Editing Pretoria (section)

===Boer Wars===
{{Main|Boer Wars}}
During the [[First Boer War]], the city was besieged by Republican forces in December 1880 and March 1881. The peace treaty that ended the war was signed in Pretoria on 3 August 1881 at the [[Pretoria Convention]].

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 Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts|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.
[[File:Pretoria Union Buildings-001.jpg|thumb|295x295px|The [[Union Buildings]], seat of South Africa's government]]