PRETORIA

prĭtôˈrēə, city (1991 pop. 667,700), Gauteng, administrative capital of South Africa and formerly capital of Transvaal. Although it is primarily an administrative center, there are important industries, especially iron and steel. The city has automobile assembly plants, railroad and machine shops, and flour mills. Pretoria is linked with the rest of South Africa by highways and railroads; an international airport is nearby. Founded in 1855, the city was named for Andries Pretorius, a Boer (Afrikaner) leader. Pretoria became the capital of the South African Republic (the Transvaal) in 1860. During the South African War (1899–1902), Winston Churchill was imprisoned in Pretoria but escaped to Mozambique. The Peace of Vereeninging, which ended the war, was signed in Pretoria. When the Union of South Africa was founded in 1910, Pretoria became its administrative capital and Cape Town its parliamentary capital. An educational and cultural center, Pretoria is the seat of the Univ. of South Africa (1873), the Univ. of Pretoria (founded 1908 as Transvaal Univ. College), and South Africa's largest industrial research institute. The Transvaal Museum, the National Historical Cultural Museum, and the National Zoological Gardens are also in the city.

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Race, Class, and the Changing Division of Labour under Apartheid
Book by Owen Crankshaw; Routledge, 1997
...1987): Occupational information , Pretoria, Central Statistical Service, 1988...1988): Occupational information , Pretoria, Central Statistical Service, 1989...1989): Occupational information , Pretoria, Central Statistical Service, 1990...
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Minority Protection in Post-Apartheid South Africa: Human Rights, Minority Rights, and Self-Determination
Book by Kristin Henrard; Praeger, 2002
...National Language Plan for South Africa , Pretoria, DACST, 1998, 229 p. LANGTAG, Conference...Culture, Science and Technology , Pretoria, DACST, 1996, 39 p. LANGTAG, Subcommittee...Culture, Science and Technology , Pretoria, DACST, 1996, 10 p. LANGTAG, Subcommmittee...
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The Rules of the Game: Struggles in Black Recreation and Social Welfare Policy in South Africa
Book by Alan Gregor Cobley; Greenwood Press, 1997
Subjects: Blacks--South Africa--Recreation, Blacks--South Africa--Social Conditions, Recreation--South Africa, Social Service--South Africa, South Africa--Social Policy
...Bantu . Bureau of Census and Statistics, Pretoria, 1961. Republic of South Africa. Report...Department of Education, Arts and Science, Pretoria, 1965. Transvaal Provincial Administration...Transvaal Local Government Commission 1921 . Pretoria, TP 1-- 1922. Union of South Africa...
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Compact Cities: Sustainable Urban Forms for Developing Countries
Book by Mike Jenks, Rod Burgess; Spon Press, 2000
Subjects: Cities And Towns--Growth, City Planning--Developing Countries, Sociology, Urban--Developing Countries, Sustainable Development--Developing Countries
...T. 1997 The Challenge of Sustainable Cities , Zed Books, London. City Council of Pretoria CCP 1997 Mamelodi Green Plan , City Council of Pretoria, Pretoria. City Council of Pretoria 1998a Mamelodi Integrated Development Plan , University...
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Speaking of Jesus: Essays on Biblical Language, Gospel Narrative, and the Historical Jesus
Book by J. Eugene Botha, Willem S. Vorster; Brill, 1999
Subjects: Bible--N.T--Gospels--Criticism, Interpretation, Etc
...Evangelies en Handelinge, 11-22. Pretoria: CB Powell-Bybelsentrum. 1992 Nuwe...Literere terme en teoriee; 354-355. Pretoria: HAUM-Liter?r. 1992 Readings...Relevance of Theology for the 1990s. Pretoria: HSRC. Books Go Authored 1985. With...
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Street Children in South Africa: Findings from Interviews on the Background of Street Children in Pretoria, South Africa
Journal article by Johann Le Roux; Adolescence, Vol. 31, 1996
Subjects: Pretoria, South Africa--Social aspects, Runaway children--South Africa, South Africans--Social aspects
...the background of street children in Pretoria, South Africa. by Johann Le Roux INTRODUCTION...and background of street children in Pretoria, South Africa. Qualitative rather than...The black child in crisis (Vol. I). Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik. Peacock, R...
