Editing Pretoria

{{Short description|Administrative capital of South Africa}}
{{Other uses|Pretoria (disambiguation)}}
{{Use South African English|date=May 2012}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Pretoria
| official_name      = 
| other_name         = Tshwane
| settlement_type    = [[Capital city]] ([[Executive (government)|executive branch]])
| founder            = [[Marthinus Wessel Pretorius]]
| named_for          = [[Andries Pretorius]]
| image_skyline      = {{multiple image 
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  | image1                 = Pretoria viewed from the Voortrekker Monument.jpg
  | alt1                 = Skyline
  | caption1                 = Pretoria viewed from the [[Voortrekker Monument]]
  | image2                 = Uniegebou.jpg
  | alt2                 = Union Buildings
  | caption2                 = [[Union Buildings]]
  | image3                 = Krugerstandbeeld, Kerkplein, b, Pretoria.jpg
  | caption3                 = [[Paul Kruger]] Statue
  | image 4                 = Ou Lettere, e, Tuks.jpg
  | alt4                 = UP
  | caption4                 = [[University of Pretoria]]
  | image5                  = Voortrekker Monument 922580097.jpg 
  | alt5                 = Voortrekker Monument
  | caption5                 = [[Voortrekker Monument]]
  | image6                 = Ou Lettere, e, Tuks.jpg
  | alt6                 = UP
  | caption6                 = [[University of Pretoria]]
  | image7                 = Law Chambers-011.jpg
  | alt7                 = Palace of Justice
  | caption7                 = [[Palace of Justice, Pretoria|Palace of Justice]]
  | image8                 = Pretoria, uitsig oor middestad.jpg
  | caption8                 = Pretoria [[Central business district|CBD]]
  | image9                 = Old Pretoria City Hall-003.jpg
  | caption9                 = [[Pretoria City Hall]]
  | image10                 = Old Raadsaal, Church Square Pretoria 004.jpg
  | caption10                 = [[Ou Raadsaal]]}}
| image_flag         = Flag of Pretoria, South Africa.svg
| image_shield       = Coat of arms of Pretoria.svg
| nickname           = Jacaranda City, 012, Pirara, PTA
| motto              = {{lang|la|Præstantia Prævaleat Prætoria}} ("May Pretoria be pre-eminent in excellence")
| pushpin_map        = South Africa Gauteng#South Africa#Africa
| coordinates        = {{coord|25|44|46|S|28|11|17|E|region:ZA|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type   = Country
| subdivision_name   = {{flag|South Africa}}
| subdivision_type1  = [[Provinces of South Africa|Province]]
| subdivision_name1  = {{flag|Gauteng}}
| subdivision_type2  = District
| subdivision_type3  = [[List of municipalities of South Africa|Municipality]]
| subdivision_name3  = [[City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality|City of Tshwane]]
| subdivision_type4  = Main Place
| established_title  = Established
| established_date   = {{start date and age|1855|11|18|df=yes}}
| government_type    = [[Metropolitan municipality (South Africa)|Metropolitan municipality]]
| leader_party       = 
| leader_title       = Mayor
| leader_name        = Vacant
| area_footnotes     = <ref name="census2011-place799035"/><ref name="census2011-place799"/>
| area_total_km2     = 687.54
| area_metro_km2     = 6,297.83
| elevation_m        = 1339
| population_footnotes = <ref name="census2011-place799035">{{cite web |url=http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/799035 |title=Pretoria, Main Place 799035 from Census 2011 |work=Census 2011 |access-date=23 January 2022 |archive-date=31 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140731081139/http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/799035 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| population_total   = 2,818,100
| population_as_of   = 2023
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_metro   = 2,921,488
| population_density_metro_km2 = auto
| population_metro_footnotes = <ref name="census2011-place799">{{cite web |url=http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/799 |title=City of Tshwane, Metropolitan Municipality 799 from Census 2011 |work=Census 2011 |access-date=23 January 2022 |archive-date=23 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130923011128/http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/799 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| demographics_type1 = Racial makeup (2011)
| demographics1_footnotes = <ref name="census2011-place799035" />
| demographics1_title1 = [[White South African|White]]
| demographics1_info1 = 52.45%
| demographics1_title2 = [[Bantu peoples of South Africa|Black]]
| demographics1_info2 = 41.95%
| demographics1_title3 = [[Coloureds|Coloured]]
| demographics1_info3 = 2.50%
| demographics1_title4 = [[Indian South African|Indian]]/[[Asian (South Africa)|Asian]]
| demographics1_info4 = 1.93%
| demographics1_title5 = Other
| demographics1_info5 = 1.17%
| demographics_type2 = [[First language]]s (2011)
| demographics2_footnotes = <ref name="census2011-place799035" />
| demographics2_title1 = [[Afrikaans]]
| demographics2_info1 = 47.67%
| demographics2_title2 = [[South African English|English]]
| demographics2_info2 = 16.38%
| demographics2_title3 = [[Northern Sotho language|Sepedi]]
| demographics2_info3 = 8.02%
| demographics2_title4 = [[Tswana language|Tswana]]
| demographics2_info4 = 5.44%
| blank_name_sec1    = [[Human Development Index|HDI]]
| blank_info_sec1    = {{increase}} 0.75 <span style="color:#1fca23">'''High'''</span> <small>(2012)</small><ref name="HDI">{{cite web |url=http://www.gcro.ac.za/sites/default/files/maps/pdfs/gcro_map_of_the_month_hdi_1996_to_2012_april_2014.pdf |title=Gauteng's Human Development Index |publisher=Gauteng City-Region Observatory |date=2013 |access-date=1 January 2015 |pages=1 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150111013905/http://www.gcro.ac.za/sites/default/files/maps/pdfs/gcro_map_of_the_month_hdi_1996_to_2012_april_2014.pdf |archive-date=11 January 2015}}</ref>
| blank_name_sec2    = GDP
| blank_info_sec2    = [[American dollar|US$]] 75.6&nbsp;billion<ref name="brookingsgdp">{{cite web |url=http://www.brookings.edu/research/interactives/global-metro-monitor-3 |title=Global city GDP 2011 |publisher=Brookings Institution |access-date=18 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130605135349/http://www.brookings.edu/research/interactives/global-metro-monitor-3 |archive-date=5 June 2013}}</ref>
| blank1_name_sec2   = GDP per capita
| blank1_info_sec2   = US$ 23,108<ref name="brookingsgdp"/>
| timezone1          = [[South African Standard Time|SAST]]
| utc_offset1        = +2
| postal_code_type   = [[List of postal codes in South Africa|Postal code]] (street)
| postal_code        = 0002
| postal2_code_type  = [[Post-office box|PO box]]
| postal2_code       = 0001
| area_code_type     = [[Telephone numbers in South Africa|Area code]]
| area_code          = [[011 (South Africa Calling Code)|012]]
| website            = [http://www.tshwane.gov.za/Pages/default.aspx tshwane.gov.za]
| population_rank    = [[List of cities in Africa by population|33rd]] in Africa <br> 
[[List of populated places in South Africa|4th]] in South Africa
}}
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| nso  = Pretoria
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| st   = Pritoriya
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'''Pretoria''' ({{IPAc-en|p|r|ɪ|ˈ|t|ɔːr|i|ə|,_|p|r|i|-}} {{respell|prih|TOR|ee|ə|,_|pree|-}};<ref>{{cite LPD|3}}</ref> {{IPA|af|prəˈtuəria|lang|LL-Q14196 (afr)-Oesjaar-Pretoria.wav}}) is the [[Capital of South Africa|administrative capital]] of [[South Africa]],<ref name="auto">{{Cite news |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Pretoria |title=Pretoria {{!}} national administrative capital, South Africa |work=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=18 July 2018 |language=en |archive-date=18 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718180012/https://www.britannica.com/place/Pretoria |url-status=live}}</ref> serving as the seat of the [[Executive (government)|executive]] branch of government, and as the host to all foreign embassies to the country.<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{cite web |title=South Africa at a glance |url=https://www.gov.za/about-sa/south-africa-glance |website=South African Government |access-date=18 June 2020 |archive-date=26 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200526163527/https://www.gov.za/about-sa/south-africa-glance |url-status=live}}</ref>

Pretoria straddles the [[Apies River]] and extends eastward into the foothills of the [[Magaliesberg]] mountains. It has a reputation as an academic city and centre 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 (South Africa)|National Research Foundation]] and the [[South African Bureau of Standards]]. Pretoria was one of the host cities of the [[2010 FIFA World Cup]].

Pretoria is the central part of the [[City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality]] which was formed by the amalgamation of several former local authorities, including [[Bronkhorstspruit]], [[Centurion, South Africa|Centurion]], [[Cullinan, Gauteng|Cullinan]], [[Hammanskraal]] and [[Soshanguve]]. Some have proposed [[Pretoria#Proposed change of name|changing the official name from Pretoria to Tshwane]], which has caused some public controversy.

Pretoria is named after the [[Voortrekker]] leader [[Andries Pretorius]],<ref>{{cite book |last=Raper |first=Peter E. |title=Dictionary of Southern African Place Names |url=https://archive.org/stream/DictionaryOfSouthernAfricanPlaceNames/SaPlaceNames#page/n373/mode/2up |publisher=Internet Archive |access-date=28 August 2013 |page=373 |year=1987}}</ref> and South Africans sometimes call it the "Jacaranda City",<ref>{{Cite web |title=10 SA city nicknames, and why they're called that |url=https://www.news24.com/News24/10-SA-city-nicknames-and-why-theyre-called-that-20150622 |access-date=2022-07-24 |website=News24 |date=4 June 2015 |language=en-US |archive-date=24 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220724201722/https://www.news24.com/News24/10-SA-city-nicknames-and-why-theyre-called-that-20150622 |url-status=live}}</ref> because of the thousands of [[Jacaranda mimosifolia|jacaranda]] trees planted along its streets and in its parks and gardens.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.info.gov.za/aboutsa/provinces.htm#gauteng |title=South Africa's provinces: Gauteng |access-date=14 June 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110622084057/http://www.info.gov.za/aboutsa/provinces.htm#gauteng |archive-date=22 June 2011}}</ref>

==History==
{{see also|Timeline of Pretoria}}
Pretoria was founded in 1855 by [[Marthinus Wessel Pretorius|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 River|Apies rivier]]'' ([[Afrikaans]] for "Monkeys river") to be the new [[capital city|capital]] of the [[South African Republic]] ({{langx|nl|Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek}}; ZAR). The elder Pretorius had become a national hero of the Voortrekkers after his victory over [[Dingane]] and the [[Zulu people|Zulu]]s 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 [[South African Republic|Transvaal]]. It became the capital of the South African Republic on 1 May 1860.

The founding of Pretoria as the capital of the South African Republic can be seen as marking the end of the Boers' settlement movements of the [[Great Trek]].

