Driving Around Downtown PRETORIA, South Africa....Nice City!! Pretoria (Afrikaans pronunciation: [prɛˈtuəria]; Zulu: ePitoli) is one of South Africa’s three capital cities,[4] serving as the seat of the executive branch of government, and as the host to all foreign embassies to South Africa.[4] (Cape Town is the legislative capital and Bloemfontein is the judicial capital.)[5] #Pretoria straddles the Apies River and extends eastward into the foothills of the Magaliesberg mountains. It has a reputation as an academic city and center of research, being home to the #Tshwane University of Technology (TUT), the University of Pretoria (UP), the University of South Africa (UNISA), the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), and the Human Sciences Research Council. It also hosts the National Research Foundation and the South African Bureau of Standards. Pretoria was one of the host cities of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. #SouthAfrica Pretoria is the central part of the Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality which was formed by the amalgamation of several former local authorities, including Centurion and Soshanguve. Some have proposed changing the official name from Pretoria to Tshwane, which has caused some public controversy. Pretoria is named after the Voortrekker leader Andries Pretorius,[6] and South Africans sometimes call it the "Jacaranda City", because of the thousands of jacaranda trees planted along its streets and in its parks and gardens. 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 (Dutch: Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek; ZAR). The elder Pretorius had become a national hero of the Voortrekkers after his victory over Dingane and the Zulus in the Battle of Blood River in 1838. The elder Pretorius also negotiated the Sand River Convention (1852), in which the United Kingdom acknowledged the independence of the Transvaal. It became the capital of the South African Republic on 1 May 1860. The Second Boer War resulted in the end of the Transvaal Republic and start of British hegemony in South Africa. The city surrendered to British forces under Frederick Roberts on 5 June 1900 and the conflict was ended in Pretoria with the signing of the Peace of Vereeniging on 31 May 1902 at Melrose House. The Pretoria Forts were built for the defence of the city just prior to the Second Boer War. Though some of these forts are today in ruins, a number of them have been preserved as national monuments. The Union Buildings, seat of South Africa's government Union of South Africa Main article: Union of South Africa The Boer Republics of the ZAR and the Orange River Colony were united with the Cape Colony and Natal Colony in 1910 to become the Union of South Africa. Pretoria then became the administrative capital of the whole of South Africa, with Cape Town the legislative capital and Bloemfontein served as the judicial capital. Between 1910 and 1994, the city was also the capital of the province of Transvaal. (As the capital of the ZAR, Pretoria had superseded Potchefstroom in that role.) On 14 October 1931, Pretoria achieved official city status.[8] When South Africa became a republic in 1961, Pretoria remained its administrative capital Freedom Park Hapo Museum Kruger House (Residence of the president of the ZAR, Paul Kruger) Mapungubwe Museum Melrose House National Library of South Africa[27] Pioneer Museum Pretoria Art Museum Pretoria Forts South African Air Force Museum Transvaal Museum Van Tilburg Collection Van Wouw Museum Voortrekker Monument =============================================================== Want to make a donation? Here is my bitcoin address 3NbvUroYjMRoUQkqPPPBWkNXvj4gaAUcUN =============================================================== Copyright © Thermo Man. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCev3bR4qEEdCqiRGMkocKIQ

• published: 26 Jun 2021
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