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Prof Attie Jonker, his brother Uys and Dr Johan Bosman with some of the Jonker Sailplanes team.

The aerial innovators

Jonker Sailplanes continues to soar to greater heights

Bushy Maape

Focus on delivery for North West, Bushy Maape

If the premier loves the people of the province, he should not stand for an ANC leadership position

Luminous characters: Where Light Shines Through tells the story of remarkable teachers like Freddy Marubini. (Illustration: Lungile Mbelle/Artist Proof Studio)

Can-do people achieve despite the odds

Our final freedom is the choice we make in our attitude to difficult circumstances — as the stories of 16 exceptional teachers show

JB Marks was formed when the Ventersdorp and Tlhokwe municipalities merged in 2016. (Gallo)

JB Marks Municipality in the North West placed under administration

The municipality, that includes Potchefstroom and Ventersdorp, had been placed under administration as per a provincial executive committee decision

Recipe for success: Ishay Govender-Ypma took the long and winding route around South Africa and met a host of warm and welcoming people

Trust in travel is a two-way street

While travelling the back roads, cities and towns of South Africa on an extended project, Ishay Govender-Ypma finds that people’s goodwill wins out.

The electoral commission and the media need to better explain how the votes work and that the two ballot papers are of equal importance

ANC trumps DA to take back Tlokwe

The ANC has won all six contested wards in the Tlokwe by-elections to take back control of the embattled municipality.

DA, ANC anxiously await Tlokwe by-election results

The DA and the ANC can now only wait for the outcome of Tlokwe by-election voting after a fierce battle for control over the municipality.

Sharpening craftsmen skills

Engineering faculty appointed as the first tertiary institution to be involved with the practical training of students of NTIP.

NWU-Pukke defends Afrikaans-centric language policy

NWU management has defended its controversial language policy, which sees non Afrikaans-speaking students using translation headsets during lectures.

“Such behaviour goes against the very ethos of what Amakhosi stands for

Unions target ‘racist’ North West University

The daggers of alliance leaders’ are out for the executive leadership of North West University, which they accuse of being racist.

Probe reveals large-scale ANC mismanagement in Potch

A forensic investigation has found large-scale mismanagement in Potchefstroom by the ANC.

Candidate? Errr

Candidate? Errr, what candidate?

The African National Congress may have handed Potchefstroom on a platter to the Democratic Alliance through registration errors.

Pressure is all on Proteas, says Ponting

Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting says the pressure will be all on South Africa when the teams play for No. 1 Test team status.

Don’t botch Potch

One of the signatories to a compromise settlement which would end the legal battles over renaming Potchefstroom Tlokwe has reneged on the agreement.

Mosque defiled with blood, pigs’ heads

The Council of Muslim Theologians has decried an incident in which people broke into a mosque, smeared blood and left pigs’ heads behind.

Katza happy with SuperSport’s display

SuperSport United skipper Ricardo Katza was very happy with his team’s performance in their 3-1 routing of Platinum Stars on Wednesday night.

How to disrupt an ANC conference

The disappearance of delegates’ names and other data from voters’ rolls is apparently rife at regional ANC conferences.

Downs reach Cup final

It was going to take something special to win this tight Nedbank Cup semifinal between favourites Mamelodi Sundowns and AmaZulu at Potchefstroom’s Olen Park on Sunday. The piece…

No movement on the log for Swallows, TRZ

Moroka Swallows and Thanda Royal Zulu (TRZ) remained in the positions they occupied before their 0-0 draw in an entertaining Premier Soccer League match at the Olen Park Stadium…

Mixed fortunes at Potch athletics meet

The second meeting of the Yellow Pages Ultimate Athletics series, held at the PUK McArthur Stadium in Potchefstroom, was an evening of mixed fortunes. The weather played a huge…