===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]]

===Union of South Africa===
{{Main|Union of South Africa}}
The Boer Republics of the ZAR and the [[Orange River Colony]] were united with the [[British Cape Colony|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]] serving as the legislative capital and [[Bloemfontein]] as the judicial capital. Between 1910 and 1994, the city was also the capital of the province of [[Transvaal Province|Transvaal]]. (As the capital of the ZAR, Pretoria had superseded [[Potchefstroom]] in that role.)
On 14 October 1931, Pretoria achieved official city status.<ref>South African History Online, [http://www.sahistory.org.za/dated-event/pretoria-receives-city-status] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150216183414/http://www.sahistory.org.za/dated-event/pretoria-receives-city-status|date=16 February 2015}}, 2011]</ref> When South Africa became a republic in 1961, Pretoria remained its administrative capital.<ref>Roman Adrian Cybriwsky, ''Capital Cities around the World: An Encyclopedia of Geography, History, and Culture'', ABC-CLIO, USA, 2013, p. 54</ref>

==Geography==
Pretoria is situated approximately {{cvt|56|km|mi}} north-northeast of [[Johannesburg]] in the northeast of [[South Africa]], in a transitional belt between the plateau of the [[Highveld]] to the south and the lower-lying [[Bushveld]] to the north. It lies at an altitude of about {{cvt|1,339|m|ft}} [[Above mean sea level|above sea level]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.freemaptools.com/elevation-finder.htm |title=Elevation Finder |first=Free Map |last=Tools |access-date=5 July 2014 |archive-date=26 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626104315/http://www.freemaptools.com/elevation-finder.htm |url-status=live}}</ref> in a warm, sheltered, fertile valley, surrounded by the hills of the [[Magaliesberg]] range.

===Climate===
[[File:Magaliesberg08.jpg|thumb|The city is surrounded by the [[Magaliesberg]] range.|295x295px]]
Pretoria has a monsoon-influenced [[humid subtropical climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]]: [[Humid subtropical climate|Cwa]]) with long hot, rainy summers, and short, dry and mild winters. The city experiences the typical winters of South Africa, with cold, clear nights and mild to moderately warm days. Although the average lows during winter are mild, it can get cold due to the clear skies, with night time low temperatures in recent years in the range of {{cvt|2|to|-5|C}}.

The average annual temperature is {{cvt|18.7|°C}}.<ref>GHCN climate data, 30-year climate average 1979–2008, Goddard Institute of Space Studies</ref> This is rather high, considering the city's relatively high altitude of about {{convert|1,339|m|abbr=off}}, and is due mainly to its sheltered valley position, which acts as a heat trap and cuts it off from cool southerly and south-easterly air masses for much of the year.{{Citation needed|date=July 2019}}

Rain is chiefly concentrated in the summer months, with drought conditions prevailing over the winter months, when frosts may be sharp. Snowfall is an extremely rare event; snowflakes were spotted in 1959, 1968 and 2012 in the city, but the city has never experienced an accumulation in its history.

During a nationwide [[heat wave]] in November 2011, Pretoria experienced temperatures that reached {{cvt|39|°C|°F|0}}, unusual for that time of the year. Similar record-breaking extreme heat events also occurred in January 2013, when Pretoria experienced temperatures exceeding {{cvt|37|°C|°F|0}} on several days. The year 2014 was one of the wettest on record for the city. A total of {{cvt|914|mm|0}} fell up to the end of December, with {{cvt|220|mm|0}} recorded in this month alone. In 2015, Pretoria saw its worst drought since 1982; the month of November 2015 saw new records broken for high temperatures, with {{cvt|43|°C|°F|0}} recorded on 11 November after three weeks of temperatures between {{cvt|35|°C|°F|0}} and {{cvt|43|°C|°F|0}}. Pretoria reached a new record high of {{cvt|42.7|C}} on 7 January 2016.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.weathersa.co.za/Documents/Corporate/Regional%20Weather%20and%20Climate_Gauteng_16042021150251.pdf |title=South African Weather Service - Regional Weather and Climate of South Africa: Gauteng |access-date=20 January 2022 |archive-date=22 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122002436/https://www.weathersa.co.za/Documents/Corporate/Regional%20Weather%20and%20Climate_Gauteng_16042021150251.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref>

{{Pretoria weatherbox}}

==Demographics==
{{Historical population 
|1946|244496
|1950|275331
|1956|354403
|1961|432973
|1966|502443
|1971|576319
|1976|635932
|1981|701672
|1986|790661
|1991|935107
|1996|955025
|2000|1083586
|2004|1276546
|2008|1524762
|2011|1742006
|2016|2175904
|2018|2472000
|2022|2813810
}}
[[File:Tshwane population density map.svg|thumb|Population density in and around Pretoria
{{div col|colwidth=10em|content=
{{legend|#ffffcc|&lt;1 /km²}}
{{legend|#ffeda0|1–3 /km²}}
{{legend|#fed976|3–10 /km²}}
{{legend|#feb24c|10–30 /km²}}
{{legend|#fd8d3c|30–100 /km²}}
{{legend|#fc4e2a|100–300 /km²}}
{{legend|#e31a1c|300–1000 /km²}}
{{legend|#bc0026|1000–3000 /km²}}
{{legend|#800026|&gt;3000 /km²}}
}}]]
[[File:Tshwane dominant language map.svg|thumb|right|Geographical distribution of home languages in Pretoria
{{div col|colwidth=10em|content=
{{legend|#8dd3c7|[[Afrikaans]]}}
{{legend|#ffffb3|[[South African English|English]]}}
{{legend|#bebada|[[Southern Ndebele language|Ndebele]]}}
{{legend|#80b1d3|[[Zulu language|Zulu]]}}
{{legend|#fdb462|[[Northern Sotho language|Northern Sotho]]}}
{{legend|#fccde5|[[Tswana language|Tswana]]}}
{{legend|#ffed6f|[[Tsonga language|Tsonga]]}}
{{legend|#d0d0d0|None dominant}}
}}]]
Depending on the extent of the area understood to constitute "Pretoria", the population ranges from 700,000<ref>Population, according to the 2001 Census, of the [http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/77612 Pretoria "main place"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131028104024/http://census.adrianfrith.com/place/77612 |date=28 October 2013 }}.</ref> to 2.95&nbsp;million.<ref>Population, according to the [http://www.statssa.gov.za/Publications/P03011/P030112007.pdf 2007 Community Survey] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130825124835/http://www.statssa.gov.za/Publications/P03011/P030112007.pdf |date=25 August 2013 }}, of the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality after the 2011 annexation of the Metsweding District Municipality.</ref> The main languages spoken in Pretoria are [[Pedi language|Sepedi]], [[Tswana language|Setswana]], [[Tsonga language|Xitsonga]], [[Venda language|Tshivenda]], [[Afrikaans]], and English. The city of Pretoria has the largest white population in Sub-Saharan Africa. Since its founding, it has been a major [[Afrikaner]] population centre, and there are roughly 1&nbsp;million Afrikaners living in or around the city.

===Ethnic groups===
Even since the end of Apartheid, Pretoria itself has had a white majority, albeit with an ever-increasing black middle-class. However, in the townships of [[Mamelodi]], [[Soshanguve]] and [[Atteridgeville]] black people make up close to all of the population. The largest white ethnic group are the [[Afrikaners]] and the largest black ethnic group are the [[Northern Sotho people|Northern Sotho]]s.

The lower estimate for the population of Pretoria includes largely former white-designated areas, and there is therefore a white majority. However, including the geographically separate townships increases Pretoria's population beyond a million and makes whites a minority.

Pretoria's [[Indian South Africans|Indians]] were ordered to move from Pretoria to [[Laudium]] on 6 June 1958.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sahistory.org.za/dated-event/transfer-indian-community-pretoria-laudium-ordered |title=Transfer of the Indian community of Pretoria to Laudium ordered. |last=tinashe |date=1 June 2012 |access-date=18 September 2014 |archive-date=2 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402132136/http://www.sahistory.org.za/dated-event/transfer-indian-community-pretoria-laudium-ordered |url-status=live}}</ref>
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Ethnic group !! 2001 population !! 2001 (%) !! 2011 population !! 2011 (%)
|-
|[[White South African|White]] ||314,678 ||67.7% ||389,022 ||52.5%
|-
|[[Black African]] ||128,791 ||24.5% ||311,149 ||42.0%
|-
|[[Coloured]] ||32,727 ||6.2% ||18,514 ||2.5%
|-
|[[Indian South African|Indian or Asian]] ||8,238 ||1.6% ||14,298 ||1.9%
|-
|''Other'' ||– ||– ||8,667 ||1.2%
|-
|'''Total''' ||525,387 ||100% ||741,651 ||100%
|}

==Cityscape==
Pretoria is known as the "Jacaranda City" due to the approximately 60,000-70,000 [[Jacaranda]]s that line its streets. Purple is a colour often associated with the city and is often included on local council logos and services such as the [[A Re Yeng]] rapid bus system and the logo of the local [[Jacaranda FM]] radio station.

===Architecture===
{{See also|Pretoria Forts}}
:''{{Commons category-inline||bullet=none|Buildings in Pretoria}}''

Pretoria has over the years had very diverse cultural influences and this is reflected in the architectural styles that can be found in the city. It ranges from 19th century Dutch, German and British [[colonial architecture]] to [[Modern architecture|modern]], [[Postmodern architecture|postmodern]], [[neomodern]], and [[Art Deco|art deco]] architecture styles with a good mix of a uniquely South African style.

Some of the notable structures in Pretoria include the late 19th century [[Palace of Justice (South Africa)|Palace of Justice]], the early 20th century [[Union Buildings]], the post-war [[Voortrekker Monument]], the diverse buildings dotting the main campuses of both the [[University of Pretoria]] and the [[University of South Africa]], traditional [[Cape Dutch architecture|Cape Dutch]] style [[Mahlamba Ndlopfu]] (the President's House), the [[Neo-Byzantine]] [[The Old Synagogue, Pretoria|Old Synagogue]], the more modern [[Reserve Bank of South Africa]] (office skyscraper) and the Telkom [[Lukasrand Tower]]. Other well-known structures and buildings include the [[Loftus Versfeld Stadium]], The South African [[State Theatre, South Africa|State Theatre]] and the Oliver Tambo building which is the Headquarters of the [[Department of International Relations and Cooperation]].
<gallery>
File:Union_Buildings_Eastern_Wing.jpg|The Eastern Wing of the Union Buildings
File:RSA Pretoria 2.jpg|Old Council Chambers, or ''[[Ou Raadsaal]]''
File:Fort Klapperkop.jpg|[[Pretoria Forts|Fort Klapperkop]]
File:Neomodernist facade in Pretoria.JPG|[[Neomodern]] architecture in Pretoria
File:Law Chambers-011 perspective corrected.jpg|The Palace of Justice
File:9 2 258 0020-Old Synagogue-Pretoria-s.jpg|The Old Synagogue
</gallery>

===Central business district===
[[File:Prétoria-skyline.jpg|thumb|The Central Business District]]

Despite the many corporate offices, small businesses, shops, and government departments that are situated in [[List of Pretoria suburbs|Pretoria's sprawling suburbs]], its Central Business District still retains its status as the traditional centre of government and commerce. Many banks, businesses, large corporations, shops, shopping centres, and other businesses are situated in the city centre which is towered by several large skyscrapers, the tallest of which is the Poyntons Building ({{cvt|110|m|ft|disp=or}} tall), the ABSA Building ({{cvt|132|m|ft|disp=or}} tall) and the [[Reserve Bank of South Africa]] building ({{cvt|150|m|ft|disp=or}} tall).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.emporis.com/building/southafricanreservebankbuilding-pretoria-southafrica |title=South African Reserve Bank Building, Pretoria &#124; Building 103551 |location=Pretoria / |publisher=Emporis |access-date=19 April 2014 |archive-date=17 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140417075012/http://www.emporis.com/building/southafricanreservebankbuilding-pretoria-southafrica |url-status=usurped}}</ref>

The area contains a large number of historical buildings, monuments, and museums that include the [[Pretoria City Hall]],  [[National Library of South Africa]], Pretorius Square, [[Church Square, Pretoria|Church Square]] (along with its many historical buildings and statues), and the [[Ou Raadsaal]]. There is also the [[Transvaal Museum]] (the country's leading natural history museum, which although it has changed venues a number of times, has been around since 1892), the [[National Zoological Gardens of South Africa]] (or more colloquially known as the Pretoria Zoo), [[Melrose House]] Museum in Jacob Maré Street, the [[Pretoria Art Museum]] and the [[African Window]] Cultural History Museum.
[[File:Church Square, Pretoria.jpg|thumb|Church Square, Pretoria]]
Several National Departments also have Head Offices in the Central Business district such as the Department of Health, Basic Education, Transport, Higher Education and Training, Sport and Recreation, Justice and Constitutional Development, Public Service and Administration, Water and Environmental Affairs and the National Treasury. The district also has a high number of residential buildings which house people who primarily work in the district.

