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Potchefstroom, known colloquially as Potch, is an academic city in the North West Province of South Africa. It hosts the Potchefstroom Campus of North-West University.

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In the news

• Carnage on Wall Street Thursday, Nasdaq plunges 5.50 percent
  londonmercury.com · 14 h ago · 7 outlets
• WATCH LIVE | The Political Arena team unpacks trends on the election results
  businessday.co.za · 7 h ago · 2 outlets
• Mokonyane concedes poor service delivery driving down ANC voter turnout
  citizen.co.za · 7 h ago
• South African rand slips on stronger dollar, local election vote count advances
  cnbcafrica.com · 7 h ago
• South Africa's ANC on track for big drop in voter support in municipal vote
  cnbcafrica.com · 7 h ago
• South African retailer TFG's profit drops on weak overseas trade
  cnbcafrica.com · 7 h ago
• Tony Leon on ANC 'life support'; Moeng on Mashaba; Palantir's 96%
  biznews.com · 7 h ago
• A VIEW OF THE WEEK: We are in the dwwaaang... but it may be of our own making
  citizen.co.za · 7 h ago

Headlines from the outlets named, found through the GDELT Project. Translations and an AI summary are in the app. All the news in Potchefstroom.

This week

Things to do in Potchefstroom this weekend

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Weather this week

• Fri22° / 18°Cloudy
• Sat29° / 17°Showers
• Sun29° / 14°Clear
• Mon26° / 13°Partly cloudy
• Tue31° / 17°Clear

Forecast by MET Norway, CC BY 4.0, updated 2 h ago.

Nearby

• Klerksdorp 46 km
• Carletonville 49 km
• Westonaria 70 km
• Vanderbijlpark 73 km
• Evaton 77 km
• Vereeniging 82 km

Learn here

• North-West University 72,994 students
• Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education 12,000 students

Universities and colleges within 25 km, from Wikidata, CC0.

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