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The fort was built of stone and was about 24 m long and 12 m wide with embrasures at the corners to provide enfilading fire. The walls must have been about 1,5 m high. There are two roads that lead to Fochville from the national road between Johannesburg and Potchefstroom.
Potchefstroom Akademie, founded in 1981 by Tina Schöltz, offers tertiary education in somatology, health and skincare therapy, holistic health therapies and interior design and decorating. Potchefstroom High School for Girls: Originally known as the Central School, it was established in 1874.
Towards the end of 1838 Commandant A. H. Potgiete Type of site: Church. This fine church is the second church building of the "Voortrekker congregation of Transvaal" of the Dutch Reformed (Nederduits Hervormde) Church. The church was taken into use on 24 February 1866. Potchefstroom: Potchefstroom Provincial Heritage Site
Tlokwe Local Municipality (before February 2007, Potchefstroom Local Municipality) was a local municipality in Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality, North West Province, South Africa. The seat was Potchefstroom. After the municipal elections on 3 August 2016 it was merged into the larger JB Marks Local Municipality.
[citation needed] There are two large boarding houses. These are mainly populated by teens from the surrounding farms. Hoërskool Lichtenburg excels at sport, especially when it comes to rugby and hockey. [citation needed] Its greatest rivals are schools in the Potchefstroom area and schools in Rustenburg. In academics it also excels.
10 Artillery Brigade [1] [2] [3] was formed in Potchefstroom in 1983, when 4 Field Regiment [4] and 14 Field Regiment [5] were both incorporated as 4 Artillery Regiment and 14 Field Artillery Regiment. 4 Artillery Regiment was located to the old 14 Field Regiment base where the Brigade was established.
The Absa Puk Oval, formerly known as the Fanie du Toit Sports Complex and the University Oval is a cricket ground in Potchefstroom, South Africa. It has hosted senior cricket irregularly since 1982, when Transvaal hosted South African Universities. In 2010, it was one of three venues used for the ICC Women's Cricket Challenge. [1]
Jan Gerritze Bantjes (Beaufort West, 8 July 1817 – Potchefstroom, 10 March 1887) was a Voortrekker [1] [2] [3] whose exploration of the Natal and subsequent report were the catalyst for mobilising the Great Trek. He was also the author of the treaty between the Zulu king Dingane kaSenzangakhona and the Voortrekkers under Andries Pretorius. [4]