===Parks and gardens===
Pretoria is home to the [[National Zoological Gardens of South Africa]], as well as the [[Pretoria National Botanical Garden]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sa-venues.com/national-botanical-gardens.htm |title=National Botanical Gardens |publisher=SA-Venues |access-date=12 September 2008 |archive-date=19 December 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081219114537/http://www.sa-venues.com/national-botanical-gardens.htm |url-status=live}}</ref> There are also a number of smaller parks and gardens located throughout the city, including the [[Austin Roberts (zoologist)|Austin Roberts]] Bird Sanctuary, Pretorius Square gardens, the Pretoria [[Rosarium]], [[Church Square, Pretoria|Church Square]], Pretoria Showgrounds, [[Springbok Park]], [[Freedom Park (South Africa)|Freedom Park]], [[Jan Cilliers Park]] and [[Burgers Park]], the oldest park in the city and now a national monument. In the suburbs there are also several parks that are notable: Rietondale Park, "Die Proefplaas" in the Queenswood suburb, Magnolia Dell Park, Nelson Mandela Park and Mandela Park Peace Garden and Belgrave Square Park.

<gallery mode="nolines" widths="160" heights="140">
File:Pretoria zoo 2.jpg|View of Pretoria from the Pretoria Zoo
File:Burgers Park, Pretoria.JPG|[[Burgers Park]]
File:Broodboomtuin, a, Pretoria Nasionale Botaniese Tuin.jpg|Pretoria National Botanical Gardens
</gallery>

====Jacaranda city====
[[File:Jacaranda Trees Pretoria.jpg|thumb|A street lined with [[Jacaranda mimosifolia|jacarandas]] in Pretoria, with the [[Union Buildings]] atop [[Meintjieskop]] in the background]]

{{One source|section|date=November 2019}}
Pretoria's nickname "the Jacaranda City" comes from the around 70,000 jacaranda trees that grow in Pretoria and decorate the city each October with their purple blossoms. The first two trees were planted in 1888 in the garden of local gardener, [[J.D. Cilliers]], at Myrtle Lodge on Celliers Street in [[Sunnyside, Pretoria|Sunnyside]]. He obtained the seedlings from a Cape Town nurseryman who had harvested them in [[Rio de Janeiro]], Brazil. The two trees still stand on the grounds of the Sunnyside Primary School.

The jacaranda comes from tropical South America and belongs to the family [[Bignoniaceae]]. There are around fifty species of jacaranda, but the one found most often in the warmer areas of [[Southern Africa]] is [[Jacaranda mimosifolia]].

At the end of the 19th century, the flower and tree grower James Clark imported jacaranda seedlings from Australia and began growing them on a large scale. In November 1906, he donated two hundred small saplings to the Pretoria City Council, which planted them on Koch Street (today Bosman Street). The city engineer Walton Jameson, soon known as "Jacaranda Jim", launched a programme to plant jacaranda trees throughout Pretoria, and by 1971 there would already be 55,000 of them in the city.

Most jacarandas in Pretoria are lilac in colour, but there are also white ones planted on Herbert Baker Street in [[Groenkloof]].

The Jacaranda Carnival is an old tradition that was held from 1939 to 1964. After a hiatus of over twenty years, it resumed in 1985. Festivities include a colourful march and the crowning of the Jacaranda Queen.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Boshoff |first1=Dawie |title=Jakarandastad vier fees |journal=Suid-Afrikaanse Panorama |date=March–April 1990 |volume=35 |issue=2 |pages=73–75}}</ref>

===Suburbs===
{{Main|List of Pretoria suburbs}}

== Transportation ==
[[File:Pretoria streetsign.jpg|thumb|Street signs in Pretoria]]
[[File:Gautrain-in-depot-retouched.JPG|thumb|[[Gautrain]]]]
[[File:Blue Train passes through the Karoo.jpg|thumb|The Blue Train]]

===Railway===
[[Commuter rail]] services around Pretoria are operated by [[Metrorail Gauteng|Metrorail]]. The routes, originating from the city centre, extend south to [[Germiston]] and [[Johannesburg]], west to [[Atteridgeville]], northwest to [[Ga-Rankuwa]], north to [[Soshanguve]] and east to [[Mamelodi]]. Via the [[Pretoria–Maputo railway]] it is possible to access the port of Maputo, in the east.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sahistory.org.za/dated-event/seven-year-long-construction-delagoa-bay-railway-line-starts%C2%A0%C2%A0 |work=South African History Online |access-date=24 June 2014 |title=The seven-year long construction of Delagoa Bay railway line starts. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230104507/http://www.sahistory.org.za/dated-event/seven-year-long-construction-delagoa-bay-railway-line-starts%C2%A0%C2%A0 |archive-date=30 December 2013}}</ref>

The [[Gautrain]] high-speed railway line runs from the eastern suburb of [[Hatfield (Gautrain station)|Hatfield]] to [[Pretoria railway station|Pretoria Station]] and then southwards to [[Centurion (Gautrain station)|Centurion]], [[Midrand (Gautrain station)|Midrand]], [[Marlboro (Gautrain station)|Marlboro]], [[Sandton (Gautrain station)|Sandton]], [[Rhodesfield (Gautrain station)|Rhodesfield]], [[OR Tambo (Gautrain station)|OR Tambo International Airport]], [[Rosebank (Gautrain station)|Rosebank]] and [[Johannesburg Park station|Johannesburg]].

Pretoria Station is a departure point for the [[Blue Train (South Africa)|Blue Train]] luxury train. [[Rovos Rail]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rovos.co.za |title=Rovos Rail website |publisher=Rovos.co.za |access-date=3 July 2010 |archive-date=6 January 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100106231128/http://www.rovos.co.za/ |url-status=live}}</ref> a luxury mainline train safari service operates from the colonial-style railway station at Capital Park.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rovos.co.za/capital-park.html |title=Capital Park |publisher=Rovos Rail |access-date=12 September 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080909013006/http://www.rovos.co.za/capital-park.html |archive-date=9 September 2008}}</ref> The South African Friends of the Rail have recently moved their vintage train trip operations from the Capital Park station to the Hercules station.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.friendsoftherail.com/ |title=New Departure Point – Important note! |publisher=Friends of the Rail |access-date=12 September 2008 |archive-date=15 September 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080915105142/http://www.friendsoftherail.com/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

===Buses===
Various bus companies exist in Pretoria, of which [[PUTCO]] is one of the oldest and most recognised. Tshwane municipality provides the remainder of the bus services.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tshwane.gov.za/busbooklet.cfm |title=Tshwane Bus Booklet |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100528122549/http://www.tshwane.gov.za/busbooklet.cfm |archive-date=28 May 2010}}</ref>

===Road===
The [[N1 road (South Africa)|N1]] is the major freeway that runs through Pretoria. It enters the city from the south as the [[Ben Schoeman Highway]]. At the Brakfontein Interchange in [[Centurion, Gauteng|Centurion]], the Ben Schoeman Highway becomes the [[N14 road (South Africa)|N14]] to Pretoria Central, the N1 turns north-east, then north, as the [[Pretoria Bypass|Eastern Bypass]], bisecting the large expanse of the eastern suburbs, routing traffic from [[Johannesburg]] to [[Polokwane]] and the north of the country.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=May 2012 |title=RDDA SOUTH AFRICAN NUMBERED ROUTE DESCRIPTION AND DESTINATION ANALYSIS |url=https://www.transport.gov.za/documents/11623/21913/SANoRouteDescriptionDestinationAnalysis.pdf/1c07b3af-099a-4d9a-a72c-f328c706d966 |access-date=25 March 2021 |website=NATIONAL DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT |archive-date=28 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180228095147/http://www.transport.gov.za/documents/11623/21913/SANoRouteDescriptionDestinationAnalysis.pdf/1c07b3af-099a-4d9a-a72c-f328c706d966 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The N1 is a [[toll road]] north of Pretoria. The [[R101 road (South Africa)|R101]] is the original N1, and served the same function before the construction of the highway. It runs through the centre of the city on regular streets rather than the eastern suburbs.<ref name=":0" />

The [[N4 road (South Africa)|N4]] enters the city as a highway from [[Witbank|eMalahleni]] in the east, merging with the N1 at the Proefplaas Interchange. It begins again north of the city, branching west from the N1 as the [[Platinum Highway]], forming the [[Pretoria Bypass|Northern Bypass]], and heading to [[Rustenburg]].<ref name=":0" /> The N4 runs east–west through South Africa, connecting [[Maputo]] to [[Gaborone]].<ref>[https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/mono/10.4324/9781315062204-26/maputo-corridor-trans-kalahari-highway-guy-arnold The Maputo Corridor and the Trans-Kalahari Highway]</ref> The N4 is a toll road. Before the Platinum Highway was built, the N4 continued passed the Proefplaas Interchange to the city centre, where it became a regular road, before again becoming a partially-tolled highway west of the city towards [[Hartbeespoort]]. These roads through the city centre are now designated as the [[M2 road (Pretoria)|M2]] (from the Proefplaas Interchange to [[Arcadia, Pretoria|Arcadia]]) and the [[M4 road (Pretoria)|M4]] (from Arcadia to Hartbeespoort).