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"Making History's Silences Speak": An Interview with N. C. Manganyi, 5 March 2002, University of Pretoria
Journal article by Thengani H. Ngwenya; Biography, Vol. 26, 2003
Subjects: A Black Man Called Sekoto (Book)--Criticism and interpretation, Biographies--Criticism and interpretation, Biography, Biography--Criticism and interpretation, Exiles and Homecomings: A Biography of Es'kia Mphahlele (Book)--Criticism and interpretation, Manganyi, N. Chabani--Criticism and interpretation
"Making Historys Silences Speak": An Interview with N. C. Manganyi, 5 March 2002, University of Pretoria. by Thengani H. Ngwenya The following interview with N. Chabani Manganyi explores his roles as a writer, theorist, and critic...
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The Color of Leadership
Journal article by Jonathan D. Jansen; The Educational Forum, Vol. 69, 2005
Subjects: Blacks, College faculty, Colleges & universities, Leadership, Race relations, University of Pretoria-South Africa, Whites
...colloquial name of the University of Pretoria, which previously had been named Transvaal...any kind. I went to the University of Pretoria to have a real chance of contributing...character had marginalized the University of Pretoria in the academic world. The university...
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Hell in Small Places: Agrarian Elites and Collective Violence in the Western Transvaal, 1900-1907
Journal article by John Higginson; Journal of Social History, Vol. 35, 2001
Subjects: Agriculture--Economic aspects, Land use--South Africa, Race relations--South Africa, Segregation--South Africa, South African War, 1899-1902--History, Transvaal--History, Violence--South Africa
...November 1900, about six months after Pretoria had fallen to British forces, a squadron...was making its way to Rustenburg from Pretoria, was waylaid by a group of Doer guerillas...escaped Chinese workers on his farm near Pretoria. The "Moab Velden Tragedy", as Jouberts...
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Oedipus and Afrikaans Theater
Journal article by Betine Van Zyl Smit; Comparative Drama, Vol. 44, 2010
Subjects: Afrikaans language--Translations and translating, Classical theater--Translations and translating, Dramatists--Works, Fugard, Athol--Works, Greek drama (Tragedy), Greek tragedy, Playwrights--Works, Sophocles: Oedipus Tyrannus (Play)--Translations and translating, South African drama, South African drama (English), Translators (Persons)--Works, Wassenaar, Theo--Works, du Plessis, L.J. Wicus--Works
...Great Trek was celebrated in 1938 in Pretoria, capital of the Transvaal Province and...Oedipus. When the centenary of the city of Pretoria was celebrated in 1955, the same Afrikaans...Potchefstroom and not in the capital Pretoria, which had a larger population and was...
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Marching with Pretoria; Reagan's Real Aims in South Africa
Magazine article by Thomas J. Downey; The Nation, Vol. 242, February 8, 1986
Subjects: American military assistance--Planning, Angola--International relations, Civil war--Angola, Economic sanctions--Laws, regulations and rules, Guerrillas--Angola, Military assistance, American--Planning, Reagan, Ronald--International relations, Sanctions (International law)--Laws, regulations and rules, Savimbi, Jonas--International relations, Segregation--South Africa, South Africa--International relations, South African foreign relations--United States, United States, United States foreign relations--South Africa
Marching with Pretoria; Reagans Real Aims in South Africa...coddling apartheid. The attempts to jolly Pretoria along were almost embarrassing in their...unprecedented pressure for change on Pretoria, to little effect. According to the...
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Condemn Security Council Vetoes by United States, United Kingdom Preventing Sanctions against Pretoria
Magazine article; UN Chronicle, Vol. 23, February 1986
Subjects: Anti-apartheid movements--International aspects, Sanctions (International law)--South Africa, South Africa--Race relations, United Kingdom--Relations with South Africa, United Nations. Security Council--Conferences, meetings, seminars, etc., United States--Relations with South Africa
...Kingdom Preventing Sanctions against Pretoria. The Spcial Committee against Apartheid...impose comprehensive sanctions against Pretoria. The campaign should expose the role...subjected to severe torture", he said. Pretoria had also sentenced on 12 December five...
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Call for Imposition of Mandatory Sanctions against Pretoria
Magazine article; UN Chronicle, Vol. 22, May 1985
Subjects: Namibia--Relations with South Africa, South Africa--Foreign relations, United Nations--Relations with South Africa
Call for imposition of mandatory sanctions against Pretoria. The Special Committee on decolonization, meeting in extraordinary session at Tunis from 13 to 17 May, adopted a consensus decision...
