Second World War, the impact these spies had on the outcome of the war, and how research into this field continues to develop. Dr Evert Kleynhans is a senior lecturer in the Department of Military History at the Faculty of Military Science of Stellenbosch University. He lectures undergraduate and postgraduate modules on the evolution of warfare, African military history, and low-intensity conflict in Africa since 1945. His research interests include South African participation in both World Wars, insurgency and counterinsurgency in Africa, and the broad historical impact of climate and terrain on warfare. Dr Kleynhans formerly served as an officer in the South African National Defence Force, whereafter he was appointed as the archivist, and later director, of the Records, Archives and Museums Division of North-West University in Potchefstroom, South Africa. His book, Hitler's South African Spies: Secret Agents and the Intelligence War in South Africa, was published by Jonathan Ball Publishers this year and is available through reputable booksellers.

Where do great ideas come from? From people who have seen the world from a different point of view. That's what Hayley Berlent says. And she would know. Hayley was born in Potchefstroom, a small town in South Africa. So small, in fact, that it only had one stop light. Later in life, Hayley moved to the United States - New York City, to be specific - where she built a thriving career and became a brand expert. She has worked with organizations like Aetna, Memorial Sloan Kettering, and the YMCA to develop their own brands. Now, she runs her own brand consultancy agency, The Additive Agency. Hayley came on the #FlipMyFunnel show to share her expertise on creating an iconic brand. Check it out.

This week we hear about the Dandy Fifth and Deneys Reitz. It's also time to ride with General Christiaan de Wet as he sums up the Blockhouses. Reitz has fallen in with “this little band” as he calls them - and most would die tragically. There were Dandy fifth were actually nine in number and led by Jack Borrius who was a short thick-set man of 28 from Potchefstroom. We must stand back and take a look at what was happening across the battlefields at this time. For most of South Africa the winter period was a time of stagnation but significant developments were taking place. Remember how General Jan Smuts was already riding south towards the Cape Colony border and was planning an invasion with a crack squad of Boers. His plan was simple. Destabilise the colony and convince the Cape Afrikaners to rise up and join the two Boer states of the Transvaal and the Free State in their long war against the British. In the Free State, while drives, columns and patrols continued across the desolate plains, a lightning raid on General Hertzog's commando laagered in the South West on the 25 August indicated new methods. The British were finally going Boer in their tactics. After the start of the guerrilla campaign in late 1900, the British continued concentrating their forces around the logistic centres like railway lines and towns. They also preferred moving during the day and the Boers had taken to sniping at these large columns but never facing them, then riding away and resting before resting for the night and then continuing the skirmishes the next day. IN the Eastern Transvaal Boer tactics had been successful in attacking the British during the night. Now things were changing in the Free State much to the chagrin and frustration of leaders like Christiaan de Wet who'd figured out long ago how to fight this war of attrition against the British Empire. Lord Kitchener, the Commander in Chief in South Africa, now ordered that each large column which moved through the veld to hand pick the most daring and skilled men on horseback to operate as special units. These were lightly equipped but proactive soldiers - the same kind of man as the Boer if you like. They could spend days on the veld living on next to nothing and sleeping in short bursts, but could pop up anywhere within a 50 mile radius of the columns and possibly catch the Boers unprepared. Kitchener went further. He set up special mobile columns in August which worked along a logic that would be called special force raids rather than a stolid slow march across the veld. The Drives as they were known were co-operative and therefore slow. Each section would have to move in relation to the other.

That's 45 weeks since the start of the war in October 1899. And this podcast series is following the weeks, so to speak. Right now, we're in an interregnum. Not a dormant period and definitely not an hiatus. Boer General Christiaan de Wet still appears to have the initiative in the Free State, although only because he's still free. But appearances can be deceptive because de Wet has a paltry 2500 men riding with him across the veld, while he's being pursued by Lieutenant General Hunter with over 20 000. But Hunter is squaring off against a highly motivated and skilled enemy. The Boers regard the large British force as an illegal army, their families are adrift as refugees moving from place. Historically armies like this are notoriously difficult to overcome quickly, unless the invading force resorts to extreme tactics, such as those used by Genghis Khan. This is not possible in the modern era for obvious reasons. De Wet had retreated into the range of hills called the Rhenosterpoort dominated by a large Boer farm, which lies 35 kilometers away from the town of Potchefstroom. He had rested there for a few days while the English reinforcements marched steadily towards his lair. Meanwhile, Lord Roberts' wife, Nora, has arrived in Pretoria with their two children which was not what Queen Victoria had expected when she let it be known she preferred no "camp followers"...