There is a third, original east–west road: the [[R104 road (South Africa)|R104]], previously named Church Street, also from eMalahleni in the east through Pretoria to Hartbeespoort and Rustenburg in the west.<ref name=":0" /> Church Street has been renamed as Stanza Bopape Street from the M16 to Nelson Mandela Drive (M3),<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Street Name Changes in Pretoria |url=https://www.oppihoek.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Street_name_changes_in_Pretoria-2.pdf}}</ref> Helen Joseph Street from the [[M3 road (Pretoria)|M3]] to [[Church Square, Pretoria|Church Square]],<ref name=":1" /> WF Nkomo Street from Church Square to the [[R511 (South Africa)|R511]] (south-east of Hartbeespoort)<ref name=":1" /> and Elias Motswaledi Street from the R511 to [[Pelindaba]].<ref name=":1" />

The [[N14 road (South Africa)|N14]] starts from the R101 just south of the Pretoria CBD, heading south as the [[Ben Schoeman Freeway]]. At the Brakfontein interchange in [[Centurion, Gauteng|Centurion]], the Ben Schoeman Freeway becomes the N1 to Johannesburg, and the N14 continues as the intersecting west-south-westerly highway towards [[Krugersdorp]].<ref name=":0" /> The [[R114 road (South Africa)|R114]] parallels the N14 from Centurion to [[Muldersdrift]].<ref name=":0" />

The [[R21 road (South Africa)|R21]] provides a second north–south highway, further east. It starts from the Fountains Circle south of the city centre, heading south-east to [[Monument Park, Pretoria|Monument Park]], where it becomes a highway. It crosses the N1 at the Flying Saucer Interchange and runs north–south towards [[Ekurhuleni]] (specifically [[Kempton Park, Gauteng|Kempton Park]] and [[Boksburg]]).<ref name=":0" /> Importantly, it links Pretoria with the [[OR Tambo International Airport]] in Kempton Park.<ref name=":0" />

The [[R80 road (South Africa)|R80 highway]] (Mabopane Highway) is a highway in the north-west of the city. The highway begins in [[Soshanguve]] and it terminates just north of the city centre (in [[Roseville, Pretoria|Roseville]]) at an intersection with the [[M1 (Pretoria)|M1]].<ref name=":0" />

Pretoria is also served by many regional roads. The [[R55 road (South Africa)|R55]] starts at an interchange with the R80, and runs north–south from [[Pretoria West]] to [[Sandton]].<ref name=":0" /> The [[R50 road (South Africa)|R50]] starts from the N1 in the south-east of the city, and heads south-east towards [[Bapsfontein]] and [[Delmas, Mpumalanga|Delmas]].<ref name=":0" /> The [[R511 road (South Africa)|R511]] runs north–south from Sandton towards [[Brits, North West|Brits]] and barely by-passes Pretoria to the west.<ref name=":0" /> The [[R514 road (South Africa)|R514]] starts from the M1, north of the city centre, and terminates at the R511 in Hartbeespoort.<ref name=":0" /> The [[R513 road (South Africa)|R513]] crosses Pretoria's northern suburbs from east to west. It links Pretoria to [[Cullinan, Gauteng|Cullinan]] and [[Bronkhorstspruit]] in the east and [[Hartbeespoort]] in the west.<ref name=":0" /> The [[R566 road (South Africa)|R566]] takes origin in Pretoria's northern suburbs, connecting Pretoria to Brits.<ref name=":0" /> The [[R573 road (South Africa)|R573]] (also called ''Moloto Road'') starts from the R513, just east of the town and heads north-east to [[KwaMhlanga]] and [[Siyabuswa]].<ref name=":0" />

Pretoria is also served internally by [[Metropolitan Routes in Pretoria|metropolitan routes]].

===Airports===
For scheduled air services, Pretoria is served by Johannesburg's airports: [[OR Tambo International Airport|OR Tambo International]], {{cvt|45|km}} south of central Pretoria; and [[Lanseria Airport|Lanseria]], {{cvt|35|km}} south-west of the city. [[Wonderboom Airport]] in the suburb of Annlin in the north of Pretoria primarily services light commercial and private aircraft. However, as from August 2015, scheduled flights from Wonderboom Airport to [[Cape Town International Airport]] were made available by [[Airlink|SA Airlink.]] There are two military air bases to the south of the city, [[AFB Swartkop|Swartkop]] and [[AFB Waterkloof|Waterkloof]].

== Culture ==

===Media===

Since Pretoria forms part the [[Tshwane]] Metropolitan Municipality, most radio, television and paper media is the same as the rest of the metro area.

====Radio====
{{Main|Media in Pretoria}}
There are many radio stations in the greater Pretoria region, some of note are:

[[Jacaranda 94.2|Jacaranda FM]], previously known as Jacaranda 94.2, is a commercial South African radio station, broadcasting in English and Afrikaans, with a footprint that covers Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga and the North West Province and boasts a listening audience of 3&nbsp;million people a week, and a digital community of more than 1,6&nbsp;million people a month. The station's format is mainstream adult contemporary with programming constructed around a playlist of hit music from the 1980s, 1990s and now.

[[Tuks FM]] is the radio station of the [[University of Pretoria]] and one of South Africa's community broadcasters. It was one of the first community broadcasters in South Africa to be given an FM licence. It is known for contemporary music and is operated by UP's student base.

[[Radio Pretoria]] is a community-based radio station in Pretoria, South Africa, whose programmes are aimed at Afrikaners. It broadcasts 24 hours a day in stereo on 104.2 FM in the greater Pretoria area. Various other transmitters (with their own frequencies) in South Africa broadcast the station's content further afield, while the station is also available on [[Sentech]]'s digital satellite platform.

Impact Radio, is a Christian Community Radio Station based in Pretoria, and broadcasting on 103FM in the Greater Tshwane Area.

====Television====
Pretoria is serviced by [[e.tv|eTV]], [[SABC]], [[M-Net|MNET]], and [[SuperSport (South African TV channel)|SuperSport]].

====Paper====
The city is serviced by a variety of printed publications namely;

[[Pretoria News]] is a daily newspaper established in Pretoria in 1898. It publishes a daily edition from Monday to Friday and a Weekend edition on Saturday and Sunday. It is an independent newspaper in the English language that serves the city and its direct environs. It is available online via the Independent online website.

[[Beeld]] is an Afrikaans-language daily newspaper that was launched on 16 September 1974. Beeld is distributed in four provinces of South Africa: Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, North West. Die Beeld (English: The Image) was an Afrikaans-language Sunday newspaper in the late 1960s.

===Pretoria Creole===
{{Main|Pretoria Sotho}}
'''Pretoria Sotho''' (called Sepitori by its speakers)<ref>Ditsele & Mann 2014</ref> is the urban [[lingua franca]] of Pretoria and the [[Tshwane]] metropolitan area in [https://www.britannica.com/place/South-Africa South Africa]. It is a combination of [[Tswana language|Tswana]] and [[Northern Sotho language|Northern Sotho (Pedi)]], with influences from [[Tsotsitaal]] and other black South African languages. It is a creole language that developed in the city during the years of Apartheid.

===Museums===
[[File:Voortrekker Monument.jpg|thumb|The Voortrekker Monument|291x291px]]
*[[Ditsong National Museum of Cultural History]], a.k.a. African Window
*[[Ditsong National Museum of Natural History]]
*[[Freedom Park (South Africa)|Freedom Park]]
*Hapo Museum
*[[Kruger House (Pretoria)|Kruger House]] (residence of the president of the ZAR, [[Paul Kruger]])
*[[Mapungubwe Museum]]
*[[Melrose House]] (the [[Treaty of Vereeniging]] which ended the [[Anglo-Boer War]] was signed here in 1902)
*[[National Library of South Africa]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nlsa.ac.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=77&Itemid=207 |title=Exhibitions |access-date=5 October 2015 |archive-date=6 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151006232044/http://www.nlsa.ac.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=77&Itemid=207 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Pionier Museum|Pioneer Museum]]
*[[Pretoria Art Museum]]
*[[Pretoria Forts]]
*[[South African Air Force Museum]]
*[[Transvaal Museum]]
*[[Van Tilburg Collection]]
*[[Van Wouw Museum]]
*[[Voortrekker Monument]]
*Willem Prinsloo Agricultural Museum
*Sammy Marks House<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ditsong.org.za/sammymarks.htm |title=Ditsong Museums Of South Africa |publisher=Ditsong.org.za |access-date=19 April 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140528144819/http://www.ditsong.org.za/sammymarks.htm |archive-date=28 May 2014}}</ref>
*SP Engelbrecht Museum (history of the NHK church)
*Smuts House Museum

<gallery widths="140" heights="140">
File:Anfiteatro - Freedom Park.jpg|Freedom Park's amphitheatre
File:Culthistory.jpg|African Window
File:Kruger House see from Dutch Reformed Church clock tower 001.jpg|Paul Kruger's House
File:Melrose house SA.jpg|Melrose House
</gallery><gallery widths="150" heights="140">
File:Transvaal Museum Night.JPG|[[Ditsong National Museum of Natural History]]
File:Interior Mapungubwe gold gallery, University of Pretoria.jpg|[[Mapungubwe Collection]]
File:Pretoriase kunsmuseum 2.jpg|[[Pretoria Art Museum]]
File:South Africa - Gauteng - Sammy Marks Museum.JPG|Sammy Marks museum
</gallery>

===Music===
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A number of popular South African bands and musicians are originally from Pretoria. These include Desmond and the Tutus, Bittereinder, The Black Cat Bones, [[Seether]], popular mostwako rapper [[JR (rapper)|JR]], Joshua na die Reën and [[DJ Mujava]] who was raised in the town of Attridgeville.

The song "Marching to Pretoria" refers to this city. Pretoria was the capital of the [[South African Republic]] (a.k.a. Republic of the Transvaal; 1852–1881 and 1884–1902) the principal battleground for the [[First Boer War|First]] and [[Second Boer War]], the latter which brought both the Transvaal and the Orange Free State republic under British rule. "Marching to Pretoria" was one of the songs that British soldiers sang as they marched from the [[Cape Colony]], under British Rule since 1814, to the capital of the Southern African Republic (or in Dutch, ''Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek''). As the song's refrain puts it: "We are marching to Pretoria, Pretoria, Pretoria/We are marching to Pretoria, Pretoria, Hurrah."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/folk-songs-with-chords/Marching%20To%20Pretoria.htm |title=Traditional & Folk Songs with Chords: Marching To Pretoria |publisher=Traditionalmusic.co.uk |access-date=19 April 2014 |archive-date=20 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140420041556/http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/folk-songs-with-chords/Marching%20To%20Pretoria.htm |url-status=live}}</ref>

The opening line of [[John Lennon]]'s [[Beatles]]' song [[I Am the Walrus]], "I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together", is often believed to be based on the lyric "I'm with you and you're with me and so we are all together"<ref>traditionalmusic.co.uk, ''op. cit.''</ref> in "Marching to Pretoria". Lennon denied this, insisting his lyrics came from "nothing".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.shmoop.com/i-am-the-walrus/lyrics.html |title="'I Am the Walrus' Lyrics," Shmoop: We Speak Student |publisher=Shmoop.com |access-date=19 April 2014 |archive-date=20 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140420094300/http://www.shmoop.com/i-am-the-walrus/lyrics.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

===Performing arts and galleries===

Pretoria is home to an extensive portfolio of public art. A diverse and evolving city, Pretoria boasts a vibrant art scene and a variety of works that range from sculptures to murals to pieces by internationally and locally renowned artists. The [[Pretoria Art Museum]] is home to a vast collection of local artworks. After a bequest of 17th century Dutch artworks by Lady Michaelis in 1932 the art collection of Pretoria City Council expanded quickly to include South African works by Henk [[Pierneef]], [[Pieter Wenning]], [[Frans Oerder]], [[Anton van Wouw]] and [[Irma Stern]].<ref name="gautengcc.co.za">{{cite web |url=http://www.gautengcc.co.za/pretoria-art-museum.htm |title=Pretoria Art Museum – Pretoria Attractions – Gauteng Conference Centre Midrand |access-date=28 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150929053427/http://www.gautengcc.co.za/pretoria-art-museum.htm |archive-date=29 September 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> And according to the museum: "As South African museums in Cape Town and Johannesburg already had good collections of 17th, 18th and 19th century European art, it was decided to focus on compiling a representative collection of South African art" making it somewhat unusual compared to its contemporaries.<ref name="gautengcc.co.za"/>
[[File:South African State Theatre12.jpg|thumb|[[South African State Theatre]]]]
Pretoria houses several performing arts venues including:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://showme.co.za/pretoria/events-entertainment/theatres-in-pretoria/ |title=Theatres in Pretoria |access-date=5 October 2015 |archive-date=6 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151006053410/http://showme.co.za/pretoria/events-entertainment/theatres-in-pretoria/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
the [[State Theatre, South Africa|South African State Theatre]] which houses the arts of [[Opera]], [[musical theatre|musicals]], [[play (theatre)|plays]] and comedic performances.

