{"id":47949,"date":"2024-04-05T19:11:10","date_gmt":"2024-04-05T17:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/paarlpost\/paarliet-verwesenlik-sy-droom-met-doktorsgraad-20240405\/"},"modified":"2025-03-20T05:35:17","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T03:35:17","slug":"paarliet-verwesenlik-sy-droom-met-doktorsgraad-20240405","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/paarlpost\/paarliet-verwesenlik-sy-droom-met-doktorsgraad-20240405\/","title":{"rendered":"Paarliet verwesenlik sy droom met doktorsgraad"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Op skool het hy nie altyd eerste gestaan op sport- en akademiese gebied nie, maar met die druk en motivering van opvoeders het <s1>Andr\u00e9 Pekeur, wat in Amstelhof in die Paarl grootgeword het, bo sy omstandighede uitgestyg en hard gewerk om verlede maand \u2019n doktorsgraad in kerkgeskiedenis en kerkreg aan die Universiteit Stellenbosch (US) te verwerf.<\/s1><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><s1>Pekeur is op die Nederburg-wylandgoed in die Paarl gebore, waarna sy familie na \u201cdie bruin buurt, Amstelhof\u201d, wat onder dwelms en bendes gebuk gegaan het, verhuis het .<\/s1> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><s1>\u201cEk het destyds by die sogenaamde bruin skole skoolgegaan \u2013eers die Laerskool Paulus Joubert en toe New Orleans Secondary School, en ek moet s\u00ea ek het nie eerste gestaan of eerstespanrugby gespeel nie. <\/s1> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><s1>\u201cAkademies was ek nie sterk nie, maar met skoolhoofde en onderwysers wat my gedruk en gehelp het, het ek dit gemaak.\u201d<\/s1> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><s1>Pekeur vertel hoe die studies vir hom, as eggenoot en pa, nie altyd maklik was nie.<\/s1> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><s1>\u201cEk moes met my eerste twee grade, naas gesinsman, soggens vroeg Universiteit Stellenbosch toe ry en die middag terug Paarl toe en dan gereed maak vir werk tot twaalfuur die aand. Dit moes ek doen vir vyf jaar en dan nog elke tweede naweek nagskof werk om die kinders se sportbyeenkomste die volgende dag by te woon. Dit was moeilik en ook finansieel swaar,\u201d het hy vertel.<\/s1><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_8a693a6a\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/11635\/a009f405d92b48f2811a230ecdbf05ea.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/paarlpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/9ab8b4f6914840c99b6ed172b5c90989.jpg\" title=\"Die Pekeur-gesin is van links Noah, Carlene, Andr\u00e9, Jody en Chadley Kurtley. Foto: Verskaf\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Die Pekeur-gesin is van links Noah, Carlene, Andr\u00e9, Jody en Chadley Kurtley. Foto: Verskaf<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Nog \u2019n uitdaging wat op Pekeur se pad gekom het, was toe hy prof. M.A. Plaatjies van Huffel, een van sy studieleiers, in 2020 aan die dood afgestaan het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSy was \u2019n merkwaardige studieleier en predikant. Sy was so goed vir my en saam met haar man, Dawid van Huffel, het ons baie tyd deurgebring. Dit was \u2019n groot skok en ek het nie geweet watter kant toe nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSy was klein, maar ek het opgekyk na haar. Sy is en bly my rolmodel en ek mis haar so baie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEk het in dieselfde jaar ook my peetpa, Christie Hammerse, my pa, Andries Pekeur, en my groot vriend Donnie Koordom, verloor. My skoonpa is vier maande n\u00e1 my pa oorlede.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAlles was net deurmekaar toe gebeur iets onverwags. Ek het brandwonde aan my regterhand, been, maag en voet opgedoen en dokters het gevrees ek sou dalk nie meer my hand kon gebruik nie.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Paarl Post het in April 2022 berig oor Pekeur en sy vrou wat in Maart daardie jaar saam met vriende in Stellenbosch potjiekos gemaak toe die fratsongeluk gebeur het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sy broer, Jacques Pekeur, het verduidelik dat die groep kos in klein potjiekospotjies gemaak het en dat die brandstof-jel wat onder sy broer se potjie was, op was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Een van die vriende wou die houer weer vul toe van die brandstof-jel op sy broer gespat het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die vlamme het egter saam met die jel gespring en sy broer se klere aan die brand laat slaan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pekeur se vrou, Carlene, het haar man probeer help deur die brandende klere van sy lyf af te probeer kry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hy is n\u00e1 die voorval na die Mediclinic Stellenbosch geneem waar hy steeds behandeling ontvang. Hy het erge brandwonde aan sy regterhand en -arm sowel as aan sy maag, regterboud en linkervoet opgedoen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>LEES OOK<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.netwerk24.com\/netwerk24\/za\/paarl-post\/nuus\/brandstof-jel-gevaar-20220330-2\">Brandstof-jel gevaar<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hy vertel hoe \u201cdie Here weer eens deurgekom het en ek heeltemal herstel het\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die uitdagings het nie by die brandwonde gestop nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Voordat Pekeur sy tesis moet \u201cverdedig\u201d, is kanker by Elizabeth Pekeur, sy ma, gediagnoseer en was sy vir \u2019n tyd baie siek.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cVandag het Mamma saam met my graad gevang. Ek het baie om voor dankbaar te wees in my besonderse vrou, Carlene Pekeur, my kinders Chadley Kurtley, Noah en Jody. Julle is my rots en julle het baie verduur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDankie vir almal se gebede, ondersteuning en wat julle vir my beteken.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pekeur het ook sy dankbaarheid uitgespreek aan dr. 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