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- The city only received its city status in 1931, and, since 1994 Pretoria has been the administrative capital of South Africa [xv].
www.sahistory.org.za/article/pretoria-founding-cityPretoria: The Founding of the City | South African History Online
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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).
Founded in 1855 by Marthinus Pretorius, son of Andries Pretorius, (the Boer statesman for whom the City was named after). Then becoming: the Capital of the Transvaal in 1860; administrative capital of South Africa in 1910; and a City in 1931. During the South African War (1899–1902), Winston Churchill was imprisoned there in 1899, until his ...
Sep 17, 2024 · Founded in 1855 by Marthinus, son of Andries Pretorius, the Boer statesman for whom the city was named, it became the capital of the Transvaal in 1860, administrative capital of South Africa in 1910, and a city in 1931.
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Pretoria founded and established as the capital of ZAR, named after General Andries Pretorius. The first church is designed and built by the Devereau brothers and Willem Skinner. 1856. Andries Du Toit pegs out Pretoria town. 1857. Marthinus Wessels Pretorius, the son of Andries Pretorius, is elected first President of ZAR.
Pretoria’s founder – a man by the name of Marthinus Wessels Pretorius - arrived in Pretoria in 1848 [i]. At the time of his arrival, King Mzilikazi and the southern Ndebele peoples (referred to as Amatebele) had been living in Pretoria for more than 20 years [ii].
Pretorius named the settlement after his father, Andries Pretorius, and it quickly became the capital of the Transvaal Republic. During the Second Boer War, the city was the site of a major siege that lasted from June to September of 1900.
Nov 22, 2014 · In 1961 Pretoria became the capital of South Africa when that country became an independent republic. Home to the largest population of white Africans on the continent, Afrikaans is Pretoria’s main language.