A 9 metre tall statue of former president [[Nelson Mandela]] was unveiled in front of the [[Union Buildings]] on 16 December 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mandela.southafrica.net/map/view/the-nelson-mandela-statue-at-the-union-buildings |title=Madiba's Journey – South African Tourism |access-date=28 September 2015 |archive-date=29 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150929051459/http://mandela.southafrica.net/map/view/the-nelson-mandela-statue-at-the-union-buildings |url-status=live}}</ref> Since Nelson Mandela's inauguration as South Africa's first majority elected president the Union Buildings have come to represent the new 'Rainbow Nation'.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-12-17/world27s-largest-statue-of-nelson-mandela-unveiled-in-pretoria/5160450 |title=World's largest statue of Mandela unveiled |website=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] |date=17 December 2013 |access-date=28 September 2015 |archive-date=31 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161031172428/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-12-17/world27s-largest-statue-of-nelson-mandela-unveiled-in-pretoria/5160450 |url-status=live}}</ref> Public art in Pretoria has flourished since the [[2010 FIFA World Cup]] with many areas receiving new public artworks.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.tshwane.gov.za/Pages/default.aspx |title=Home |access-date=28 September 2015 |archive-date=12 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412092003/http://www.tshwane.gov.za/Pages/default.aspx |url-status=live}}</ref>

===Sport===
[[File:URC trophy on display at Loftus Versfeld.jpg|thumb|258x258px|Loftus Versfeld Stadium]]
One of the most popular sports in Pretoria is [[rugby union]]. [[Loftus Versfeld Stadium|Loftus Versfeld]] is home to the [[Blue Bulls]], who compete in the domestic [[Currie Cup]], and also to the [[Bulls (rugby)|Bulls]] in the international [[United Rugby Championship]] competition. The Bulls rugby team, which is operated by the Blue Bulls, won the Super Rugby competition in [[2007 Super 14 season|2007]], [[2009 Super 14 season|2009]] and [[2010 Super 14 season|2010]]. Loftus Versfeld also hosts the [[Association football|football]] side [[Mamelodi Sundowns]].

Pretoria also hosted matches during the [[1995 Rugby World Cup]]. Loftus Versfeld was used for some matches in the [[2010 FIFA World Cup]].

[[Association football]] (soccer) is one of the most popular sports in the city. There are two soccer teams in the city playing in South Africa's top-flight league, the [[South African Premiership|Premiership]]. They are [[Mamelodi Sundowns]] and [[Supersport United]]. Supersport United were the [[2008–09 Premier Soccer League|2008–09 PSL Champions]]. Following the 2011/2012 season the [[University of Pretoria F.C.]] gained promotion to the [[South African Premier Division]], the top domestic league, becoming the third Pretoria-based team in the league.<ref>{{cite web |author=Premier Soccer League |url=http://www.supersport.com/football/national-first-division/news/120513/Tuks_secures_Premiership_promotion |title=Tuks secure Premiership promotion – SuperSport – Football |publisher=SuperSport |date=13 May 2012 |access-date=16 November 2012 |archive-date=7 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200307091843/https://supersport.com/football/national-first-division/news/120513/Tuks_secures_Premiership_promotion |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sowetanlive.co.za/sport/2012/05/10/amatuks-make-it-to-top-flight |title=AmaTuks make it to top flight |publisher=Sowetan LIVE |date=10 May 2012 |access-date=16 November 2012 |archive-date=2 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170702021117/http://www.sowetanlive.co.za/sport/2012/05/10/amatuks-make-it-to-top-flight |url-status=live}}</ref> After a poor league finish in the 2015/2016 season, University of Pretoria F.C. were relegated to the [[National First Division]], the second-highest football league in South Africa, in the 2016 promotion/relegation play-offs.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.goal.com/en-za/news/4667/sa-psl/2016/06/22/24879682/university-of-pretoria-highlands-park-preview-relegated |title=University of Pretoria – Highlands Park Preview: Relegated AmaTuks eye consolation win {{!}} Goal.com |website=www.goal.com |access-date=28 October 2019 |archive-date=28 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191028170525/https://www.goal.com/en-za/news/4667/sa-psl/2016/06/22/24879682/university-of-pretoria-highlands-park-preview-relegated |url-status=live}}</ref>
[[File:SS park.jpg|thumb|Centurion Park]]
[[Cricket]] is also a popular game in the city. As there is no international cricket stadium in the city, it does not host any top-class cricket tournaments, although the nearby situated [[Centurion, Gauteng|Centurion]] has [[Supersport Park]] which is an international cricket stadium and has hosted many important tournaments such as [[2003 Cricket World Cup]], [[2007 ICC World Twenty20]], [[2009 IPL]] and [[2009 ICC Champions Trophy]]. The most local franchise team to Pretoria is the [[Titans cricket team|Titans]], although [[Northerns cricket team|Northerns]] occasionally play in the city in South Africa's provincial competitions. Many Pretoria born cricketers have gone on to play for [[South Africa national cricket team|South Africa]], including former international captains [[AB de Villiers]] [[Faf du Plessis]].
[[File:SunBet Arena 2024 BAL season.png|thumb|SunBet Arena, Times Square, Menlyn]]
The Pretoria Transnet Blind Cricket Club is situated in Pretoria and is the biggest Blind Cricket club in South Africa. Their field is at the Transnet Engineering campus on Lynette Street, home of differently disabled cricket. PTBCC has played many successful blind cricket matches with abled bodied teams such as the South African Indoor Cricket Team and TuksCricket Junior Academy. Northerns Blind Cricket is the Provincial body that governs PTBCC and Filefelfia Secondary School. The Northern Blind Cricket team won the 40 over National Blind Cricket tournament that was held in Cape Town in April 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ptbcc.com |title=魁斗财经 |website=www.ptbcc.com |access-date=29 May 2021 |archive-date=6 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180806030159/http://ptbcc.com/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

The city's SunBet Arena at Time Square hosted the [[NBA Africa Game 2018]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Getting to know Africa's flashy basketball arenas |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/news/getting-to-know-africas-flashy-basketball-arenas |access-date=10 December 2020 |work=[[FIBA]] |date=2 September 2019 |archive-date=7 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210107193242/https://www.fiba.basketball/news/getting-to-know-africas-flashy-basketball-arenas |url-status=live}}</ref>


=== Places of worship===   
[[File:9 2 258 0115-Paul Kruger Reformed Church-Pretoria-s.jpg|thumb|Paul Kruger's Church Building in the City]]
[[File:Ooskerk-kloktoring, Pretoria.jpg|thumb|upright|Ooskerk building in Pretoria]] 
Among the [[places of worship]], they are predominantly [[Christianity|Christian]] churches and temples : [[Zion Christian Church]], [[Apostolic Faith Mission of South Africa]], [[Assemblies of God]], [[Baptist Union of Southern Africa]] ([[Baptist World Alliance]]), [[Methodist Church of Southern Africa]] ([[World Methodist Council]]), [[Anglican Church of Southern Africa]] ([[Anglican Communion]]), [[Presbyterian Church of Africa]] ([[World Communion of Reformed Churches]]), [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Pretoria]] ([[Catholic Church]]).<ref>Britannica, [https://www.britannica.com/place/South-Africa SouthAfrica] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190629053318/https://www.britannica.com/place/South-Africa |date=29 June 2019 }}, britannica.com, USA, accessed on 7 July 2019</ref> Greek Orthodox Community of Pretoria , Cathedral of the Annunciation of the Theotokos
<ref> Greek Orthodox Community Pretoria https://behellenic.co.za/about-us/ </ref> There are also [[Islam|Muslim]] mosques and [[Hindu]] temples.

===Jewish community===
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Pretoria has a small Jewish community of around 3,000.<ref>{{cite web |title=Support Association for Zionism – South African Jewry: History of Pretoria Jewry |url=http://www.sazionism.co.za/history-of-pretoria-jewry.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150721043724/http://www.sazionism.co.za/history-of-pretoria-jewry.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 July 2015 |access-date=16 November 2019}}</ref> Jewish citizens have been in Pretoria since its foundation in the 19th century and played an important role in its industrial and economic growth. A Mr. De Vries, the first Jewish inhabitant of Pretoria, was a prominent citizen and prosecutor, a member of the [[Volksraad of the South African Republic|Volksraad]] and a pioneer of the [[Afrikaans language]]. Another famed Jewish Pretorian was [[Sammy Marks]].

Other early Jewish settlers, many of them immigrants from [[Lithuania]], were not as educated as De Vries and often did not speak Dutch, Afrikaans, or English. Many of them spoke only [[Yiddish language|Yiddish]] and made a living as shopkeepers in the local retail industry. Most Jewish residents stayed neutral in the [[Second Boer War]], though some joined the [[South African Republic]] army.

The first congregation was founded between 1890 and 1895, and in 1898 the first synagogue, [[The Old Synagogue, Pretoria|The Old Synagogue]] opened on Paul Kruger Street.<ref name=up>[https://repository.up.ac.za/bitstream/handle/2263/49734/Clarke_Chapter7_2015.pdf?sequence=24&isAllowed=y Church Square, the Old Synagogue and the Old Government Printing Work, Three historic places for testing strategic intervention] University of Pretoria. 2015</ref> A second synagogue, known as the Great Synagogue, opened in 1922. Both synagogues are no longer in operation, but a [[Reformed Judaism|Reformed]] synagogue, Temple Menorah, opened in the early 1950s.

The Jewish community of Pretoria's golden age was in the early 20th century, when many Jewish sports clubs, charities, and youth groups flourished. After 1948, many Jews left for Cape Town or Johannesburg.

The Old Synagogue on Paul Kruger Street was purchased by the government in 1952 to become the new home of the High Court where prominent opposition figures in the [[Anti-Apartheid Movement]] were tried, including [[Nelson Mandela]], [[Walter Sisulu]], and 26 others were prosecuted for treason from 1 August 1958 to 29 March 1961; the [[Rivonia Trial]] was held there in 1963–1964.<ref name=up/>

Two Jewish schools arose in Pretoria, the Miriam Marks School, which was founded in 1905, and the Carmel School, which opened in 1959. Only the second, currently also operating as a synagogue, remains. Pretoria's Reformed congregation shares a rabbi with the Johannesburg one, though the synagogue no longer operates and services take place in worshippers' private homes.