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High-Speed Train Project Back on Track: The High-Speed Urban Train Project, Designed to Move Commuters around the Grid-Locked Johannesburg-Tshwane (Formerly Pretoria) Axis, Has Finally Been Awarded to a Consortium. the Question, Asks Tom Nevin, Is Whether There Is Still Enough Time to Complete the Project before the 2010 World Cup?
Magazine article by Tom Nevin; African Business, October 2005
Subjects: High speed trains--Service introduction, Passenger rail services--Service introduction
...around the Grid-Locked Johannesburg-Tshwane (Formerly Pretoria) Axis, Has Finally Been Awarded to a Consortium. the Question...system linking Johannesburg, Sandton, Tshwane (formerly Pretoria) and Johannesburg International Airport. The project is to...
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Stainless Ambitions Thwarted
Magazine article by Dominic Dhilwayo; African Business, September 1997
Subjects: Pretoria, South Africa--Buildings and facilities, South Africa, South African Iron and Steel Industrial Corporation Ltd.--Management, Steel bar, Steel industry--Management
...Iscor is likely to close its plant in Pretoria. This is the oldest steel mill in the...the steel industry is developing. The Pretoria plant has been struggling for some time...amongst analysts that if Iscor were to save Pretoria it would have to close another of its...
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Mugabe Foes Protest at Pretoria Mission; Pressure Builds in South Africa
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, March 24, 2005
Subjects: African National Congress, Mugabe, Robert
Mugabe Foes Protest at Pretoria Mission; Pressure Builds in South...barricaded the Zimbabwean Embassy in Pretoria yesterday as hundreds of trade unionists...Zimbabwean exiles chanted slogans in Pretoria, the SACP issued a joint statement...
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I'll Be Fit for the Second Test in Pretoria - Byrne
Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), June 22, 2009
Ill Be Fit for the Second Test in Pretoria - Byrne. Byline: Gareth Griffiths LEE...he WILL be okay for the second Test in Pretoria. The Wales full-back limped out of...keen to get the Ospreys man fit fs or Pretoria. Byrne is adamant the Lions can win...
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Rugby Union: Rout of AFRICA; but Wales Class of 2008 Can Help Gough Erase Memories of Pretoria and That 96-Point Pounding
Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), June 2, 2008
...2008 Can Help Gough Erase Memories of Pretoria and That 96-Point Pounding. Byline...players made their Wales debuts in that Pretoria massacre - wing Garan Evans, full...remember he played very well that day in Pretoria. "Hes just had a fantastic career...
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We'll Be Better in Pretoria, Insists Wilkinson
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), May 27, 2007
Well Be Better in Pretoria, Insists Wilkinson. Byline: PAUL...have the character to succeed in Pretoria. That was a big learning experience...sure his team would play better in Pretoria. The dressing rooms very disappointed...
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We Can Bounce Back in Pretoria
Newspaper article; Wales On Sunday (Cardiff, Wales), June 21, 2009
We Can Bounce Back in Pretoria. Byline: Ian McGeechan IAN McGeechan...he thought the Lions could win in Pretoria and Johannesburg to win the series...for us. "Its all to play for at Pretoria, we know that. "We have to be accurate...
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encyclopedia articles on: Pretoria  - 12 results

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Pretoria
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
PRETORIA prito re , city (1991 pop. 667,700...Africa and formerly capital of Transvaal . Pretoria is now part of the Tshwane metropolitan...the metropolitan council voted to rename Pretoria Tshwane, an action not yet approved by...
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Transvaal
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Transvaal (now Mpumalanga), Northern Transvaal (now Limpopo), Pretoria-Witwatersrand-Veereeniging (now Gauteng), and part of...at an altitude of 3,000 to 6,000 ft (910 1,830 m). Pretoria and Johannesburg (both now in Gauteng) were the capital and...
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South Africa
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...city is Johannesburg . Cape Town is the legislative capital, Pretoria the administrative capital, and Bloemfontein the judicial...centers are Johannesburg, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth , Durban , Pretoria, and Germiston . There is food processing and a large wine...
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South African War
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the entire territory by May. By the end of June, Mafikeng had been relieved, the Transvaal invaded, and Johannesburg and Pretoria captured. The Boer states were formally annexed and Kruger, a fugitive in Europe, appealed in vain for help there. Roberts...
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Cape Town
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...with Cape Town as capital. When the Union of South Africa was formed in 1910, Cape Town became its legislative capital and Pretoria its administrative capital. Cape Towns attractions include the Castle, a fortress dating from 1666; the Dutch Reformed church...
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