The story of the “Rooiplein”

Those who studied at Maties before 1981 will know that the ‘rooiplein’ wasn’t always built on a library. The J.S. Gericke was only created in 1981 when the university’s previous two libraries became too small. The only place where the new library could be built centrally was underground. Why was the library built under the ‘rooi plein’?Read more about The story of the “Rooiplein”[…]