===Buddhist community===
A [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] centre, the Jang Chup Chopel Rigme Centre ("Centre of Light") was founded in early January 2015 by Duan Pienaar or Gyalten Nyima (his adopted monastic name) in [[Waverley, Pretoria|Waverley]] around Pretoria-Moot. Pienaar is the only Afrikaner ordained in the highly selective [[Tibet]]an [[Vajrayana|Tantric Buddhist]] community in [[Bylakuppe]], in southern India. His instructor [[Lama]] [[Kyabje Choden Rinpoche]] is the highest tantric master after the [[Dalai Lama]]. Pienaar, who studied Buddhist teachers for twenty years, spent two years in India.<ref>{{cite journal |title=En daar verrys toe 'n Boeddhiste-sentrum |journal=Pretoria Moot Rekord |date=24 April 2015 |page=5}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Van Zyl |first1=Seugnet |title=Boere-Boeddhis begin sentrum in Pretoria |url=https://www.netwerk24.com/Nuus/Boere-Boeddhis-begin-sentrum-in-Pretoria-20150415 |access-date=16 November 2019 |work=Netwerk24 |date=15 April 2015 |archive-date=30 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190730210901/https://www.netwerk24.com/Nuus/Boere-Boeddhis-begin-sentrum-in-Pretoria-20150415 |url-status=live}}</ref>

===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]].

==Education==
===Primary education===
*[[Crawford College, Pretoria|Crawford College]] 
*[[St. Mary's Diocesan School for Girls, Pretoria|St. Mary's Diocesan School for Girls]] 

===Secondary education===
{{div col|colwidth=15em}}
*[[Afrikaanse Hoër Meisieskool]]
*[[Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool]]
*[[Christian Brothers' College, Mount Edmund|Christian Brothers' College]]
*[[Clapham High School]]
*[[Cornwall Hill College]]
*[[Crawford College, Pretoria|Crawford College]]
*[[The Glen High School]]
*[[Hillview High School]]
*[[Hoërskool Akasia]] 
*[[Hoërskool Die Wilgers]] 
*[[Hoërskool Garsfontein]] 
*[[Hoërskool Menlopark]]
*Hoërskool Montana
*[[Hoërskool Oos-Moot]]
*[[Hoërskool Overkruin]]
*[[Hoërskool Waterkloof]]
*[[Hoërskool Wonderboom]]
*[[Pretoria Boys High School]]
*[[Pretoria Chinese School]]
*[[Pretoria High School for Girls]]
*[[Pretoria North High School]]
*[[Pretoria Secondary School]]
*[[Pro Arte Alphen Park]]
*[[St. Alban's College]]
*[[St. Mary's Diocesan School for Girls, Pretoria|St. Mary's Diocesan School for Girls]]
*[[Tshwane Muslim School]]
*[[Willowridge High School (Pretoria)|Willowridge High School]]
{{div end}}<gallery mode="nolines" widths="180" heights="140">
File:PBHS-facade.jpg|Pretoria Boys High School
File:Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool night shot.jpg|Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool
File:Pretoria High School for Girls Park Street Pretoria 002.jpg|Pretoria High School for Girls
File:Afrikaanse Hoër Meisieskool, b, Pretoria.jpg|Afrikaanse Hoër Meisieskool
File:St Alban's College, geboue en gronde, Pretoria.jpg|St Alban's College
</gallery>

===International schools===
*[[Lycée Jules Verne (South Africa)|École Miriam Makeba]] (French school)
*[[Deutsche Schule Pretoria]] (German school)
*[[American International School of Johannesburg|AISJ-Pretoria]]

===Tertiary education===
{{See also|List of universities in South Africa}}

Pretoria is one of South Africa's leading academic cities and is home to both the largest residential university in South Africa, largest distance education university in South Africa and a research intensive university.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-11-13 |title=University of Pretoria |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/university-pretoria |access-date=2022-02-22 |website=Times Higher Education |language=en |archive-date=22 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220222172533/https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/university-pretoria |url-status=live}}</ref> The three Universities in the city in order of the year founded are as follows:

====University of South Africa====
[[File:UNISA Main Campus.jpg|thumb|The Muckleneuk Campus of [[UNISA]]]]
The [[University of South Africa]] (commonly referred to as Unisa), founded in 1873 as the [[University of the Cape of Good Hope]], is the largest university on the African continent and attracts a third of all higher education students in South Africa. It spent most of its early history as an examining agency for Oxford and Cambridge universities and as an incubator from which most other universities in South Africa are descended. In 1946 it was given a new role as a distance education university and in 2012 it had a student headcount of over 300,000 students, including African and international students in 130 countries worldwide, making it one of the world's mega universities. Unisa is a dedicated open distance education institution and offers both vocational and academic programmes.

====University of Pretoria====
[[File:Ou Lettere, e, Tuks.jpg|thumb|Old Arts Building (''Ou Lettere Gebou'') of the [[University of Pretoria]]]]
The [[University of Pretoria]] (commonly referred to as UP, Tuks, or Tukkies) is a multi campus [[public university|public]] research university.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20100523104119724 |title=SA Universities Retrieved 21 January 2011 |publisher=Universityworldnews.com |access-date=12 January 2012 |archive-date=28 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160128125624/http://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20100523104119724 |url-status=live}}</ref> The university was established in 1908 as the Pretoria campus of the [[Johannesburg]] based [[Transvaal University College]] and is the fourth South African institution in continuous operation to be awarded university status. Established in 1920, the [[University of Pretoria Faculty of Veterinary Science]] is the second oldest [[veterinary school]] in Africa and the only veterinary school in South Africa.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://web.up.ac.za/default.asp?ipkCategoryID=1127&subid=1127&ipklookid=13 |title=About Veterinary Science > University of Pretoria |publisher=Web.up.ac.za |date=25 August 2010 |access-date=12 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120117214509/http://web.up.ac.za/default.asp?ipkCategoryID=1127&subid=1127&ipklookid=13 |archive-date=17 January 2012}}</ref> In 1949 the university launched the first MBA programme outside of North America.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mba.co.za/school.aspx?rootid=7&schoolid=25&pageid=additional |title=Wits Business School |publisher=MBA.co.za |access-date=12 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070809003621/http://www.mba.co.za/school.aspx?rootid=7&schoolid=25&pageid=additional |archive-date=9 August 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mba.co.za/school.aspx?rootid=7&schoolid=25&pageid=additional |title=Retrieved 20 March 2010 |publisher=Mba.co.za |access-date=12 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070809003621/http://www.mba.co.za/school.aspx?rootid=7&schoolid=25&pageid=additional |archive-date=9 August 2007}}</ref> Since 1997, the university has produced more research outputs every year than any other institution of higher learning in South Africa, as measured by the Department of Education's accreditation benchmark.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://web.up.ac.za/UserFiles/UP%20in%20a%20Nutshell(1).pdf |title=UP in a Nutshell 2008 |access-date=12 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120219221752/http://web.up.ac.za/UserFiles/UP%20in%20a%20Nutshell%281%29.pdf |archive-date=19 February 2012}}</ref>

====Tshwane University of Technology====
[[File:Tshwane University of Technology.jpg|thumb|Tshwane University of Technology]]
The [[Tshwane University of Technology]] (commonly referred to as TUT) is a [[higher education]] institution, offering [[vocational]] oriented diplomas and degrees, and came into being through a merger of Technikon Northern Gauteng, Technikon North-West and Technikon Pretoria. TUT caters for approximately 60,000 students and it has become the largest residential higher education institution in South Africa.

===CSIR===
The [[Council for Scientific and Industrial Research]] (CSIR) is South Africa's central scientific research and development organisation. It was established by an act of [[Parliament of South Africa|parliament]] in 1945 and is situated on its own [[campus]] in the city.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.csir.co.za/profile_of_csir.html |title=Profile of the |publisher=CSIR |access-date=16 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120724121225/http://www.csir.co.za/profile_of_csir.html |archive-date=24 July 2012}}</ref> It is the largest research and development organisation in Africa and accounts for about 10% of the entire African R&D budget. It has a staff of approximately 3,000 technical and scientific researchers, often working in multi-disciplinary teams. In 2002, Sibusiso Sibisi was appointed as the president and CEO of the CSIR.

==Military==
Pretoria has earned a reputation as being the centre of South Africa's Military and is home to several military facilities of the [[South African National Defence Force]]:

===Military headquarters===

====Transito Air Force Headquarters====

This complex is the headquarters to the [[South African Air Force]].

====The Dequar Road Complex====

A military complex that houses the following:
*[[South African Army]]'s Headquarters
*[[South African Infantry Corps|South African Infantry Formation]] HQ
*A General Support Base
*Support Formation HQ
*Training Formation HQ
*The 102 Field Workshop unit
*The 17 Maintenance Unit
*The S.A.M.S Military Health Department<ref name="ArmyContact">{{cite web |url=http://www.army.mil.za/contactus/Gauteng.htm |title=contact us |publisher=Army.mil.za |date=13 December 2010 |access-date=19 April 2014 |archive-date=24 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140424021126/http://www.army.mil.za/contactus/Gauteng.htm |url-status=dead}}</ref>

====The Sebokeng Complex====

A military complex located on the corner of Patriot Street and Koraalboom Road<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.google.co.za/maps/@-25.76268,28.171687,3a,75y,262.55h,85.31t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sphtvzrlflQUKqHkN6wPQAQ!2e0 |title=Google Maps |access-date=19 April 2014 |archive-date=28 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728100126/https://www.google.co.za/maps/@-25.76268,28.171687,3a,75y,262.55h,85.31t/data=%213m4%211e1%213m2%211sphtvzrlflQUKqHkN6wPQAQ%212e0 |url-status=live}}</ref> that houses the following military headquarters:
*[[South African Armoured Corps|South African Army Armour Formation]] HQ
*[[South African Army Artillery Formation]] HQ
*South African Army Intelligence Corps HQ
*South African Army Air Defence Artillery Formation HQ<ref name="ArmyContact"/>

===Military bases===

====The Dequar Road Base====
This base is situated in the suburb of Salvokop and is divided into two parts:
*The Green Magazine (Groen Magazyn) which is the Headquarters to the [[Transvaalse Staatsartillerie]], a reserve artillery regiment of the [[South African Army]]<ref name="autogeneratedtsa">{{cite web |url=http://www.rfdiv.mil.za/pdfs/publications/gunner/gunner.pdf |title=South African Gunner |author=Col (Ret) Lionel Crook |publisher=rfdiv.mil.za |access-date=9 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130613003404/http://www.rfdiv.mil.za/pdfs/publications/gunner/gunner.pdf |archive-date=13 June 2013}}</ref>
*Magazine Hill which is the regimental Headquarters to the [[Pretoria Armoured Regiment]], a reserve tank regiment of the [[South African Army]]<ref name="ArmyContact"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.saarmourassociation.co.za/pretoria-regiment2.aspx |title=Pretoria Regiment |publisher=Saarmourassociation.co.za |access-date=19 April 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302215200/http://www.saarmourassociation.co.za/pretoria-regiment2.aspx |archive-date=2 March 2014}}</ref>

