Editing Pretoria (section)

===Coat of arms===
[[File:Coat of arms of Pretoria.svg|thumb|Pretoria civic coat of arms (1907)]]
The Pretoria civic arms, designed by Frans Engelenburg,<ref name=pre>Bodel, J.D.;  'The Coat of Arms and Other Heraldic Symbols of the City of Pretoria' in ''Pretoriana'' (November 1989).</ref> were granted by the [[College of Arms]] on 7 February 1907. They were registered with the Transvaal Provincial Administration in March 1953<ref name=og>Transvaal ''Official Gazette'' 2372 (11 March 1953).</ref> and at the [[Bureau of Heraldry]] in May 1968.<ref name="boh">[https://archive.today/20120629122538/http://www.national.archsrch.gov.za/sm300cv/smws/sm300dl]</ref> The Bureau provided new artwork, in a more modern style, in 1989.<ref name=tor>'Nuwe Standswapen' in ''Toria'' (July 1989).</ref>

The arms were: ''Gules, on an mimosa tree eradicated proper within an orle of eight bees volant, Or, an inescutcheon Or and thereon a Roman praetor seated proper''. In layman's terms: a red shield displaying an uprooted mimosa tree surrounded by a border of eight golden bees, superimposed on the tree is a golden shield depicting a Roman praetor. The tree represented growth, the bees industry, and the praetor (judge) was an heraldic pun on the name.

The crest was a three-towered golden castle; the supporters were an eland and a kudu; and the motto ''Praestantia praevaleat Pretoria''.
The coat of arms have gone out of favour after the City Council amalgamated with its surrounding councils to form the [[City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality]].