‘n Ou Statenbijbel het die afgelope week teruggekeer na Louis Trichardt. Dié spesifieke Bybel was na alle waarskynlikheid teenwoordig toe die N.G. & H Kerk se eerste “gemeentevergadering” op 24 Maart 1906 gehou is en sou waarskynlik ook byderhand gewees het toe die eerste kerkgeboutjie in 1909 in gebruik geneem is.

Initially, the assumption had been that W.P. van Breda had died in the First World War.

A little more than 100 years ago, on 3 September 1919, the doors of Standard Bank’s branch opened in Louis Trichardt. Although it was not the first bank in town, it was the first fully commercial bank to explore business opportunities north of the then Pietersburg.

Verlede week is die geboortedag van een van die Soutpansberg se merkwaardigste figure herdenk. Hy is iemand wat later jare beskryf is as ‘n “stuk brandhout uit die vuur geruk”; ‘n persoon wat ‘n onuitwisbare merk op sendingwerk in Afrika gelaat het.

Aan die suidekant van Louis Trichardt, half verskuil in ‘n boord makadamiaboompies, lê een van die streek se oudste boeregrafte. Dit is die graf van Douw Gerbrand Grobler, wat op 28 Januarie 1864 gesterf het.

Two weeks ago, we posed the question as to whether a photo depicting commandant-general Andries Hendrik Potgieter is real. Could it be that the photo, so often used in history articles about the Voortrekker leader, is a fake?

In last week’s edition, we set the stage for a “history mystery”. We introduced a photo proclaimed to be that of the Voortrekker leader, Andries Hendrik Potgieter, and started questioning its authenticity. Potgieter died in December 1852, but we mentioned that the first reports of photography in South Africa date back to 1846. It could possibly be a genuine photo, but it could also be that the photograph so commonly used next to articles about the Boer commandant is a fake.

Is it real, or have we been misled for many years? This was the question when the authenticity of a photo of Voortrekker leader, Andries Hendrik Potgieter, came under scrutiny.