====Thaba Tshwane====
[[Thaba Tshwane]] is a large military area south-west of the Pretoria Central Business District and North of [[Air Force Base Swartkop]]. It is the headquarters of several army units-
*Joint Support Base Garrison that is responsible for the town management of Thaba Tshwane
*The Tshwane Regiment, a reserve [[motorised infantry]] regiment of the South African Army<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rfdiv.mil.za/pdfs/publications/rfv/2009summer.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=16 April 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140417052841/http://www.rfdiv.mil.za/pdfs/publications/rfv/2009summer.pdf |archive-date=17 April 2014}}</ref>
*The [[18 Light Regiment]], a reserve artillery regiment of the South African Army<ref name="autogeneratedtsa"/>
*The National Ceremonial Guard and Band

The military base also houses the 1 Military Hospital and the Military Police School. Within Thaba Tshwane, a facility known as "TEK Base" exists which houses its own units:
*The SA Army Engineer Formation
*2 Parachute Battalion
*44 Parachute Engineer Regiment
*1 Military Printing Regiment
*4 Survey and Map Regiment<ref name="ArmyContact"/>

====Joint Support Base Wonderboom====
The Wonderboom Military Base is located adjacent to the Wonderboom Airport and is the headquarters of the [[South African Army]] Signals Formation. It also houses the School of Signals, 1 Signal Regiment, 2 Signal Regiment, 3 Electronic Workshop, 4 Signal Regiment and 5 Signal Regiment.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.army.mil.za/hq_units/signal_fmn/contactus.htm |title=SA Army Signal Formation |publisher=Army.mil.za |date=19 August 2013 |access-date=19 April 2014 |archive-date=17 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140417033925/http://www.army.mil.za/hq_units/signal_fmn/contactus.htm |url-status=dead}}</ref>

====Military colleges====
[[File:U.S. Army Africa commander visits South Africa March 2010.jpg|thumb|The [[South African Military Academy|South African Army College]] in Pretoria]]
The [[South African Air Force]] College, the [[South African Military Health Service]] School for Military Health Training and the [[South African Army]] College are situated in the Thaba Tshwane Military Base and are used to train Commissioned and Non-commissioned Officers to perform effectively in combat/command roles in the various branches of the South African National Defence Force. The South African Defence Intelligence College is also located in the Sterrewag Suburb north of [[Air Force Base Waterkloof]].<ref name="ArmyContact"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.saairforce.co.za/the-airforce/squadrons/102/sa-air-force-college |title=The South African Air Force |publisher=Saairforce.co.za |access-date=19 April 2014 |archive-date=31 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140731094222/http://www.saairforce.co.za/the-airforce/squadrons/102/sa-air-force-college |url-status=live}}</ref>

===Air force bases===
While technically not within the city limits of Pretoria, [[Air Force Base Swartkop]] and [[Air Force Base Waterkloof]] are often used for defence related matters within the city. These may include aerial military transport duties within the city, aerospace monitoring and defence as well as VIP transport to and from the city.

==Proposed change of name==
On 26 May 2005 the [[South African Geographical Names Council]] (SAGNC), which is linked to the Directorate of Heritage in the [[Department of Arts and Culture (South Africa)|Department of Arts and Culture]], approved changing the name of Pretoria to [[Tshwane]], which is already the name of the [[City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality|Metropolitan Municipality]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4584211.stm |title=Pretoria name change is approved |work=BBC News |date=27 May 2005 |access-date=3 July 2010 |archive-date=19 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210219205820/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4584211.stm |url-status=live}}</ref> in which Pretoria and a number of surrounding cities are located. Although the name change was approved by the SAGNC, it was not approved by the [[Minister of Arts and Culture]], who at the time requested further research on the matter. Should the Minister approve the name change, the name will be published in the [[Government Gazette of South Africa|Government Gazette]], giving the public opportunity to comment on the matter. The Minister can then refer that public response back to the SAGNC before presenting a recommendation before parliament for a vote. Various public interest groups warned that any name change would be challenged in court, should the minister approve it. The long process involved makes a name change less likely.

The Tshwane Metro Council has advertised "Africa's leading capital city" as ''Tshwane'' since the SAGNC decision in 2005. This has led to further controversy, however, as the name of the city had not yet been changed, and the council was, at best, acting prematurely. When a complaint was lodged with the [[Advertising Standards Authority (South Africa)|Advertising Standards Authority]] (ASA), it ruled that such advertisements are deliberately misleading and should be withdrawn from all media.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/Politics/0,9294,2-7-12_2097251,00.html |title=SABC pulls 'Tshwane city' ads |publisher=News24.com |date=11 April 2007 |access-date=3 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090309023142/http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/Politics/0%2C9294%2C2-7-12_2097251%2C00.html |archive-date=9 March 2009}}</ref> Despite the rulings of the ASA, Tshwane Metro Council failed to discontinue their "City of Tshwane" advertisements. As a result, the ASA requested that Tshwane Metro pay for advertisements in which it admits that it has misled the public. After refusing to abide by the ASA's request, the Metro Council was banned from placing any advertisements in the South African media that refer to the capital as Tshwane. ASA may still place additional sanctions on the Metro Council that would prevent it from placing any advertisements in the South African media, including council notices and employment vacancies.<ref>{{cite web |author=Independent Online |url=http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=594&art_id=vn20070423045707464C538603 |title=SA capital advert row sparks ad-alert threat, IOL |publisher=Iol.co.za |access-date=3 July 2010 |archive-date=18 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090218213345/http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=594&art_id=vn20070423045707464C538603 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fin24.co.za/articles/business/display_article.aspx?Nav=ns&lvl2=buss&ArticleID=1518-1786_2103974 |title=Media can't place Tshwane ads, FIN24 |publisher=Fin24.co.za |access-date=3 July 2010}}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

After the ruling, the Metro Council continued to place ''Tshwane'' advertisements, but placed them on council-owned advertising boards and busstops throughout the municipal area. In August 2007, an internal memo was leaked to the media in which the Tshwane mayor sought advice from the [[Premier of Gauteng|premier of Gauteng]] on whether the municipality could be called the "City of Tshwane" instead of just "Tshwane".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/Politics/0,,2-7-12_2158167,00.html |title=Down with Pretoria signs!: South Africa: Politics |publisher=News24 |date=2 August 2007 |access-date=3 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090309023138/http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/Politics/0%2C%2C2-7-12_2158167%2C00.html |archive-date=9 March 2009}}</ref> This could increase confusion about the distinction between the city of Pretoria and the municipality of Tshwane.

In early 2010 it was again rumoured that the South African government would make a decision regarding the name; however, a media briefing regarding name changes, which could have been an opportunity to discuss it, was cancelled shortly before taking place.<ref>{{cite web |author=Wilson Johwa |url=http://www.businessday.co.za/articles/Content.aspx?id=92376 |title=Mashatile postpones name changes after 'technicality'. |publisher=Businessday.co.za |access-date=3 July 2010 |archive-date=23 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120723234219/http://www.businessday.co.za/articles/Content.aspx?id=92376 |url-status=live}}</ref> Rumours of the name change provoked outrage from Afrikaner civil rights and political groups.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.timeslive.co.za/news/local/article287159.ece |title=AfriForum to fight for Pretoria name. |publisher=Timeslive.co.za |access-date=3 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100203184916/http://www.timeslive.co.za/news/local/article287159.ece |archive-date=3 February 2010}}</ref> It later emerged that the registration of the municipality as a geographic place had been published in the Government Gazette as it had been too late to withdraw the name from the publication,<ref>{{cite web |author=Independent Online |url=http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?art_id=vn20100203042043944C666729 |title=Pretoria name change rethink |publisher=Iol.co.za |access-date=3 July 2010}}</ref> but it was announced that the name had been withdrawn, pending "further work" by officials.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jacarandafm.com/kagiso/content/en/jacaranda/jacaranda-news?oid=548186&sn=Detail&pid=6182&Pretoria-Tshwane-delayed |title=Pretoria/Tshwane delayed. |publisher=Jacarandafm.com |date=2 February 2010 |access-date=3 July 2010 |archive-date=13 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713072502/http://www.jacarandafm.com/kagiso/content/en/jacaranda/jacaranda-news?oid=548186&sn=Detail&pid=6182&Pretoria-Tshwane-delayed |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.politicsweb.co.za/politicsweb/view/politicsweb/en/page71654?oid=158607&sn=Detail |title=Xingwana retracts Pretoria name change. |publisher=Politicsweb.co.za |access-date=3 July 2010 |archive-date=22 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722081211/http://www.politicsweb.co.za/politicsweb/view/politicsweb/en/page71654?oid=158607&sn=Detail |url-status=live}}</ref> The following week, the registration of "Tshwane" was officially withdrawn in the Government Gazette.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.iafrica.com/sa/2208061.htm |title=It's officially Pretoria. iafrica.com |publisher=News.iafrica.com |access-date=3 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100209002319/http://news.iafrica.com/sa/2208061.htm |archive-date=9 February 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jacarandafm.com/kagiso/content/en/jacaranda/jacaranda-news?oid=550881&sn=Detail&pid=6182&Pretoria-is-Pretoria-again---for-now |title=Pretoria is Pretoria again – for now. |publisher=Jacarandafm.com |access-date=3 July 2010 |archive-date=13 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713072549/http://www.jacarandafm.com/kagiso/content/en/jacaranda/jacaranda-news?oid=550881&sn=Detail&pid=6182&Pretoria-is-Pretoria-again---for-now |url-status=live}}</ref> The retraction had reportedly been ordered at the behest of the [[Deputy President of South Africa]] [[Kgalema Motlanthe]], acting on behalf of President Jacob Zuma, as minister of Arts and Culture [[Lulu Xingwana]] had acted contrary to the position of the ANC, which is that Pretoria and the municipality are separate entities, which was subsequently articulated by ANC secretary general [[Gwede Mantashe]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.leadershiponline.co.za/articles/politics/487-government-policy |title=Government policy.'Leadership' |publisher=Leadershiponline.co.za |date=23 March 2010 |access-date=3 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100611151631/http://www.leadershiponline.co.za/articles/politics/487-government-policy |archive-date=11 June 2010}}</ref>

In March 2010 a group supporting the name change, calling themselves the "Tshwane Royal House Committee", claimed to be descendants of Chief Tshwane and demanded to be made part of the administration of the municipality.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.timeslive.co.za/local/article354858.ece |title=Tshwane Royals: 'Change Pretoria for benefit of all'. |publisher=Timeslive.co.za |access-date=3 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100317140308/http://www.timeslive.co.za/local/article354858.ece |archive-date=17 March 2010}}</ref>

According to comments made by Mayor [[Kgosientso Ramokgopa]] in late 2011, the change would occur in 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Pretoria-will-become-Tshwane-mayor-20111122 |title=Pretoria will become Tshwane – mayor |publisher=News24 |date=22 November 2011 |access-date=16 November 2012 |archive-date=13 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130513150833/http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Pretoria-will-become-Tshwane-mayor-20111122 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rnw.nl/english/article/old-cities-new-names |title=Old cities, new names &#124; Radio Netherlands Worldwide |publisher=Rnw.nl |access-date=16 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118070506/http://www.rnw.nl/english/article/old-cities-new-names |archive-date=18 January 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> However, there remained considerable uncertainty about the issue.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Pretoria-of-Tshwane-Minister-weet-self-nie-20120127 |title=Pretoria of Tshwane? Minister weet self nie |publisher=Beeld |date=27 January 2012 |access-date=16 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120131013909/http://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Pretoria-of-Tshwane-Minister-weet-self-nie-20120127 |archive-date=31 January 2012}}</ref>

{{As of|2025}}, the proposed name change has not occurred.

