Pretoria

Pretoria is a city in the northern part of Gauteng Province, South Africa. It is one of the country's three capital cities, serving as the seat of the executive branch of government. (Cape Town is the legislative capital and Bloemfontein the judicial capital). Pretoria is the central part of the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality which was formed by the amalgamation of several former local authorities including Centurion and Soshanguve). There have been proposals to change the name of Pretoria itself to Tshwane, and the proposed name change has caused some controversy.

Pretoria is named after the Voortrekker leader Andries Pretorius, and within South Africa is popularly known as the Jacaranda City due to the thousands of Jacaranda trees planted in its streets, parks and gardens.

History

Pretoria was founded in 1855 by Marthinus Pretorius, a leader of the Voortrekkers, who named it after his father Andries Pretorius and chose a spot on the banks of the "Apies rivier" (Afrikaans for "Monkeys river") to be the new capital of the South African Republic (ZAR). The elder Pretorius had become a national hero of the Voortrekkers after his victory over the Dingane and the Zulus in the Battle of Blood River. The elder Pretorius also negotiated the Sand River Convention (1852), in which Britain acknowledged the independence of the Transvaal. It became the capital of the South African Republic (ZAR) on 1 May 1860.

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Is Oscar Pistorius so sick he wanted to find a lookalike?: Scathing question from Reeva's ...

The Daily Mail 21 Dec 2024
In 2019, she and Arnoldus, both graduates of the University of Pretoria, were photographed together in Lijiang – a historic medieval city in China's Yunnan province, where the Pistorius family are believed to have business links ... The property is guarded by armed men and menacing dogs....
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Reeva Steenkamp’s mom warns Oscar Pistorius’ new girlfriend of his major ‘red flag’ 11 years ...

New York Post 16 Dec 2024
June Steenkamp, mother of murder victim Reeva Steenkamp, arrives to the Atteridgeville Prison where the parole hearing for Oscar Pistorius is taking place, in Pretoria, South Africa, on March 31, 2023 ... Oscar Pistorius (C) arrives at the High Court in Pretoria, South Africa on July 6, 2016....
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BRADD BENDALL: Property market’s year of cautious optimism

Business Day 11 Dec 2024
BetterBond’s year-on-year figures for July showed that Gauteng was the most active residential property market, with Greater Pretoria and Johannesburg accounting for 52% of home loans granted during that period ... Affordability is always a concern for buyers, especially those entering the property market for the first time....

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