Arts and Entertainment

Christinet Zaal @christinetzaal The annual Patria July took place yesterday, 13 July, at Snowflake. Gates opened at 12:00, and attendees could expect top-class entertainment from various acts, and the Miss July pageant. The day kicked off with the horse races. First year "horses" raced with "jockeys" on their backs, around a track created from hay bales. The competitive spirit between the corridors was clear, and Opphichius eventually emerged victorious. The […]

François Wiid @wiid.francois Innoverend. Aangrypend. Opwindend. Dít is wat ’n mens van die jaarlikse Kampus Toneel-kompetisie verwag. Na twee jaar se afwesigheid kon studente van 9 tot 12 Augustus in die Ouditorium ’n verskeidenheid tonele in lewende lywe sien. Behalwe vir Patria manskoshuis (algehele wenners) en Vergeet-My-Nie dameskoshuis (naaswenners) se topgehalte produksies, het van die ander tonele die merk heeltemal gemis.  Die kompetisie se terugkoms is met entoesiasme onder teatergangers […]

Francois Wiid @wiid.francois  ‘A picture tells a thousand words’ was the inspiration for the North-West University (NWU) Gallery’s first exhibition of 2022. “Mike Mzileni: The Photographical Archival Journey”, curated by Nkululeko Khumalo, and “Inganekwane”, curated by Teboho Ralesai, both debuted at the NWU on 12 February. Human rights and matters of personal experience were the themes narrating South Africa’s recent history.  The travelling exhibition of Mike Mzileni, established photojournalist, is […]

Christinet Zaal @christinetzaal Adam and Eve Collab, the new collaborative store in Potchefstroom, opened on 2 March. This unique business doesn’t only sell trendy clothing, coffee and bagels but is also the latest student hang-out. Wapad attended their launch party to find out just what this new store is all about.  Adam and Eve Collab is a modern, yet cosy space where students can go to have a coffee, browse […]

Chélaine de Wet @chelainedewet   Op Saterdag, 6 Augustus, het Snowflake se verhoog groot talente vanuit die Afrikaanse musiekbedryf beleef. Musiekliefhebbers het van heinde en verre saamgetrek om op die ritmes van Spoegwolf, Elandré en Van Der Aven voete te stamp.   Die groepslede Roelof van der Merwe, Theunis van der Merwe en Paul Avenant  het in 2015 saam musiek begin maak, aanvanklik onder die naam BrotherBrother. Roelof vertel dat […]

Marissa Fourie @marissa.4rie “Ons doel is om mense deel te laat voel van Potch en hulle in the loop te hou,” sê Francois Viviers, medestigter van die splinternuwe potgooi (podcast), Nog ’n dag in Potch. Saam met sy boesemvriend, Wehan van Rooyen, het hierdie twee die afgelope weke ’n oorweldige reaksie op sosiale media ontlok as gevolg van hulle  Potchefstroomse potgooi.    Alles het op TikTok begin, waar hulle binne […]

Mariska Bolleurs @mariska.bolleurss Canadian painter Joseph Plaskett believed that “art is a celebration of life.” The 2023 Canvas echoed this sentiment beautifully by transforming the Amphitheatre into its own art gallery on 23 and 24 February. Canvas is a visual art project hosted alongside many events by the Student Campus Council (SCC) wherein liaising hostels have twelve hours – from 18:00 to 06:00 the next morning - to create a […]

Kgabo Senyatsi @kgabo.senyatsi The North-West University (NWU) Symphony Orchestra amazed the audience with their performance at the Sanlam Auditorium on Saturday evening, 6 May. The concert hall was packed with people who came to hear the heavenly melodies of the musical instruments. The theme was “enchanted”, and it took the audience back in time by performing various cartoonish songs. Many of these songs came from well-known animations from the early […]

François Wiid  @wiid.francois Raaiselagtige eindes, verdoeselde betekenisse en insiggewende toneelspel – dít is wat die top drie produksies van kampustoneel 2023 op die planke gesit het. Op 19 Mei het die agt finaliste die Sanlam Ouditorium se verhoog vir ʼn laaste keer aangedurf en tot niemand se verbasing nie is Patria se produksie, Spel deur prof. Pierre-André Viviers, as die algehele wenner bekroon. Vergeet-My-Nie se produksie, Elizma en die kommies, […]