==International relations==

===Twin towns – sister cities===
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in South Africa}}
Pretoria is [[Sister city|twinned]] with:
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*{{flagicon|JOR}} [[Amman]], Jordan{{citation needed|date=November 2020}}
*{{flagicon|AZE}} [[Baku]], Azerbaijan<ref>{{cite web |title=Bakının qardaşlaşdığı şəhərlər - SİYAHI |url=https://modern.az/az/news/96318 |website=modern.az |language=az |date=2016-02-16 |access-date=2020-11-25 |archive-date=5 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205184915/https://modern.az/az/news/96318 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|ROU}} [[Bucharest]], Romania<ref>{{cite web |title=Care-i cel mai… înfrățit oraș din România? Care-i cu americanii, care-i cu rușii? Și care-i înfrățit cu Timișoara… |url=https://www.banatulazi.ro/care-i-cel-mai-infratit-oras-din-romania-care-i-cu-americanii-care-i-cu-rusii-si-care-i-infratit-cu-timisoara/ |website=banatulazi.ro |publisher=Banatul Azi |language=ro |date=2016-08-06 |access-date=2020-11-25 |archive-date=21 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201221034421/https://www.banatulazi.ro/care-i-cel-mai-infratit-oras-din-romania-care-i-cu-americanii-care-i-cu-rusii-si-care-i-infratit-cu-timisoara/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|ZWE}} [[Bulawayo]], Zimbabwe<ref>{{cite web |title=Sister Cities |url=http://www.citybyo.co.zw/Community/SisterCities |website=citybyo.co.zw |publisher=Bulawayo |access-date=2020-11-25 |archive-date=26 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726195720/http://www.citybyo.co.zw/Community/SisterCities |url-status=live}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|GHA}} [[Kumasi]], Ghana{{citation needed|date=November 2020}}
*{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Kyiv]], Ukraine<ref>{{cite web |title=Перелік міст, з якими Києвом підписані документи про поріднення, дружбу, співробітництво, партнерство |url=https://old.kyivcity.gov.ua/files/2018/2/15/Mista-pobratymy.pdf |website=kyivcity.gov.ua |publisher=Kyiv |language=uk |date=2018-02-15 |access-date=2020-11-25 |archive-date=28 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200128062444/https://old.kyivcity.gov.ua/files/2018/2/15/Mista-pobratymy.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|MUS}} [[Port Louis]], Mauritius<ref>{{cite web |title=International Links |url=http://www.mccpl.mu/ct_int.html |website=mccpl.mu |publisher=Port Louis |access-date=2020-11-25 |archive-date=21 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200521190429/http://www.mccpl.mu/ct_int.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|TWN}} [[Taipei]], Taiwan<ref>{{cite web |title=International Sister Cities |url=http://www.tcc.gov.tw/en/cp.aspx?n=81569D74DD82C7DB |website=tcc.gov.tw |publisher=Taipei |access-date=2020-11-25 |archive-date=23 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161023112126/http://www.tcc.gov.tw/en/cp.aspx?n=81569D74DD82C7DB |url-status=live}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Tehran]], Iran<ref>{{cite web |title=گذری بر خواهرخوانده تهران در شرق اروپا |url=https://www.isna.ir/news/96122915736/%DA%AF%D8%B0%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D8%B1-%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87-%D8%AA%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%82-%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%BE%D8%A7 |website=isna.ir |publisher=Iranian Students' News Agency |language=fa |date=2018-03-21 |access-date=2020-11-25 |archive-date=28 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210528203620/https://www.isna.ir/news/96122915736/%DA%AF%D8%B0%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D8%B1-%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87-%D8%AA%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%82-%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%BE%D8%A7 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Washington, D.C.]], United States<ref>{{cite web |title=DC Sister Cities |url=https://os.dc.gov/service/dc-sister-cities |website=os.dc.gov |publisher=Office of the Secretary, Washington DC |access-date=2020-11-25 |archive-date=2 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170702114528/https://os.dc.gov/service/dc-sister-cities |url-status=live}}</ref>
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== Notable people ==
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*[[Anel Alexander]], actress
*[[Frances Ames]], neurologist, psychiatrist and human rights activist
*[[Melinda Bam]], Miss South Africa 2011
*[[Johan Barkhuizen]], cricketer
*[[Margaret Becklake]], academic and epidemiologist
*[[Daniel Bekker]], athlete
*[[Deanne Bergsma]], dancer
*[[Conrad Bo]], artist
*[[Roelof Botha]], venture capitalist
*[[Wim Botha]], artist
*[[Rory Byrne]], Chief designer at the Benetton and Scuderia Ferrari Formula One teams
*[[Jan-Henning Campher]] {{ndash}} Rugby union player
*[[Sharlto Copley]], actor
*[[Kurt Darren]], singer/songwriter 
*[[Enid de Chair]], First Lady of New South Wales, art patron, and artist
*[[Rassie van der Dussen]], cricketer
*[[Damon Galgut]], [[Booker Prize]]-winning author
*[[Branden Grace]], golfer
*[[Nigel Green]], actor
*[[George Gristock]], Victoria Cross recipient
*[[Steve Hofmeyr]], singer, songwriter and actor
*[[Bobby van Jaarsveld]], South African singer/songwriter
*[[Glynis Johns]], actress
*[[Gé Korsten]], opera tenor and actor
*[[Anneline Kriel]], Miss South Africa 1974 & Miss World 1974
*[[Paul Kruger]], president of the [[South African Republic]]
*[[Michael Levitt (biophysicist)|Michael Levitt]], Nobel prizewinning biophysicist
*[[Thomas Madigage]], soccer player
*[[Tony Maggs]], [[Formula 1]] driver
*[[Vusi Mahlasela]], singer/songwriter
*[[Ismail Mahomed|Justice Mahomed]], former Chief Justice of South Africa, co-authored the constitution of Namibia
*[[Magnus Malan]], Minister of Defence in the cabinet of President P. W. Botha
*[[Eugène Marais]], lawyer, naturalist, poet and writer
*[[Sammy Marks]], entrepreneur
*[[Herman Mashaba]], the former Mayor of Johannesburg
*[[Thulasizwe Mbuyane]], soccer player
*[[Karin Melis Mey]], athlete
*[[Marc Milligan]], cricketer
*[[Tim Modise]], journalist, TV and radio presenter
*[[Lucas Moripe]], soccer player (Pretoria Callies FC)
*[[Chris Morris (cricketer)|Chris Morris]], cricketer
*[[Michelle Mosalakae]], actress and theatre director
*[[Es'kia Mphahlele]], writer, educator, artist and activist celebrated as the Father of African Humanism
*[[Helene Muller]], athlete
*[[Elon Musk]], entrepreneur and business magnate
*[[Kimbal Musk]], entrepreneur
*[[Franco Naudé]], rugby union player
*[[Sean Nowak]], cricketer
*[[Micki Pistorius]], profiler and author
*[[Oscar Pistorius]], athlete and convicted murderer
*[[Faf du Plessis]], cricketer
*[[Louis Hendrik Potgieter]], member of [[Dschinghis Khan]] pop band
*[[Austin Stevens]], herpetologist, wildlife photographer, film maker and author
*[[Edith Frances Mary Struben]], artist
*[[Grove Venter]], cricketer
*[[Arnold Vosloo]], actor
*[[Casper de Vries]], comedian
*[[Joost van der Westhuizen]], rugby union player
*[[Anton van Wouw]], sculptor and artist
*[[A-Reece]], rapper
*[[DJ Maphorisa]], DJ and record producer
*[[25k]], rapper
*[[Dricus du Plessis]], MMA fighter
*[[Ashleigh Moolman|Asleigh Moolman]], cyclist{{div col end}}

==Places of interest==
[[File:Church Square, PTA.jpg|thumb|right|Statue of Paul Kruger on Church Square, Pretoria]]
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*[[Pretoria National Botanical Garden]], a botanical garden containing a massive collection of native flora.
*[[National Zoological Gardens of South Africa|The National Zoological Gardens of South Africa]], the premier zoological gardens of South Africa.
*[[Church Square, Pretoria|Church Square]], the historical governmental centre of the [[South African Republic]].
*[[Union Buildings]], the executive branch of the South African government.
*[[Mahlamba Ndlopfu]], the official residence of the President of South Africa.
*[[Marabastad]], a historical shopping district for non-whites during Apartheid.
*[[Menlyn Park]], shopping area.
*[[Voortrekker Monument]], a historical complex dedicated to the [[Great Trek]].
*Hatfield Square, the main student relaxation district.
*[[Pretoria railway station]], a historical landmark and departure point for metrorail and [[Gautrain]] trains.
*[[Freedom Park (South Africa)|Freedom Park]], a historical complex dedicated to the end of [[Apartheid]] and the fallen soldiers of South Africa after 1994.
*[[Pretoria Forts]], historical bastions designed to protect the city against the British, including a museum on the [[Boer Wars]].
*[[State Theatre, South Africa]], the premier national performing arts complex.
*[[Government House, Pretoria]].
<gallery mode="nolines" widths="180" heights="140">
File:Libertas, since 1994 known as Mahlamba Ndlopfu, in 1934 by Gerard Moerdijk designed as official residence in Pretoria for the state of the Union of South Africa. - panoramio.jpg|Official Residence of [[President of South Africa]]
File:Menlynmall23.JPG|[[Menlyn Park]]
File:Freedom Park Amphitheatre 01.jpg|Freedom Park
File:Sammy Marks Square, Pretoria.JPG|[[Sammy Marks]] square
File:Time Square Casino, Pretoria.jpg|Times Square Casino, Menlyn Maine
</gallery>

===Nature reserves===
*Chamberlain Bird Sanctuary
*[[Faerie Glen Nature Reserve]]
*[[Groenkloof Nature Reserve]]
*Moreletaspruit Nature Reserve
*[[Rietvlei Nature Reserve]]
*Roodeplaat Dam Provincial Nature Reserve
*[[Wonderboom Nature Reserve]]
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File:Faerie Glen Nature Reserve.JPG|Faerie Glen Nature Reserve
File:Uitsig oor Groenkloof NR, c.jpg|Groenkloof Nature Reserve
File:Sunset at Rietvlei Nature Reserve, August 27, 2017. (36709904241).jpg|Rietvlei Nature Reserve
File:Wonderboom wiki.jpg|Wonderboom Grove
</gallery>

==See also==
*[[Sir Herbert Baker]]
*[[Houses of Parliament, Cape Town]]
*[[Pretoria Wireless Users Group]]—a free, non-profit, community wireless network in Pretoria
*[[Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa]]

==References== 
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==External links==
{{EB1922 Poster|Pretoria}}
{{Wikivoyage|Pretoria}}
{{Commons|Pretoria}}
*[http://www.tshwane.gov.za/ ''City of Tshwane'']; Metropolitan Municipality official website
*[http://www.discovertshwane.com/ Discover Tshwane]; Metropolitan Municipality tourism website
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